Thursday, November 7, 2024

How LOs, mortgage execs are preparing for 2024

After nearly two years of trudging through a frozen housing market, the consensus among mortgage professionals is that the worst of it is over. The Federal Reserve...

How loan originators survived a cutthroat mortgage business in 2023

In his 20 years in mortgage banking, no year has compared to 2023 in terms of difficulty, said Ben Cohen, Guaranteed Rate’s managing director and a...

Pending home sales remain at historically low levels

Pending home sales in November were largely unchanged from October’s levels, a month that saw the lowest pending sales since 2001. according to the latest data...

Mortgage rates continue a downward trend in the twilight of 2023

As we prepare to bid adieu to 2023, mortgage rates this week again stayed below seven percent. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.61% as of Dec. 28,...

To lure more teachers, CO school districts enter the housing market

Affordability has been a chief topic of concern in the housing industry for the past several years, and the lack of affordable options in the state...

Zillow, ShowingTime sue 2 multiple listing services

Zillow Group and ShowingTime are taking two multiple listing services (MLSs) to court, due to their allegedly anticompetitive behavior. On Friday, Zillow Group and ShowingTime filed a...

First American cybersecurity attack disrupts closings over holidays

The nation’s second largest title insurer, First American, as well as some of its subsidiaries, remain offline as of Wednesday morning in the wake of the...

The 2024 mortgage M&A playbook

Guild Mortgage has an ambitious plan under the leadership of its new CEO, Terry Schmidt. The California-based retail lender has set a target of becoming a...

How to host real estate events to turn friends into customers

When Jen Dillard, broker and team leader of Jen Dillard Real Estate Team, and her family first moved to Hood River, Oregon, she didn’t know anyone....

6 best Michigan real estate schools for 2024

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