New York Mortgage Trust: Unjustifiable

New York Mortgage Trust: Unjustifiable

New York Mortgage Trust (NASDAQ:NYMT) was once one of my top picks in the mortgage real estate investment trust (mREIT) sector years ago.
See Original Article

Lending startup with focus on emerging markets raises $30M

A Santa Monica, Calif., startup that makes small-dollar loans in Kenya and the Philippines has raised $30 million in new funding. Tala taps into the
See Original Article

2 Ways Fannie And Freddie Shareholders May Still Have A Chance In Court

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac generated nearly $10 billion in combined profits in Q4, but shareholders didn't get a dime of it thanks to the Treasury's
See Original Article

Fannie and Freddie Took a Big Fall, Will Bruce Berkowitz' Fairholme Come Tumbling After?

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shares took a nosedive Tuesday following a federal appeals court decision to stay a previous ruling that disallows
See Original Article

Airtel picks up stake in digital lending platform, Loan Singh

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Bharti Airtel through its subsidiary Bharti Airtel Services has acquired a strategic equity stake in fintech company, Seynse
See Original Article

Freelance-friendly flats from Brixton to Hackney:business clubs, cyber cafés and hot-desking hubs …

… shaking up the property market. Freelance-friendly neighbourhoods are catering for the self-employed generation with business clubs, cyber cafés,
See Original Article

BankThink Obama's fair lending policy was no overreach

Even today, enforcement actions are needed to ensure fair lending compliance. For instance, in spite of decades of legal and regulatory action on the
See Original Article

New York Mortgage Trust Inc. – Receive News & Ratings Daily

Prospera Financial Services Inc boosted its stake in shares of New York Mortgage Trust by 1.0% in the third quarter. Prospera Financial Services Inc
See Original Article

Global Manufactured Housing Market Report for 2017-2022 Released

eMarketOrg.com announces latest publication on manufactured housing market, which, according to research team working on this report, is set for a
See Original Article

Morning Scan Wells fires four; GSE ruling upheld

A bad bet: A federal appeals court Tuesday upheld a ruling that bars most legal claims by investors in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, who assert the
See Original Article

Gary Gold launches Voodoo Agent, a luxury real estate video series

In real estate, we are in the performance business. We get paid when we execute. You know that wildly successful producer in your office who you
See Original Article

Real Estate Opinions: Parks Catalyze Economic Growth

Real estate development projects centered on urban parks often benefit their cities economically. New York City's High Line park revitalization, which
See Original Article

Should You Sell Fidelity National Financial Inc Based On Current Broker Views?

Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (FNF) is a holding company. The Company is a provider of title insurance, technology and transaction services to the
See Original Article

Our Stories

Recognizing these trends, the Japanese government has been realigning its housing policies. Where once it focused on developing new housing,
See Original Article

Taco Charlton scouting report: banking on hope

He may look the part, but does Charlton bring enough to the table as a complete player to warrant a top 10 selection in the NFL Draft? by John
See Original Article

Greg Conley

Experience. 10+ Years in the Mortgage Industry 10+ Years in Local Market. Specialization. 95% LTV 97% LTV ARM Conventional FHA Jumbo
See Original Article

Tosa Farmers Market and Firefly Real Estate team up to educate kids about healthy eating habits

Folks wander among the stalls offering a broad range of products at the Tosa Farmers Market in the summer of 2016. (Photo: C.T. Kruger/Now Media
See Original Article

Grond Ronde Tribe reassesses its banking relationship with Wells Fargo

“Whether it's banking or investments or consulting, to go out every three to five years to make sure that you are re-examining your relationship with
See Original Article

Retail Lending Officer – Evening Shift – Automotive Dealer Finance

PURPOSE: The Retail Lending Officer is responsible for the effective and timely adjudication of all indirect loans & manufacturer lease applications
See Original Article

Developers concerned about fee increases impacting Chico housing market

Dan Reidel — Enterprise-Record file Construction continues Jan. 31 at the Epick Homes site Sycamore Creek in Chico. The city is updating its
See Original Article

Prudential's Real Estate Arm to Launch Core-Plus Lending Strategy

Prudential's Real Estate Arm to Launch Core-Plus Lending Strategy

“Core-plus is a natural extension of our core lending strategy,” said Marcia Diaz, the managing director and global head of originations at PGIM Real
See Original Article

Invesco Mortgage Capital's (IVR) CEO Richard King on Q4 2016 Results – Earnings Call Transcript

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Invesco Mortgage Capital Incorporated's Fourth Quarter 2016 Investor Conference Call.
See Original Article

Arizona's real estate schools are merging

“We believe that by combining schools, we can better serve the consistent growth in the Arizona real estate industry and provide more value for those
See Original Article

BHI launches NJ Commercial Lending Group

BHI, a commercial lending solution, announced Wednesday it has launched the New Jersey Commercial Lending Group, which will focus on
See Original Article

