Elina Tarkazikis is a reporter for National Mortgage News. She is a graduate of Ramapo College of New Jersey, where she was the founding editor in chief of the school's chapter of HerCampus.com and a staff writer for its student-run publication, The Ramapo News. She has previously worked for The County Seat in Hackensack and Elvis Duran and the Morning Show, iHeartMedia's nationally syndicated radio program. Elina is also a licensed real estate agent in New Jersey, adores pets and speaks three languages.
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Customer retention for mortgage servicers hit an all-time low at the start of the year, and a sensitive mortgage rate environment is only creating more competition, according to Black Knight.
May 6 -
Mortgage application fraud risk came in hot at the start of the year, but two housing market conditions worked against each other to bring growth to a halt, according to First American Financial Corp.
May 3 -
JPMorgan Chase's Corporate Client Banking and Specialized Industries Mortgage group is now accepting electronic promissory notes as collateral to fund warehouse loans.
May 2 -
Millennials closed mortgage loans at their fastest pace in four years as lower interest rates pushed up purchasing power and incentivized them to pull the trigger, according to Ellie Mae.
May 1 -
Remodeling activity stepped up in recent years as homeowners stayed put for nearly twice as long as before the housing bubble burst, but several forecasts point to a potential slowdown on the horizon, which is a welcome sign for the mortgage business.
April 30 -
Homeownership tenure took a dip at the start of the year as the housing market cooled off. And while improved affordability helps, consumers are still staying put for nearly twice as long as they were before the crisis.
April 26 -
Plenty of homeowners succumbed to foreclosure when the housing bubble burst, but the effects on Hispanic and black communities in particular were heightened, with many still suffering, according to Zillow.
April 25 -
Quicken Loans parent company Rock Holdings is strengthening its investments in the Canadian market by acquiring a majority stake in Lendesk, a Vancouver-based mortgage fintech.
April 24 -
Mortgage prepayments came gushing in at the start of the spring home buying season as delinquencies also improved, according to Black Knight.
April 23 -
The mortgage industry identified two technology initiatives it claims have the greatest potential to improve processes and be the most broadly adopted over the next two years, according to Fannie Mae.
April 23
