Marketing

The supply of homes for sale continued to shrink, but the median time to sell a home was slightly longer in August compared with the previous month, according to Redfin.

A decade after the financial crisis and housing collapse, more consumers seem in the mood to buy a new home before they sell their existing home.

Ellie Mae, looking to expand the analytical capabilities of its customer-relationship management technology, is purchasing Velocify for $128 million in cash.

Before joining NMN, our new reporter Elina Tarkazikis was a real estate agent. From endless fees to the benefits of working on a team, she explains why many things agents should know entering the business also apply to mortgage loan officers.

Zillow Group and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will attempt to negotiate a settlement to resolve an investigation into whether its co-marketing advertising for real estate and mortgage companies violates the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act.

Banks pay their loan officers less than independent mortgage bankers do, but the level of sales support provided negates the difference, a study from Stratmor Group said.

A decline in overall customer brand perception has stalled mortgage servicer satisfaction, ending a multiyear trend of steady improvements, according to J.D. Power.

It’s a very large number for any bank, but Bank of America executives said the move makes good economic sense and promotes relationship-building with customers.

The national median home value was above $200,000 in June, breaking a barrier that was not reached during the housing boom.

From Indianapolis to Nashville, here's a look at the 15 hottest residential real estate markets of summer 2017.

New compliance challenges and competition make real estate alliances harder to secure. But they're essential for lenders to maximize market share. (Part three in a four-part series on the mortgage industry's response to the housing inventory shortage.)

A builder promises to offer that rarest of products in Palm Beach County's real estate market — new single-family homes priced at less than $300,000.

The inventory crunch caused the time a property lists until it goes into contract to reach a new low in June, at 36 days, according to Redfin.

Mounting compliance risks and an evolving landscape for how consumers shop for homes and mortgages have some lenders re-examining whether they still need co-marketing arrangements with real estate brokerages.

Real estate site Zillow is launching a $1 million competition among data scientists to improve its "Zestimate" home valuations, but said the crowdsourcing initiative is unrelated to recent lawsuits filed in Chicago against the company.

Here's a look at the top cities where out-of-town house hunters are looking to buy. Mortgage lenders can capitalize on these trends with targeted marketing and specialized customer service to cater to these consumers.

Bank of the West is using alternative data and the international expertise of its parent company to tap into the lucrative but difficult to underwrite market of middle- and upper-class immigrant mortgage borrowers.

The median time it took a home listed for sale to go into contract was 40 days in April, the fastest since Redfin started tracking this data in 2010.

The majority of mortgage lenders don't expect to use chatbots to communicate with clients anytime soon, the results of a Fannie Mae survey said.

The time needed to close a mortgage improved nine days since the start of the year as the market has shifted to doing more purchase loans.