Paul Centopani is an editor for National Mortgage News. Prior to joining Arizent, he worked as an editor at a private equity publication and freelances as a sports writer in his spare time. Paul grew up in Connecticut, graduated from THE Binghamton University and now resides in Chicago after seven years as a New Yorker.
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Quicken Loans president and COO, Bob Walters, provided the first keynote of the 2020 Digital Mortgage Conference and gave insight into how this year changed the industry.
September 15 -
After flattening over the three prior weeks, the number of loans going into coronavirus-related forbearance dove at a rate not seen since early August, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
September 15 -
While still greatly trailing year-ago numbers, mortgage foreclosure activity jumped in August from July as moratorium restrictions started lifting and courthouses reopened, according to Attom Data Solutions.
September 11 -
Uncertainties in the job market drove mortgage credit availability down again, falling to the lowest point since March 2014, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
September 10 -
The company's remote online notarization provider, Notarize, says it's on track to close $100 billion in mortgage volume over the next 12 months.
September 10 -
"The current economic crisis continues to disproportionately impact borrowers with FHA and VA loans," said Mike Fratantoni, the MBA's senior vice president and chief economist.
September 8 -
As bidding wars raged on and mortgage rates remained near historic lows, housing market confidence grew in August, according to Fannie Mae.
September 8 -
More than half of listings underwent bidding wars in August with some housing markets peaking above 65%, according to Redfin.
September 4 -
Millennials locked in the lowest mortgage rates on record and kept the summer housing market hot, according to Ellie Mae.
September 2 -
Driven by robust purchase demand and tight housing supply, housing price growth reached a two-year high in July, according to CoreLogic.
September 1 -
For the first time since June 7, the number of loans going into coronavirus-related forbearance didn't decrease from the week before, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
August 31 -
The refinance boom kept mortgage loan application defect risk flat, with record-low levels in July, but fraud risk for purchases climbed again, according to First American Financial.
August 31 -
The DocVerify deal adds to Black Knight's goal of providing tools for each step in the home-buying and mortgage processes.
August 28 -
While the overall amount of foreclosures continued to decline due to the coronavirus moratorium, the share of zombie properties grew during the third quarter, according to Attom Data Solutions.
August 27 -
With mortgage rates and housing inventory both at all-time lows, the majority of consumers would overshoot their budgets for the right home without accounting for future costs, according to LendingTree.
August 26 -
If it makes landfall as a Category 3 storm as was initially projected, damage from Hurricane Laura's surge could potentially devastate 432,810 residential properties in Texas and Louisiana, according to CoreLogic.
August 25 -
The housing market reaped the rewards of new construction increasing before the coronavirus took effect, netting a boost in July sales, according to Redfin.
August 25 -
The number of loans going into coronavirus-related forbearance decreased for the tenth straight week, but to a lesser degree than in previous weeks, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
August 24 -
As swelling demand constricts inventory to record-low levels, home price growth cuts into the purchasing power afforded by plunging interest rates, according to First American.
August 24 -
As interest rates tumbled throughout July, prepayments climbed to the highest monthly rate since 2004, but 90-days-or-more delinquencies were on the rise from June, according to Black Knight.
August 21