Refinance Application Share Hits Eight-Year Low: MBA

The market share of mortgage applications submitted for refinancings hit an eight-year low as total activity decreased 2% from one week earlier,
See Original Article

Assistant, Direct Lending Sales

As the lending arm of Ocwen, Homeward assists in the retention of the Ocwen customer base of approximately three million home owners. Homeward
See Original Article

StepStone Real Estate Partners Closes Fund III with $700 Million in Capital Commitments

StepStone Real Estate today announced that it has closed StepStone Real Estate Partners III (“SREP III”) with US$700 million in capital commitments,
See Original Article

DBRS Upgrades Two Classes of GS Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2012-GCJ7

DBRS, Inc. (DBRS) has today upgraded the ratings on the following classes of Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2012-GCJ7
See Original Article

MBA: Mortgage Demand Is Slumping

Mortgage applications in the U.S. declined 2 percent last week, seasonally adjusted, from a week earlier. According to data from the Mortgage
See Original Article

Refinancing Share of US Mortgage Applications at Lowest Since 2008

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Refinancings' share of U.S. mortgage applications shrank to its lowest level since late 2008 at the peak of the global credit
See Original Article

Anna Bligh: mouthpiece, creative genius or sell-out to the Australian Bankers Association?

On face value, she seems an unlikely fit with the association, the peak lobbyist for 25 banks, including the big four, especially at a time when the
See Original Article

India banking bailout cost "manageable" – IMF

India banking bailout cost “manageable” – IMF … a “bad bank”, saying urgency was needed to address troubled loans weighing on the banking sector.
See Original Article

Shares to Watch: Indicator Update on Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PEI)

Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PEI)'s Williams Percent Range or … The indicator is non-directional meaning that it gauges trend strength
See Original Article

Silver Hill Announces 80 Percent LTV for Small-Balance Commercial Mortgages

Silver Hill Funding, a division of Bayview Loan Servicing LLC, has announced that they will now offer 80 percent loan-to-value (LTV) financing on
See Original Article

States with the Highest Mortgage Rates

Mortgage rates have been steadily increasing since the election with Missouri being the only state to not see an increase from last week to this week
See Original Article

Fla.'s Housing Market: More Sales, Rising Prices in Jan. 2017

“Florida's housing market continues to show positive momentum,” said 2017 Florida Realtors President Maria Wells, broker-owner with Lifestyle Realty
See Original Article

Mortgage applications post decline

Photo (c) BillionPhotos.com – Fotolia Mortgage applications registered their second straight decline in the week ending February 17, according to the
See Original Article

US existing home sales rise to 10-year high

A persistent shortage of properties available for sale, which is lifting house prices, remains an obstacle to a robust housing market. While the 30-year
See Original Article

Wealth Adviser Briefing: Practice Tips on Fiduciary Care, Real Estate in IRAs

Whether the Labor Department's fiduciary rule survives a Trump administration-ordered review, practice-management experts say financial advisers
See Original Article

Xinyuan Real Estate Co Ltd (XIN) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for February 23, 2017

Xinyuan Real Estate Co Ltd ( XIN ) will begin trading ex-dividend on February 23, 2017. A cash dividend payment of $0.097 per share is scheduled to
See Original Article

Real estate associate arrested, charged with grand theft

Real estate associate arrested, charged with grand theft

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) – The arrest was quick. Hollywood Police putting handcuffs on 36-year old Mohamed Donald, also known as
See Original Article

Analyst, Mortgage Insurance

Ocwen Financial Corporation is a financial services holding company which, through our subsidiaries, is one of the largest mortgage companies in the
See Original Article

West Coast Real Estate Update: February 2017 #2

Most people have heard the phrase “form follows function,” but most developers of urban real estate will tell you that “form follows parking” is far more
See Original Article

Real Estate Roundup: Gerding Edlen's $20M Muse and an $8.1M factory in Hillsboro

Kidder Mathews commercial real estate brokers Jordan Carter, Clay Newton, Tyler Linn and Joe DeJager marketed and brokered the deal.
See Original Article

Architecturally Designed Executive Home

Elevated for superior Sun and views this Roger Walker architecturally designed five bedroom home (built above specifications) will delight the most
See Original Article

Banking Sector Troubles: Int'l Policies, Experiences

By coming into line with the Central Bank of Iran's attempts to implement IFRS standards, the Iranian banking sector's structural issues have delivered
See Original Article

Consumer Direct Sales Mortgage Banker – Phoenix, AZ

Generates income by selling products with an emphasis on mortgage lending and identifies cross sell opportunities by reviewing customers' banking
See Original Article

US Crackdown on Money Laundering in Luxury Real Estate Set to End

Federal regulations meant to catch illicit money flooding into luxury real estate are set to expire on Thursday, leaving the future of the so-far successful
See Original Article

TBC Lending Default Management

TBC Lending Default Management. Solution description : Tech Builders Consulting's Default Management solution provides an organization's
See Original Article

Business Interest

Get the flexibility of basic banking with the benefits of interest. Enjoy all the benefits of Business Essentials, and qualify for interest so you can get.
See Original Article

