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The Soquel, California mortgage broker will retain its current branding for the time being.

Also, loanDepot promotes within its marketing division, BSI Financial aims to grow lending operations and NAREB appoints executive director.

Contract closings decreased 7.2% in February from the prior month to an annualized 6.02 million, figures from the National Association of Realtors showed Friday.

The effect is likely to be felt in consumer debt burdens and application misrepresentations, industry leaders say.

This follows the publication last week of an investigation that found that the bank had in 2020 approved only 47% of applications to refinance mortgages completed by Black homeowners compared with 72% of those from White applicants.

The company claims its digital registry system is a faster, safer alternative to MERS databases

The creation of single- and multifamily inventory occurred at the fastest pace seen since 2006 in February, but housing market transactions slowed as rates rose.

The builder reported better-than-expected quarterly orders as the record shortage of existing-home listings pushed buyers toward newly built properties.

It was the highest percentage reached in almost three years.

All five of the Biden administration's nominees received enough votes to secure passage to the Senate floor. Chair Sherrod Brown of Ohio called the moment "historic."