The mortgage industry's digital transformation is revolutionizing the home buying experience and upending the status quo for lenders and servicers. The Digital Mortgage Conference is the premiere event exclusively dedicated to these developments, bringing over 1,500 professionals to Las Vegas on Sept. 17-18 for keynote speakers, panels and the main attraction: live product demos showcasing the latest mortgage innovations.
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Alternative financing startup Hometap says it increased its investments in the segment by more than threefold over the past year.
May 3
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Mortgage payments are claiming a bigger chunk of incomes for U.S. homebuyers, who also have to contend with quickly rising prices.
May 3
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The number of suspicious activity reports involving cryptocurrency topped 90,000 in 2021, according to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. The reason for the uptick may be that crypto is becoming more mainstream.
May 2
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Nearly two-thirds were willing to make an offer within three days of viewing a house; 20% stated they would do so on the same day.
May 2
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Together, the deals OBX programs will issue about $850.5 million in prime jumbo and non-prime RMBS paper, and are expected to close on May 10.
May 2
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The trend is fueled in part by historic homebuyer affordability challenges and rising interest rates.
May 2
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While the government-sponsored enterprise’s single-family mortgages are still not performing as well as they did before the pandemic, the most recent vintages are getting there.
May 2
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Missy Plohr-Memming is senior vice president of MetLife’s Group Benefits National Accounts Sales organization, which provides employee benefits solutions to U.S. based employers with 5,000 or more employees. In this role, Plohr-Memming oversees sales strategy and key growth initiatives to drive top-and bottom-line financial results.
May 2
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William Dunkelberg is professor emeritus of economics in the College of Liberal Arts, Temple University, where he served as dean of the School of Business and Management from 1987 through 1994 and as Director of the Center for the Advancement and Study of Entrepreneurship. He currently serves as chief economist for the National Federation of Independent Business. His prior appointments were at the Krannert Graduate School of Management, Purdue University, the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University and the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan. He has BA, MA and Ph.D. degrees in economics from the University of Michigan. Dunkelberg is a nationally known authority on small business, entrepreneurship, consumer credit and government policy. He has appeared on CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox, CNN, MSNBC, the ABC, CBS and NBC Evening News programs, "Good Morning America" and numerous local news and business TV and radio shows. He is frequently quoted in major news publications including The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Bloomberg Business Week, The New York Times, U.S. News & World Report and USA Today, and serves on the economic forecasting panels for USA Today and Bloomberg and as an economic advisor to ABC News. He is the author or co-author of numerous books and articles.
May 2
