New home sales surge, beat expectations in February

New home sales in February increased even as the median home price fell, according to the latest joint release from the U.S. Census Bureau and the
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Borrowers buying homes with bigger and bigger mortgages. Specialist lenders taking business from banks by offering more aggressive loan terms.
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Scarborough, ON — (SBWIRE) — 03/23/2017 — Mortgage Broker Store connects people to a new private lender network in Scarborough. These are
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Investor Change Reporting Initiative, announcement, extention, implementation, industry standard, IRCI.
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Starting March 31, when you submit appraisals to Freddie Mac using the Uniform Collateral Data Portal® (UCDP®), Loan Collateral Advisor® will
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Their initial investments were used to rescue Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as part of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 – the housing
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Finance Minister, Audley Shaw, has announced new lending rates to the Bank of Jamaica. He says this should translate into lower loan rates from
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2017. This was first presented at the February 2017 FinTechTO. In this presentation, Gary shares his view of the online lending space in Canada.
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FHFA successfully implemented Release 1 of its Common Securitization Platform in December, which allowed Freddie Mac to use the platform to
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“Of course, your clients will also benefit from TFC's low, fair and transparent flat fee structure across all our mortgages, including buy-to-let deals
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The increase in advance rates on Ginnie Mae servicing rights comes as MSR financing providers expect rising mortgage rates to stabilize prepayment
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For the uninitiated, mortgages are a tricky business, so let's start with the basics. A mortgage is essentially a large loan used to finance a house.
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The average gross rental yield decreased slightly in 2017 according to the Q1 2017 Single Family Rental Market Report from ATTOM Data Solutions,
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Rekon and other honorees are being recognized in the March issue of HousingWire Magazine. Companies on the HW TECH100 are measured based
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The Federal Reserve told Santander to strengthen oversight of its subprime auto-lending unit because it continues to fall short of state and federal
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Freddie Mac currently allows lenders to manually underwrite mortgage loans to borrowers without credit scores. By allowing automated assessments,
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Freddie Mac was first to implement the use of the CSP, using it for data acceptance, issuance support and bond administration activities released to
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Mortgage rates slipped lower this week, with the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage rate dropping to 4.29%, according to Bankrate.com's weekly
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Multiple closely watched mortgage rates trended down today. The average rates on 30-year fixed and 15-year fixed mortgages both decreased.
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WASHINGTON — Americans responded to higher mortgage rates by snapping up new homes in February at the fastest pace since July. New-home
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