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Rising cases and vaccine issues caused bond yields to fall, but inflationary pressures will likely reverse that course.

The loan officers who brought in the highest volumes last year offer their perspectives on social media, the GSEs, loan channels and more.

COVID-19 quickly altered the hierarchy of borrower debt, with home financing payments taking precedence over credit cards and auto loans, according to TransUnion.

Their numbers suggest that the quarter’s home lending may be stronger than industry forecasts for a 6 to 13% decline.

Hild, 46, schemed with other Live Well executives to increase the reported value of a pool of bonds used as collateral for loans, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jordan Estes told jurors in opening statements on Wednesday.

The REIT is planning its own stock sale to pay for the all-cash purchase from Lone Star Funds.

But the percentage of weekly applications in that category was closer to 60%, the Mortgage Bankers Association found.

There’s a 20 percentage-point gap between Black and white consumers who have the income necessary to qualify for a mortgage on a new median-priced home.

While the overall delinquency rate decreased for the fifth straight month, states with unemployment rates that were double and triple the national average had the most overdue loans, a CoreLogic report found.

However, companies were largely unable to use that cash infusion to make investments that lower their costs, since they had to pay out more in compensation.