Housing Wire
MARCH 7, 2022
Lenders One Cooperative announced on Monday that it has struck a deal to lease retail space in Walmart stores to sell mortgage products and services. The cooperative inked a deal for space at three Walmart locations, but said there are “many more opportunities to come.” Lenders One will be selling purchase, refinance and home equity products at its “store-in-store” branch locations.
Sacramento Appraisal Blog
MARCH 8, 2022
Freakish price growth? Yes. That’s exactly what we’ve been seeing. Here we are again with what feels like a carbon copy of last year, which was our most aggressive market ever. In short, 2022 is doing its best to crush 2021. Let’s talk stats and perspective. I’d love to hear your take. UPCOMING PUBLIC SPEAKING […].
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Appraisal Buzz
MARCH 9, 2022
Advantage Systems , a provider of accounting and financial management tools for the mortgage industry, announced that LoanSnap Inc. has selected and implemented its mortgage accounting automation solution, Accounting for Mortgage Bankers (AMB), including the AMB Sierra dashboard and reporting capabilities for both branch users and executives. LoanSnap has been growing rapidly and needed a scalable accounting system that could keep pace with its growth.
George Dell
MARCH 9, 2022
The conditions of the market, in real estate, means the relationship between supply and demand. Supply and demand issues (at a point in time) are particularly important for new construction. In such cases, forecasting may also be important where build-out and rent-up times affect value. For existing properties, like houses, it seems much simpler, as […].
Housing Wire
MARCH 8, 2022
Pink slips will arrive for 3,000 employees of Better.com, the mortgage lender that received a mountain of bad press three months ago when its CEO, Vishal Garg, fired 900 workers via Zoom and chastised their work ethic to remaining employees. . The new round of layoffs reaches 35% of Better.com’s staff and hits workers in the United States and in India, according to a person familiar with the lender’s decision.
The Appraiser Coach
MARCH 8, 2022
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Eyes on Housing
MARCH 9, 2022
The construction labor market remains tight, as the industry sees a rising number of job openings year-over-year. The count of open construction jobs increased for the month to 380,000 unfilled positions in January. The highest measure in the history of the data series (going back to late 2000) was 416,000 in April 2019. The housing market remains underbuilt and requires.
Housing Wire
MARCH 10, 2022
How much does a typical low-income first-time homebuyer with a Fannie Mae -backed mortgage bring to the closing table? According to Fannie Mae , in a working paper entitled “ Mortgage costs as a share of housing costs—placing the cost of credit in broader context ,” the average low-income, first-time homebuyer has about $28,000 for a down payment.
Urban
MARCH 11, 2022
New data show that landlords are increasing rental prices and instituting stricter screening criteria for renters, indicating a bleak rental market outlook for years to come.
Appraisal Buzz
MARCH 11, 2022
This month marks the two-year anniversary of the coronavirus pandemic, which the World Health Organization officially declared on March 11, 2020. According to a new report from Redfin, the housing market has changed drastically as there are now half as many homes to choose from, as prices increased 34%. Overall, the number of homes on … The post Share of Homes Selling Above List Price Doubles appeared first on DSNews.
Eyes on Housing
MARCH 7, 2022
New NAHB 2022 Priced-Out Estimates showed that 87.5 million households are not able to afford a median priced new home, and that additional 117,932 households would be priced out of the new home market if the price goes up by $1,000. This post presents how interest rates affect the number of households that would be priced out of the new.
Housing Wire
MARCH 10, 2022
Mortgage rates have been all over the place lately. They rose this week, reflecting the volatility of the U.S. economy brought by inflation and Russia’s war in Ukraine. The average 30-year-fixed rate mortgage increased to 3.85% for the week ending March 10, up from 3.76% in the previous week, according to the latest Freddie Mac PMMS Mortgage Survey.
DW Slater Company
MARCH 8, 2022
What is International Women’s Day? Today is International Women’s Day! This day was founded in 1910. It was Clara Zetkin, an advocate for women’s rights, suggested the creation of an international women’s day. This idea was shared at the International Conference of Working Women in Copenhagen in 1910 – and the 100 women there, from 17 countries, agreed to it unanimously.
