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The plan to increase rates The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) announced today they will be increasing mortgage insurance premiums borrowers pay up front by...
Pending home sales data According to the National Association of Realtors, pending home sales (contracts signed on homes for sale) improved in January, up...
Commercial real estate forecast According to the National Association of Realtors’ quarterly commercial real estate forecast, all of the major commercial real estate sectors...
Kentucky lawsuit dismissed Last year, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. (MERS) became the subject of lawsuits from counties across the nation as District Attorneys...
Judicial review of foreclosures As a nation, we are focused on protecting homeowners from illegal or wrongful foreclosures and lawmakers have struggled with finding...
8 Housing making gains According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), existing home sales (completed transactions of single family homes, townhomes and condos)...
The way forward for Fannie, Freddie The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today sent a strategic plan to Congress regarding Fannie Mae and Freddie...
Much needed transparency Debuting at MBA’s National Mortgage Servicing Conference & Expo, CoreLogic announced today a new default servicing platform that the company says...
The builders’ challenge Despite builder sentiment rising for the last five months, new home construction remains one of the hardest hit sectors in the...
Rampant foreclosure fraud The City of San Francisco has released a report revealing the widespread nature of foreclosure abuse, with 84 percent of the...
Builder confidence levels According to the National Association of Home Builders’ Housing Market Index (HMI), builders of new single-family homes are experiencing improved confidence...
Applications slide According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today, the volume of applications for mortgages fell last week, primarily due to the decline...
Problematic landlording Renters in a Georgia apartment community recently began receiving alarming yellow door tags threatening to turn their water off for unpaid bills...
Multifamily on path to recovery The apartment sector is a bright spot in the overall housing market leading the industry’s path to recovery. However,...