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Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Dec. 24.

High property value growth can be locked in through proximity to one of the top amenities an area can have: grocery stores.

New-home sales tumbled to a five-month low, suggesting red-hot demand is cooling amid resurgent COVID-19 cases and other signs of a slowing economy.

Mortgage applications increased 0.8% from one week earlier, an indicator of the housing market’s strength as this year comes to an end, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

While it's no silver bullet, automation with careful monitoring and testing can help lenders eliminate racial bias toward potential borrowers, the developers say.

About 4,400 loans started the foreclosure process in November, alongside 176,000 mortgages in active foreclosure.

The company also acquired the maker of the ResWare title and escrow software.

Sales of previously owned homes fell in November for the first time in six months, suggesting that surging prices and a record-low supply are constraining red-hot demand.

Portland metro has never had so few homes for sale as seen in November, handing even more power to sellers and forcing buyers to face bidding wars or wait for more owners to list their residential property.

Demand for home purchases and car loans would need to increase substantially to make up for what's expected to be a sharp drop in refinancing revenue.