Appraisal Buzz
MARCH 11, 2022
After two full years, the COVID-19 pandemic has done a number on the U.S. housing market. Congresswoman Maxine Waters has announced plans to propose federal legislation designed to reduce the racial gap in home appraisals. After a week of declines, mortgage rates are back on the rise. With the new Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac desktop appraisal option going live this month, McKissock Learning has released an updated CE course to reflect the new.
Appraiserblogs
MARCH 7, 2022
The study also shows the appraisal was the LOWEST scored item on the list of discriminatory practices… On February 23, 2022, NAR published the “2022 Snapshot of Race and Home Buying in America” report. The study examines homeownership trends and challenges by race and location to explain current racial disparities in the housing market. Using data from the 2021 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, the report looks at the characteristics of who purchases homes, why they purchase, what they purchas
Housing Wire
MARCH 10, 2022
California-based Guild Mortgage can be added to the growing list of lenders with waning profitability. But Guild’s executives believe the retail lender is well positioned to succeed in a lower-volume environment, whether it’s organically or through acquisitions. The nonbank mortgage lender increased its total originations in 2021, despite a reduction in the fourth quarter.
The Robert Weiler Company
MARCH 9, 2022
Sometimes it seems as if crystal ball predictions are as much a Q1 tradition as an end-of-year seasonal cheer. While it’s true that writing an outlook on the year ahead has become part of the ritual for many companies, such outlooks are, in fact, valuable. It is especially true if said previews are based in reality and not on the wish lists of what executives would like to see.
Appraisal Buzz
MARCH 10, 2022
Wolters Kluwer Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC), has signed an agreement with the Reynolds and Reynolds Company to acquire International Document Services, Inc. (IDS), for an estimated $70 million in cash?—where IDS will become an essential component of GRC’s Compliance Solutions business. The acquisition builds on GRC’s existing leadership in digital loan compliance, with end-to-end capabilities … The post Wolters Kluwer, Reynolds and Reynolds Partner to Acquire IDS appeared first
GoForrmz
MARCH 9, 2022
Transform your bookkeeping processes by switching to online forms Keeping records organized and up to date is critical for your business operations. With paper forms, your team is left scrambling over disorganized and messy documents. When companies switch to mobile forms for their data collection and storage, they can rely less on manual re-keying of data into systems like Microsoft Excel.
Housing Wire
MARCH 8, 2022
RealDeals. With BeSmartee RealDeals, lenders can facilitate enhanced collaboration between borrowers, loan officers, realtors and other external agents for successful real estate transactions. Now, from within the RealDeals portal, preferred agents can track the borrower’s status, manage documents — such as uploading purchase agreements and downloading conditional approval letters — for faster closings.
Eyes on Housing
MARCH 11, 2022
The latest results from the Federal Reserve’s Z.1 Financial Accounts of the United States, i.e., the Flow of Funds, show that in 2021, the aggregate market value of all owner-occupied real estate in the United States experienced the largest quarterly increase on record. From $36.8 trillion in the third quarter of 2021, the value of owner-occupied real estate increased by.
Appraisal Buzz
MARCH 10, 2022
Continuing a quarterly survey of mortgage executives that initially started in 2014, Fannie Mae has published its latest Mortgage Lender Sentiment Survey for the first quarter of 2022 finding that lenders are becoming increasingly bearish due to current market conditions. The survey, which was conducted during the first two weeks of February polling 200 senior … The post Lenders Appear to be More Bearish in Recent Survey appeared first on DSNews.
