Requests for purchase loans dropped by 1% last week compared to the work before and were off 15% from a year ago, according to the latest Mortgage Bankers Association lender survey
Fannie Mae and MBA economists are now in agreement that mortgage rates will come down only gradually this year and next but that home price appreciation will slow
Mortgage lenders using AskMax no longer need to be database engineers. They can ask for — and receive — business intelligence in plain English from Maxwell Business Intelligence
Ohio-based Union Home Mortgage boosted capacity by acquiring Amerifirst Home Mortgage. New divisional leadership structure supports a 'rapidly expanding, nationwide footprint'
Anthony Lamacchia thinks some agents are reading too much into guidance issued by Fannie and Freddie confirming that sellers can continue to pay buyer's agents' commissions
With new clients including USA Mortgage and New American Funding, Matic says it's doing business with more than 100 lenders and servicers that together process 20% of U.S. home loans
First Federal Bank continues expansion of its nationwide mortgage lending operations with deal to acquire Watson Mortgage Corp. and investments in digital solutions, personal service
Fannie, Freddie and FHA say sellers can continue to pay commissions to buyer's agents. But what if buyers want to pay their agent themselves and finance it into their mortgage?
Rates for conforming loans pushed through 7% last week and continue to rise, as latest inflation data and remarks by Fed Chair Jerome Powell dim prospects that Fed will ease in June
Mortgage rates have already reclaimed much of the territory ceded last year and are poised to continue rising this week as latest numbers show inflation continuing to run hot
Mortgage changes set to take effect Aug. 1 are part of Canadian government's ambitious plan to boost housing construction by 2 million and help renters save up for a down payment
In a break with the past, most new franchisees signing up for Motto's 'mortgage brokerage-in-a-box' solution are real estate brokerages and teams that aren't affiliated with RE/MAX
Bond market investors who fund most mortgage loans are increasingly convinced the latest inflation numbers mean the Federal Reserve won't cut rates in June
Citing recent court victories, UWM says 'it is not uncommon nor illegal for a broker to send most or all of their business to a specific lender' and pledges to pay business partners' legal fees
The Detroit-based lender unveiled 'Rocket Logic' on Tuesday, an AI-fueled platform that can glean insights from 10 petabytes of proprietary data and transcripts from 50M borrower calls each year
DataTrace, which now operates more than 1,800 U.S. title plants, says the remarkable granularity of its data can help identify renters who are ready to buy, empty nesters and fix-and-flip investors
Fading hopes that mortgage rates will come down in the next 12 months are primary drag on Fannie Mae's Home Purchase Sentiment Index, but job and income concerns also up in March
Hunterbrook Media founder dismisses Ishbia's take as 'baseless conspiracy theory'; Rocket says it and founder Dan Gilbert have no financial interests or relationship to hedge fund
Austin, Texas-based fintech hires CoreLogic vet Michael Bremer as CEO and signs APEX Mortgage Group, C2 Financial and Cornerstone First Mortgage as partners
MBA surveys show purchase loan applications have been flat for 2 consecutive weeks, and now mortgage rates are popping again as more worrisome inflation data rolls in