Buy-to-let helps Leeds Building Society up gross lending by 28%

Leeds Building Society increased its gross lending by 28% to £4bn in 2016 with the help of surging buy-to-let lending. Peter Hill, chief executive of the
See Original Article

Kerry man organising class action for customers wrongly taken off tracker mortgages

A Lisselton man says a class action is the way forward for homeowners wrongly taken off tracker mortgages by banks and financial institutions.
See Original Article

Bank of China plans more Phl branches

Deng Jun, country head of Bank of China Ltd. Manila Branch, said in an interview the Philippines is one of the most important markets of the world's
See Original Article

Title Insurance Branch Manager Escrow Officer

SetPoint Consultants is a national staffing agency specializing in the Title, Mortgage, Legal and Banking industry. We are currently looking for an
See Original Article

Investors may be banking too much on Trump lifting earnings

The U.S. stock market has been in rally mode since President Donald Trump's election victory, with the gains largely coming on the back of two ideas:
See Original Article

Clinc raises a $6.3M Series A to advance its AI for banking platform

The idea is to let users converse with their bank account using natural language without pre-defined templates or hierarchical voice menus.
See Original Article

WRAPUP 2-US home sales hit 10-year high, prices soar

(Adds details, analyst comments, updates markets) * Existing home sales increase 3.3 percent in January * Housing inventory rises 2.4 percent
See Original Article

Realtors say Fannie, Freddie moves are limiting inventory, pressuring prices

To mitigate the higher costs, Yun suggested it may be time for Fannie and its counterpart, Freddie Mac FMCC, +8.50% , to reduce the guarantee fees
See Original Article

Interest-only mortgages linked to equity release boom

Thousands of homeowners could find themselves facing a mortgage shortfall this year, having taken out interest-only mortgages in the 1990s.
See Original Article

Home prices off to good start in 2017

Home prices increased in January across Palm Beach and Broward counties, yet another sign of strength in the housing market. Broward's median
See Original Article

Big Banks Eagerly Await Trump's Changes in Home Lending

Big Banks Eagerly Await Trump's Changes in Home Lending

With the exception of Wells Fargo, the largest mortgage lender by a wide margin, big banks have become far less competitive in the overall mortgage
See Original Article

What Does the Trump Era Have in Store for Fair Lending? (Webinar)

Wondering what regulatory changes are in store? We would like to welcome you to join us for “Fair Lending in the Trump Era,” a free webinar on
See Original Article

Islamic Banking Proposals Get IMF Approval

Islamic banking, a small but fast-growing corner of the financial world, is receiving greater attention from regulators and policy makers. The IMF
See Original Article

Microsoft to launch Skype with Aadhaar seeding for banking

NEW DELHI: Betting big on cloud computing, Microsoft Corp will launch Skype with Aadhaar authentication to allow access to bank accounts using
See Original Article

Goldman Sachs' Recent Move Marks The End Of Traditional Banking

At the end of 2016, Goldman Sachs launched a new online lending platform called Marcus. The move into online lending by one of the most
See Original Article

Local Credit Union Owned Company!

CU Home Mortgage Solutions (CUHMS) is a comprehensive provider of mortgage solutions to credit unions in the Pacific Northwest. We operate
See Original Article

The rapid slowdown in China's housing market, in one chart

Chinese house price data for January was released on Wednesday, and if you're looking for evidence that policymakers are winning the war against
See Original Article

Ely: FCA Chairman Tonsager Has Important Message for FCS

The Council is the trade association for the FCS's banks and associations. Tonsager sent a powerful message to the FCS that can be characterized by
See Original Article

2 Real Estate Stocks with Cheap Options

In the top half this week is Real Estate, where 88% of the 34 components are trading above their respective 80-day moving averages. While the
See Original Article

Hot property propels Mortgage Choice to new heights

Mortgage Choice CEO John Flavell has issued a strong outlook for the second half after a record setting first half with property markets in the key
See Original Article

TPG Specialty Lending, Inc. Announces Quarter and Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2016 …

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–TPG Specialty Lending, Inc. (NYSE: TSLX, or the “Company”) today reported net investment income of $28.1 million,
See Original Article

Housing market is booming in North Alabama

The average price of a home last year in Huntsville was $181,000, a 6 … So, in January of last year, we had 6,000 homes on the market, in January of
See Original Article

P2P lending news midweek roundup

The most important stories and data from the world of P2P lending and … the world of alternative finance with its new online lending platform Esme.
See Original Article

6 tips for selecting a real estate agent

When buying or selling a home, hiring a real estate agent is very often an overlooked part of the process, said Carol Yancey of Nothnagle Realtors.
See Original Article

Real Estate Group Newsletter – Winter 2017

In 2009 and 2010, BEK Real Estate had net rental income of $53,285 and $48,657, respectively, solely from the rental of property to BEK Medical.
See Original Article

Moving away from a broken banking system

Lisa Servon remembers her family's bank, Pulaski Savings and Loan, as a routine stop during errands on Friday afternoons or Saturday mornings.
See Original Article

Hunt Mortgage Lines Up Financing for 4 Assets

Hunt Mortgage Group has provided $12.2 million Freddie Mac financing for four multifamily properties. The firm worked on behalf of a Washington
See Original Article

Deutsche Bank: How Big Is The Capital Hole?