GoForrmz
MARCH 10, 2022
Learn how digital forms can elevate your business operations to save you time and money. Now more than ever, businesses are prioritizing their team’s efficiency and productivity. As the world embraces digital transformation, the need for streamlined processes has never been more prevalent. For property managers, even reducing time spent completing a property contract or rental property agreement by 30 minutes per day per document can open the door for their management firm or business to take on
Housing Wire
MARCH 8, 2022
With industry loan volumes already falling, lenders are looking for ways to reach their growth goals. HousingWire recently spoke to Mike Darne, Vice President of Marketing for CreditXpert, who said focusing first on the borrower’s credit holds the key to winning business that other lenders won’t even see. HousingWire: What opportunities do lenders miss out on by not focusing on credit, especially early in the mortgage origination cycle?
Eyes on Housing
MARCH 10, 2022
Consumer prices continued to break 40-year highs in February due to higher food, gasoline and housing costs. This was the largest year-over-year gain since January 1982. This pace of inflation will likely stay high in the months ahead as Russia-Ukraine crisis continues drive up oil and commodity prices. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the Consumer Price Index.
Appraisal Buzz
MARCH 10, 2022
Today’s Buzzcast interview is with John Russell, Strategic Partnership Officer of the American Society of Appraisers (ASA). We sat down with John and Joan Trice, Founder of Allterra Group, LLC to discuss the what’s happening in the market as well as what’s going on with policy and congress. What are some of the changes happening within the industry?
Appraiserblogs
MARCH 9, 2022
“…if you the appraiser are not required to inspect the property yourself, don’t you want to have a more detailed diagram of the home, i.e., a Floor Plan?” There’s been lots of discussion on various forums, classes, Facebook, blogs, podcasts, surveys, articles, etc., about the upcoming ‘demands’ by ONE of the GSE’s to measure using ANSI Standard Z765-2021, and by both GSE’s to provide a Floor Plan for certain assignments.
Housing Wire
MARCH 11, 2022
Each fall, trendsetters at Pantone decide on the next year’s “ color of the year ,” which they feel will define and influence the upcoming year. Whether the “color of the year” is a self-fulfilling prophecy or the trendsetters really are that on trend is currently unknown. Similarly, the mortgage industry has no shortage of trend predictions being made each month, quarter and year.
Urban
MARCH 9, 2022
New survey results show that renters with low incomes are having a hard time making their rental payments, but Emergency Rental Assistance funding isn’t reaching them quickly enough to prevent evictions.
Appraisal Buzz
MARCH 10, 2022
ATTOM , a licensor of foreclosure data and parent company to RealtyTrac , has released its February 2022 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows there were a total of 25,833 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions or bank repossessions — up 11% from a month ago and 129% from a year ago. “February foreclosure activity looks a lot like what we can expect to see for at least the next six months.
Eyes on Housing
MARCH 9, 2022
In the past month, total mortgage activity, as measured by the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Market Composite Index, underwent a series of weekly declines, but increased in the latest week by 8.5 percent. The latest week’s survey is for the week ending March 4. The latest week’s activity consisted of an 8.6 percent increase in purchasing and an 8.5 percent.
Housing Wire
MARCH 10, 2022
Nonbank heavyweight loanDepot announced on Thursday an operational restructuring with the creation of a new business division called mello, under the leadership of the digital technology veteran Zeenat Sidi. The California-based lender plans to use mello to boost the development of innovative products and services in a market that has gotten ultra-competitive , with power buyers, real estate brokerage, mortgage lenders and fintechs all vying to create an end-to-end platform.
McKissock
MARCH 8, 2022
Real estate agents have some of the highest scores in job satisfaction out of workers across America. It might not feel like that when you’re working a 12 hour day just trying to get through all of the tasks on your plate, but it’s true: real estate agents are reportedly 17% more satisfied in their careers than workers in other professions, according to research by the Conference Board.
Appraisal Buzz
MARCH 9, 2022
Thanks to an improving economy and growing home equity, the U.S. mortgage delinquency rate hit its lowest level in recorded history in December, falling to just 3.4% of all loans, according to CoreLogic. That’s down from 5.8% of all loans in December 2020. The firm’s monthly Loan Performance Insights Report shows that early-stage delinquencies (30 to 59 days past due) represented just 1.2% of all loans in December, down from 1.4% in December 2020.
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