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In an increasingly volatile market, lenders need to come to terms with the fact that outsourcing might be the best option, writes Rob Wilson of Merchants Mortgage.

While there were fewer new mortgages sought on a week-to-week basis, the index was higher than it has been during the same week in the last two years.

Point of sales providers are bringing improvements to their systems as loan officers look for ways to keep their pipelines active.

As home values surged at record highs, the latest month-to-month movements indicate price growth could start returning to a pre-pandemic pace, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

About 3.4 million renters believe themselves to be at risk of eviction, but when the moratorium ends, the actual number may be between 130,000 and 660,000, according to a Zillow report published Monday.

New entrants in the market may believe: “We’re doing everything right. Fraud isn’t a problem, and we have a fraud alert tool in place anyway.” This, of course, is exactly when fraud risk grows, warns Paul Harris of First American Data & Analytics.

Five transactions in the past week provided cash infusions for tech companies that are developing products for real estate finance.

The proceeds are expected to be reinvested into agency mortgage-backed securities, which already make up 93% of Annaly's portfolio.

That growth could be attractive to a housing finance industry that needs to find new loan sources as easy rate-and-term refinances dwindle.

But the 10-year Treasury yield began backing down after the weekend as investors reacted to turmoil in Europe.