- Lawmakers urge Fed, Treasury to let CRE borrowers tap Main Street loans
- Accelerating change during the pandemic
- Mortgage fraudster Lee Farkas out of prison after serving 9 years
- Work-anywhere shift has wealthy tech crowd invading Lake Tahoe
- Digital appraisals gain traction, but may not be a 'blanket solution'
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Sep 14-17, 2020|
Outside the densely populated coastal hubs, annual home sales grew by leaps and bounds, as buying patterns shifted toward more space with less emphasis on proximity to urban centers, according to Redfin.September 221 Min Read
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But the group is more conservative than Fannie Mae when it comes to interest rate movements over the next six quarters.September 22
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Commercial real estate companies are among those left out of the Federal Reserve’s middle-market relief program, but House members said they need government-backed financing to navigate the pandemic as much as anyone.September 22
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The percentage of borrowers who have asked to temporarily suspend payments due to coronavirus-related hardships is down overall, but in the Ginnie Mae market, they're still inching up.September 21
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Westcor has been gaining market share, growing to 5.9% of premiums written in 2Q 2020, versus 3.4% in the first quarter of 2019.September 21
More so than their colleagues nationwide, originators in the Southeast are concerned about how supply impacts their business.
Almost six in 10 completely agreed that company-provided technology met or exceeded their expectations.
Buying power for many consumers is hampered and some originators said that affects their ability to serve consumers.
The third annual survey seeks to identify and recognize the best employers in the industry.
CEO VanTrojen: Employees are the No. 1 client.
Conundrum for lenders: How to overcome top producers' tendency to stay put?-
Sales of previously owned homes remained brisk in August as low mortgage rates and demand for space in the suburbs sustained strength in a housing market that’s a bright spot for the economy.September 22
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The number of pending sales in Sonoma County, Calif., was up 27% from June through August 2020 versus the same period in 2019 and the percentage of properties that went off the market within two weeks was up 8% in the same period in 2020 versus 2019.September 22
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The song remains the same: There still aren't enough houses to keep up with all the people trying to buy them in Missoula, Mont., so that means prices keep shooting up.September 22
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Shannon King, a single mother, left the Bay Area a decade ago as housing costs soared, hoping to find an affordable place to live in southern Oregon.September 21
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LIBORThe restrictions on the pooling of loans with any interest term based on Libor will be effective for traditional mortgage-backed securities issued starting Jan. 21, 2021, and earlier for reverse-mortgage securitizations.September 21
![Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said the central bank had previously concluded that asset-based borrowers were able to secure financing elsewhere. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said “small hotels do not fit into [the Main Street Lending Program] because they already have other indebtedness.”](https://arizent.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/28d67cc/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1598x900+1+0/resize/460x259!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsource-media-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb3%2F79%2F3b1db6264efa9eab86e05b296afc%2Fpowell-jerome-mnuchin-steven-bl-092220.png)