Deutsche Bank is one of the largest global banks, and like many of its peers, its financial performance has been weak since the global financial crisis.
See Original Article

Broe Real Estate Announces Topping Out of Country Club Towers II and III

DENVER–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Denver's newest landmark luxury apartment buildings, the twin 32-story Country Club Towers II and III, developed by
See Original Article

After A Big Bank Bought Simple, Things Got Complicated For Customers

Simple was supposed to be the online bank without the headaches of IRL banking. But three years after being acquired by a stalwart of European
See Original Article

Current Trends in Tools for Large-Scale Machine Learning

Current Trends in Tools for Large-Scale Machine Learning

While a good real estate agent knows how to price houses based on area, neighborhood, and similar factors, programming a computer to do that
See Original Article

Change in lending criteria making it harder for British expats to get mortgages

British expats are finding it increasingly difficult to get a mortgage to buy a property in the UK due to tougher lending requirements that were introduced
See Original Article

Mobile and Tablet Banking

You never slow down, so why should your banking? Countryside Bank brings you two ways to get your banking done anytime from anywhere, Mobile
See Original Article

Fed Makes Annual Adjustment to Asset Threshold for Dividend Cut

The controversial bill chopped the dividend paid to banks with more than $10 billion in assets from an annual rate of 6 percent to the latest high yield
See Original Article

TPG Specialty Lending, Inc. (NYSE:TSLX) Files An 8-K Results of Operations and Financial …

TPG Specialty Lending, Inc. (TSL) is an externally managed, closed-end, non-diversified management investment company. The Company is a
See Original Article

TPG Specialty Lending Inc (TSLX) Releases Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.03 EPS

TPG Specialty Lending Inc (TSLX) announced its most recent quarterly financial results on Wednesday, Feb-22-2017. TSLX said it had a profit of
See Original Article

Unable to sign into online banking. Says incorrect password, which it…

Unable to sign into online banking. Says incorrect password, which it is not, and reset password says system is not available for past hour. – Let TD
See Original Article

PPL Plaza falls deeper into default

1, sending the loan into default. … to a special servicer, according to Trepp LLC, a company that tracks loans included in commercial mortgage bonds.
See Original Article

Median home prices in Manatee, Sarasota well above national average

Both Manatee County and Sarasota County saw significant jumps in pending sales of existing single-family homes in January. Herald file photo.
See Original Article

Uptrend in Bank Lending

According to the latest report published on CBI's official website, the total amount of loans in 2012 stood at 1,956 trillion rials ($51 billion), climbing
See Original Article

BRIEF-TPG Specialty Lending Inc Q4 net investment income of $28.1 million

Reuters is the news and media division of Thomson Reuters. Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing
See Original Article

Field & Main Bank opens innovative banking center in Cynthiana, Ky.

22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Field & Main Bank announces the opening of a newly constructed and custom-designed banking center in Cynthiana, Ky.,
See Original Article

Three Big ETF Themes for 2017

ETF Trends publisher Tom Lydon spoke with Mike Arone, Managing … The SPDR Dow Jones International Real Estate ETF (NYSEArca: RWX) and
See Original Article

Equity Financial Holdings Inc – Receive News & Ratings Daily

“Q2 2017 Earnings Estimate for Equity Financial Holdings Inc Issued By … The Company's EFT focuses on financing residential mortgages for
See Original Article

London market: fewest mortgages for buyers since 1991

The number of home buyers in London dropped to a four-year low in 2016 while the number of loans taken out by purchasers plummeted to its lowest
See Original Article

Ocwen Shrinks 4Q Loss Via Lower Costs

Ocwen Financial Corp. reduced its net loss in the fourth quarter, a reflection of the company's efforts to reduce expenses. The West Palm Beach, Fla.
See Original Article

Here's the inventory crisis smothering Millennial homebuying

Whether Millennials want to buy a home or not, there first has to be a home available to purchase. In an interview with HousingWire, Daren Blomquist,
See Original Article

RateSupermarket.ca Launches New Partnership with Mogo Finance Technology Inc.

“Customers are faced with a myriad of choices in the mortgage market. So adding a trusted partner like Mogo to the mix enhances our customers'
See Original Article

Parkside Lending Launches HomeReady Mortgage by Fannie Mae

Parkside Lending LLC has announced that it has expanded its offering to include Mortgage by Fannie Mae, an affordable lending option for low- to
See Original Article

Report: Funding Circle Has Topped £2 Billion in Lending

SME lender Funding Circle has reportedly topped £2 billion in lending. The SME marketplace lender is closing in on UK's largest online lender Zopa
See Original Article

Silicon Valley Tried to Upend Banks. Now It Works With Them.

