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After months of hiding out from the coronavirus, North Texas homebuyers are heading out to hunt for properties.

Hudson Americas is pooling its next aggregation of non-qualified, high-balance mortgages in a new securitization that is exposed to a large share of borrowers seeking or already receiving pandemic-related forbearance or deferral on payments. So far, a little over half of those granted the allowance have yet to skip any payments.

A $740 million jury verdict against Amrock was thrown out by a Texas appeals court that said tech firm HouseCanary failed to prove the big title insurer stole its trade secrets to build a competing real estate analysis tool.

But there was an increase in private-label mortgages in forbearance.

Nonbank mortgage hiring inched down when overall employment plunged in April. The subsequent recovery in overall jobs suggests the housing-finance industry is still bearing up well despite coronavirus-related strain.

But unless lenders make fundamental shifts in how they use this technology, change isn't going to happen.

Eager buyers and reluctant sellers pushed Bay Area homes prices higher again in April, fueling quick sales and a robust market despite coronavirus restrictions.

Chuck Cooper is the managing partner of Lee's Summit, Missouri-based StrongBox Wealth, an independent RIA on the Dynasty Financial Partners platform.

Chief Commercial Officer, Springbuk

Virginia's housing market has demonstrated greater resiliency than many housing markets across the country even though home sales have slowed across much of the state as a result of COVID-19.