- Sep 16-17, 2025|San Diego, CA
Brian Parker is SVP, National HR Consulting and Workforce Solutions Leader at Alera Group. He leads the Alera Group division responsible for helping clients create strategies to attract and retain talent and transform the way they serve employees. His guidance empowers organizations to better engage their people and find the right technology and services to carry out their mission.
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Housing advocates are cheering the Senate's embrace of expanding Low Income Housing Tax Credits which ensures a volume increase and reduces a key bond threshold test.
June 18 -
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage remains in the same general vicinity since the post-tariff spike, and significant movement isn't expected soon.
June 18 -
The publicly traded company will become privately held as part of the all-cash servicer-lender acquisition, with a $20-per-share payout to common stockholders.
June 18 -
Both purchase and refinance activity declined last week, despite rates falling to a two-month low with market concerns over geopolitical and tariff issues.
June 18 -
Home sellers, no longer required to pay the buyer's representative after major rule changes last year, are still covering the costs as concessions.
June 18
Only 20% of the Top Producers in the National Mortgage News survey were under 40, while almost half were between 41 and 50, and 30% even older.
Those who raced ahead of the pack of loan originators last year went the distance by offering exceptional customer service, catering to niche pockets of demand in the market.
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Mortgage applications rose 1.1% last week, with borrowers most interested in FHA loans and refinancing.
June 25 -
The company gave no reason for his abrupt departure, which comes two months after the CEO of its parent First American Financial, Kenneth DiGiorgio, was fired.
June 25 -
As the Federal Reserve considers changes to the supplemental leverage ratio, Fed Board Chair Jerome Powell said that effort is one piece of a broader deregulation package that will also address the Basel III capital rules.
June 25 -
Nonbank mortgage companies are regulated on the state level, but multistate examinations allow for virtual nationwide and industry-wide coverage.
June 25 -
US purchases of new homes fell in May by the most in almost three years as rampant sales incentives fell short of alleviating affordability constraints.
June 25