Silicon Valley Tried to Upend Banks. Now It Works With Them.

Brett King once hoped his company, Moven, would become “the Facebook of banking.” Today, he is selling his software to the banks he once scorned.
See Original Article

2017 Real Estate Trends Investors Should Know About

It is 2017, and real estate is once again on the rise. The housing bubble of 2008 certainly provided the largest blow to the economy since the Great
See Original Article

James Conner To Be Honored At Lending Hearts Gala

Merril Hoge stops by to talk about the upcoming Lending Hearts Gala, which will honor James Conner.
See Original Article

The TPG Specialty Lending, Inc. (TSLX) Stake Raised by Van ECK Associates Corp

Van ECK Associates Corp increased its stake in TPG Specialty Lending, Inc. (NYSE:TSLX) by 21.9% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel
See Original Article

Simply Taxes: Mortgages and the 'all-cash' buyer (formerly known as Revenooer Rants)

Today's topic deals with the tax deductibility of interest paid on a home mortgage placed on a residence after the property was purchased with cash.
See Original Article

NJ banks doing better, so why are they worried?

Their balance sheets have improved and their customers are applying for more loans, but New Jersey bankers say the state's economy is only
See Original Article

New lending opportunities for EU Alternative Investment Funds in Italy

On 23 December 2016, the Bank of Italy supplemented the regulation on the collective investment management (the “Regulation”) which, inter alia,
See Original Article

Keybank Community Development Lending & Investment Provides $56.1 Million in Financing For …

Cleveland, February 22, 2017 /3BL Media/ — KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment provided $56.1 million in FHA-insured
See Original Article

Stamp duty hike wipes £215m off Earl's Court redevelopment plan after London housing market …

Former Chancellor George Osborne raised stamp duty on homes worth more than £937,500, hitting vast swathes of the housing market in the capital.
See Original Article

Introducing Mom and Dad to Mobile Banking

People who don't use mobile banking have their reasons: They don't see the need for it, they're happy with their current setup, or they have security
See Original Article

Payday lending bill dies in Senate

Senate Bill 245, which would have expanded predatory payday lending products, failed in committee last week 4-5. The bill called for expanding
See Original Article

Lowering Your Mortgage Payment in 2017

For about the last eight years, mortgage rates have tended to be extremely low. Since the U.S. presidential election, though, they've gone up a little bit.
See Original Article

Anworth Mortgage Asset Corp. :ANH-US: Earnings Analysis: 2016 By the Numbers

Anworth Mortgage Asset Corp. reports financial results for the year ended December 31, 2016. We analyze the earnings along side the following
See Original Article

Mortgage Disclosure Specialist

If you are a Mortgage Disclosure Specialist with 2+ years experience in the industry and local to the greater Clearwater FL area, please read on!
See Original Article

How to Handle Your Home During Divorce

You and your soon-to-be ex have two basic options: sell the home, or one of you stays in it. If you stay, there are two ways to handle the mortgage.
See Original Article

Regional single-family home prices saw modest bump upward in 2016

This home in the 800 block of Centrillion Drive in McLean, currently is on the market, listed at $2,595,000 by Laurie Mensingof, Long & Foster Real
See Original Article

Invesco Mortgage: Huge Red Flag

Unfortunately Invesco Mortgage (NYSE:IVR) had been weak for months after yet another dividend cut, but the name started to rebound with the sector
See Original Article

US current home sales rise to 10-year high

U.S. home sales increased to a 10-year high in January as buyers ignore higher prices and mortgage rates, which is a indication of rising confidence
See Original Article

US court deals setback to Miami investor fighting Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

A Miami investor's fight to stop the federal government from claiming profits from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to repay its $188 billion bail-out got a
See Original Article

RE/MAX Holdings Raises Quarterly Dividend By 20%

… (4) the Company's franchisees' ability to recruit and retain real estate agents and mortgage loan originators, (5) changes in laws and regulations that
See Original Article

Little relief in sight for Barrie area's hot housing market, says industry panel

Little relief in sight for Barrie area's hot housing market, says industry panel

Moody's Analytics economist Andres Carbacho-Burgos speaks to local real estate professionals during a Barrie & District Association of Realtors
See Original Article

Realtor Panel Presents “Power” of Reverse Mortgage for Purchase

The National Association of Realtors hosted a lively webinar on using reverse mortgages in real-estate transactions — and in the process revealed
See Original Article

A Real Estate Rally Is Boosting This Luxury Builder

The recovery of the U.S. housing market since the recession has been steady, if generally unspectacular. But at least one builder seems to have
See Original Article

Lock your mortgage rate now, before Fed makes its move

A rate lock guarantees that the mortgage's interest rate can't rise if you close the loan — in other words, sign the documents to seal the deal — by a
See Original Article

Mortgage Rates Slightly Lower After Fed Minutes

Mortgage rates began the day decidedly lower than yesterday, but most lenders ended up revising rates higher in the mid-morning hours due to bond
See Original Article

