Mortgages

Morgan will now convert a pre-approved property-specific loan to a property agnostic tradable non-fungible token backed by real dollars and guaranteed by the lender.

At the same time, the share of overall vacancies fell due to limited inventory, according to a new Attom report.

Privately funded down payment assistance programs help address the racial wealth gap in a safe and responsible fashion, leaders of the Cedar Band of Paiutes, the Lower Brule Sioux and the Rosebud Sioux write.

Their activity was below the record share hit at the start of 2022, and down from the high water mark of 93,700 properties bought in the third quarter last year.

The declines in home mortgage operations followed a profitable first quarter as originations slumped and the payments business generated less net financial income than in the previous fiscal period.

While commercial investors have begun to recognize the importance of anticipating extreme weather events in their business strategies, companies involved in residential transactions lag behind.

The decline continues the trend of seesaw movements, coming just a week after economic worries led averages to surge.

Sales of previously owned U.S. homes fell for a sixth straight month in July in the latest indication of how high borrowing costs and waning demand are propelling the housing market's rapid decline.

New capital standards the government bond insurer added were lower than the ones in previously proposed rules that had riled lenders and servicers.

While fewer units are being sold and inventory is rising, both Remax and First American are upbeat about buyer demand remaining strong.

The latest increase suggests the housing finance industry is half done with its transition from extraordinary pandemic relief back to more normal loan performance.

Farmers Bank plans to develop new revenue from home loans, despite seeing many bigger lenders flee the same market.

Numbers decreased for both purchases and refinances, which also saw the slowest pace of activity in over 20 years.

The move will reduce the excess capacity in the field but the effects on servicing are likely to dampen the Federal Housing Administration market, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods said.

Insurers and Uncle Sam are having trouble footing bills for mounting climate-related risks, particularly in regions prone to hurricanes and wildfires.

In a reversal of 2021 trends, inventory is increasing and price reductions are occurring across cost levels, though less often among the least expensive homes, according to reports from Zillow and Redfin.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency wants to change some of the government-sponsored enterprises' targets in ways that could create more low-income rental units as higher costs squeeze tenants.

New U.S. home construction fell in July by more than forecast to the slowest pace since early last year as builders adjusted to a pullback in demand and a pickup in inventory.

First American, Old Republic and Stewart did better compared to the first quarter, but all are down year-over-year, and Doma sank deeper into the red.

Pandemic-related payment suspensions dropped notably for loans held in bank portfolios and private-label securities, but numbers for large government-related markets leveled off, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.