Dividends, oil, and Trump: What to watch in bank earnings season

For the first time in years, there seems to be a bit less to fret about when it comes to the banks and threats to their profit growth. “This feels a bit weird,”
See Original Article

MBA: Mortgage Applications Decrease by 2.0%

The Market Composite Index measure of mortgage loan application volume decreased by 2.0% on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier,
See Original Article

HouseLens Launches SaaS Business Tools for Real Estate Photographers

ArtistPro also integrates with HouseLens MarketPlace, an online hub that connects real estate photographers directly with agents who need visual
See Original Article

No cooling in 2017 for Barrie's red hot real estate market

Tim Hudak, CEO of the Ontario Real Estate Association moderated a panel of real estate industry experts at the Southshore Centre. Sue Sgambati/
See Original Article

Hopkins partnership with health real estate firm aims to expand service to the elderly

Johns Hopkins Medicine said Wednesday it will work with health real estate firm Welltower Inc. to come up with programs and explore developing
See Original Article

London home movers drops to lowest level since 1991, mortgage figures show

LONDON home movers took out the lowest number of mortgages in 25 years last year, as affordability and supply continues to weigh on the market.
See Original Article

First Trust Bank to shut half its branches

FIRST Trust Bank is to shut half its branches this year, citing the “sizeable” customer shift to digital banking. Branches in Magherafelt and Strabane in
See Original Article

Fairholme Provides Update on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

In 2016, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac provided almost $1.1 trillion in mortgage financing to America's housing market, enabling millions of American
See Original Article

First Trust Bank to close 15 branches amid falling usage

The bank, which is part of the AIB group, has also agreed a partnership with the Post Office to enable customers to conduct their everyday banking
See Original Article

Alert from the Military Lending Act Website

The Department of Defense's Military Lending Act (MLA) website posted the following announcement on Feb. 21, “Between Feb. 9, 2017 and Feb.
See Original Article

The Best Picture Nominee That Makes Home Loans Feel Deadly

Interestingly, the driving force behind the movie's narrative is a historically ignoble financial product: the reverse mortgage, a bank loan against the
See Original Article

2016 sets real estate records thanks to millennials and retirees

Amarillo has joined the rest of Texas in setting real estate records in 2016. The number of home sales and the average price of homes increased by
See Original Article

Fannie And Freddie: Was There A Big Buyer Yesterday?

… not sue to try and claim a share of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's profits since the government sponsored entities have been in conservatorship.
See Original Article

Toronto housing market heading 'off a cliff': Sun Life's Adatia

A “sold over asking” sign is shown on a real estate sign in Oakville, Ont., Thursday, Nov.17, 2016. , The Canadian Press. Canada's hot housing
See Original Article

Member First Mortgage Offers Hybrid eClosings

Member First Mortgage, LLC, now offers hybrid eClosings with the help of Pavaso, Inc., a provider of digital process and collaboration solutions.
See Original Article

A seed lending library is planned for the Central Branch of the Windsor Public Library in downtown …

A seed lending library is planned for the Central Branch of the Windsor Public Library in downtown …

The library in partnership with Windsor/Essex County Community Garden Collective is inviting the public the Central Branch's inaugural Seed
See Original Article

Digital Mortgage range expanded by mobile-only bank

The UK's first bank built exclusively for mobile has extended its Digital Mortgage Range. Atom Bank has launched a two year 75% LTV rate to
See Original Article

Transactions: Meridian negotiates $6M mortgage in the Bronx, Ariel's $1.8M NJ loan

Meridian negotiated a new mortgage in the amount of $6,000,000 on a five-story, 26-unit multifamily property located on Creston Avenue in the Bronx,
See Original Article

Want to be on the cover of HousingWire Magazine? Here's your chance

HousingWire is currently accepting nominations for our fourth annual HousingWire Rising Stars award program, which honors the next generation of
See Original Article

Rental Trends: Should I Rent or Should I Buy?

With a median home value of $530,000, the D.C. real estate market is more expensive than many. That's why it's critical to determine what works best
See Original Article

Fannie And Freddie: Untouchable

Fannie And Freddie: Untouchable … court rejected most of Fannie Mae (OTCQB:FNMA) and Freddie Mac (OTCQB:FMCC) shareholders' claims.
See Original Article

Additional burglary charges filed against real estate agent, cops say

A Roselle woman was charged last month with burglary for allegedly entering a Glen Ellyn home in her role as a real estate agent and stealing several
See Original Article

Lowe's, Home Depot Up on Healthy Housing (HD, LOW)

A healthy housing market is driving major business to home improvement stores like Home Depot Inc. (HD) and Lowe's Companies Inc. (LOW),
See Original Article

Real Estate Express

Real Estate holistic mobile application. … Employees: 1 – 10 | 1 in Crunchbase. Click/Touch UPDATE above to add Details for Real Estate Express
See Original Article

The Mortgage Underwriting Process Explained

If you are in the market for a mortgage, you may soon encounter what many mortgage clients still consider a mystery – underwriting. What do
See Original Article

Existing home sales increase to fastest pace in a decade

Existing home sales started out fast in 2017, reaching a recent cyclical high and increasing to the fastest pace in nearly a decade, according to the
See Original Article

Students give back by building lending libraries for low-income schools

Kate Sneed needed a way to engage her geometry students at RiseUp Community School and found the perfect project: building lending libraries for
See Original Article

Millennials are 'generation screwed' on real estate

Eight in 10 consistently say that home ownership is important to them, real estate is a good investment, and owning a home gives them a sense of
See Original Article

Bank of America Drives Future of Digital Banking in 2017 as Mobile Banking Turns 10

Bank of America today introduced industry-leading person-to-person technology to its award-winning mobile platform, as part of its broader strategy to
See Original Article

Loan Closing Specialist – Lending

Local Initiatives Support Corporation Lending Department, National Loan Closing Specialist Background LISC is a national nonprofit intermediary that.
See Original Article

Freddie Mac (OTCMKTS: FMCC), Fannie Mae (OTCMKTS: FNMA) Look To Bounce After Dropping …

Shares of Freddie Mac (OTCMKTS: FMCC) and Fannie Mae (OTCMKTS: FNMA) got slammed on Tuesday, February 22, 2017, on news that a federal
See Original Article

Deregulation Could Get Big Banks Back Into Mortgage Lending

Nonbank lenders account for nearly half of all mortgage originations, up from just 10 percent in 2010. But, the heyday of Quicken, loanDepot, and
See Original Article

Chicago home sales, prices caught fire in January

Sales of homes in the city jumped 9.3 percent and prices shot up 12.4 percent to a median $256,000 compared with $227,750 during the same month
See Original Article

Pfau Advocates for Reverse Mortgages in Forbes

Professor and reverse-mortgage advocate Wade Pfau explained home equity conversion mortgages to Forbes readers this week, noting the loans'
See Original Article

Texas housing is now hotter than ever

It was another record-setting year for Texas real estate, as home sale and home prices both hit all-time highs – for the second year in a row. According
See Original Article

Rushmoor rental market could be transformed by prospect of council-owned housing company

Rushmoor rental market could be transformed by prospect of council-owned housing company

“There is a case for taking a more direct role in the housing market, in particular to meet the need for private sector rent properties to help meet a
See Original Article

Rob Hahn and Greg Robertson launch 'Industry Relations' podcast

What do you get when two of real estate's most well-known, outspoken bloggers get together to hash out controversial topics about the industry you
See Original Article

NY's housing market sizzled in January

ALBANY — The state's housing market had a 9 percent increase in sale prices in January compared to the same period in 2016, according to a report
See Original Article

How Will Immigration Crackdown Impact Housing Market?

Bloomberg's Prashant Gopal explains how an executive action on immigration may impact the U.S. housing market. He speaks with Bloomberg's
See Original Article

Atlanta's first African-American woman to have real estate license dies

Lottie Watkins, the first African-American woman in Atlanta to earn a real estate license, has died. Watkins became a real estate broker in the 1960s.
See Original Article

Appeals Court Rules Against Fannie, Freddie Investors On Third Amendment Sweep

In a statement, Tim Pagliara, founder of Investors Unite, a coalition of more than 1,100 Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac investors who are seeking to
See Original Article

Fannie/Freddie Legal News Not Helping Stockholders; Training and Events

Freddie Mac sent a $4.5 billion dividend to the Treasury after posting a sharp profit increase in its latest quarter and having its capital buffer legally
See Original Article

Lloyds bullish on consumer lending, conservative on mortgages | SNL

After profit more than doubled year over year in 2016, Lloyds Banking Group CEO Antonio Hórta-Osório expressed optimism about the strength of the
See Original Article

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Earned $20 Billion in 2016 — Will Investors Finally See Some of It?

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were placed into government conservatorship in 2008, as the U.S. housing market teetered on the brink of collapse.
See Original Article

BurkeyLoan to offer 120% LTV mortgage that also pays student loans

BurkeyLoan launched its BurkeyLoan Mortgage division Tuesday which included its 120% loan-to-value mortgage product that funds both a home
See Original Article

Housing Market Fuels Home Depot Sales Rise

As CNBC reports, Home Depot “has benefited from a stronger economy and rising home values, which have encouraged shoppers to invest in their
See Original Article

Cheques with your stamps? Unions call for postal banking in rural communities

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers has argued postal banking would provide financial services to Canadian communities with a post office but
See Original Article

Equity Financial Holdings Inc (EQI) Price Target Increased to C$14.00 by Analysts at Laurentian …

Equity Financial Holdings Inc (TSE:EQI) had its target price boosted by … The Company's EFT focuses on financing residential mortgages for
See Original Article

Loan Monitoring Officer – Lending

Local Initiatives Support Corporation Lending Department, National Loan Monitoring Officer Background LISC is a national nonprofit intermediary that.
See Original Article

Tenet buys Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center real estate from landlord

Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center, or at least the real estate where the hospital operates, has a new owner. Tenet Healthcare paid landlord HCP
See Original Article

US home sales hit 10-year high, prices soar

WASHINGTON, Feb 22 (Reuters) – U.S. home resales surged to a 10-year high in January as buyers shrugged off higher prices and mortgage rates,
See Original Article

Mortgage Rates Demystified

When you are looking for a mortgage, demystifying the mortgage rates can be a struggle. Read our blog to learn what can play a factor.
See Original Article

CFPB's First Jury Trial to Test Agency Overreach

Lipsky said he was forced to lay off 140 employees and shut down a company he founded 2002 that grew to be the largest biweekly mortgage
See Original Article

AG Mortgage Investment Trust Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock About To Put …

On 2/24/17, AG Mortgage Investment Trust Inc's 8.00% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (Symbol: MITT.PRB) will trade ex-dividend,
See Original Article

Lending a helping hand: Marine's uncommon valor saves stranger's life

… weapons with her Marines or pulling over to the side of the road to provide lifesaving assistance, she will always be willing to lend a helping hand.
See Original Article

MTN lending money at 14%

MTN lending money at 14%

Commercial banks have been challenged to reconsider their lending conditions in order to increase financial inclusion and contribute to growing the
See Original Article

Existing Home Sales Unfazed By Rising Rates, Shockingly Low Home Inventory

Mortgage rates are rising, and it's lighting a fire under home buyers. … and finalized mortgage loan, which infers a completed home purchase.
See Original Article

Fed Aside, Real Estate ETFs Have Potential

Real estate assets, including exchange traded funds tracking real estate … But the trend since last October continues to be to the upside, and the
See Original Article

Purchase Financing Leads Drop in Mortgage Apps

Purchase Financing Leads Drop in Mortgage Apps … for seasonal factors, the index, a measure of retail loan applications, moved down 1 percent .
See Original Article

Favila's pragmatic approach to central banking

Until last January, no one thought that Peter Favila would be a serious contender to be named the next governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.
See Original Article

Nearly Half of Minority Homebuyers in a 2016 Housing Market Survey Felt They May Have Been …

Among 2000 people who bought or tried to buy a home last year, 569 identified themselves as Latina/Latino, East or South Asian American, African
See Original Article

Conway Partners With New Penn To Serve Norwell-Area Mortgage Customers

The new entity will be managed by Conway's Janet Bradshaw, who will oversee it as it provides mortgage services to homebuyers in the area.
See Original Article

Current Mortgage Rates for Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Any indication that the Fed is willing to hike in the upcoming month could send yields and mortgage rates higher. The report gets released at 2:00pm,
See Original Article

House Hunting in … Lisbon

Another building on the property has a three-car garage and three small … Every week, get updates on residential real estate news, covering the five
See Original Article

Elevations Credit Union expands Fort Collins mortgage team and moves to larger loan office

BOULDER, CO (February 22, 2017) — Elevations Credit Union announces the addition of a new team of industry veterans to its Fort Collins mortgage
See Original Article

Stocks Attracting Some Extra Attention – Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO), Prudential …

With a 140-year history, PGIM Real Estate Finance ranks among the largest commercial, multifamily and agricultural mortgage lenders, with $88 billion
See Original Article

NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE HOLDINGS INC. (NYSE:NSM) Files An 8-K Results of Operations and …

Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc. provides servicing, origination and transaction based services principally to single-family residences throughout the
See Original Article

Owning the dream: Mortgage tips for home buyers

A mortgage is a loan granted by a banking institution or other professional lender for the purpose of financing the price of a home remaining after a
See Original Article

New York City's rental market is tumbling

On Tuesday, economics analyst Bill McBride, who runs the blog Calculated Risk and is a leading voice on housing market trends, said that we've
See Original Article

Notable movements of Stock: New York Mortgage Trust, Inc.'s (NYMT) share price has value at …

New York Mortgage Trust, Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT), engages in acquiring, investing in, financing, and managing mortgage-related and
See Original Article

County to host revitalization forum

The Building Inspection Department also has a neighborhood enhancement program that focuses on enforcement of the Virginia Property
See Original Article

A company that loans money on a vehicle has the right to repossess it if all else fails, then sell it …

Lenders today frequently have GPS tracking devices installed in cars before they leave the dealership. They also sometimes install kill switches
See Original Article

News & Tips: Lloyds Banking Group, Hotel Chocolat, Serco & more

However, net interest income for the core retail bank was 3 per cent lower at £6.5bn. The good news was that the banking net interest margin received
See Original Article

Qualia-Stewart Partnership Streamlines Title Agent Tasks

The fastest growing provider of title settlement software and a leading provider of title insurance have partnered to enhance the title agent experience,
See Original Article

Three trends to watch in the 2017 real estate market

real estate market Nobody has a crystal ball to know exactly what the future holds for the real estate market. However, an objective look at events in
See Original Article