Today's mortgage rates stay historically low overall | January 8, 2021

Today's mortgage rates stay historically low overall | January 8, 2021

Today's mortgage refinance rates have risen since yesterday. Though 30-year and 20-year fixed mortgages inched higher, 15-year rates did not budge
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Real Estate Council names this year's slate of officers; new president gives 2021 CRE outlook

Carson told the Business Journal that the group's focus this year will be responding to the impacts of Covid-19 on real estate and advocating for policies
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Haute Residence Real Estate Network Continues Partnership With Darlene Streit

Currently in her second year as a member of Haute Residence, Darlene Streit exclusively represents the high-end real estate market in New Mexico.
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Local Real Estate Firm Acquires Hyatt Commercial

Chesapeake Fine Homes is lead by Ben Borchelt and serves as a residential real estate and property management company. Jay Baldwin, managing
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Evansville area builders, real estate agents had a busy 2020; here's a look at the numbers

The same trends also boosted real estate sales. For sale signs are abundant at Centerra Ridge subdivision, a new single-family housing. Low interest
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Banks Called Out For Their Role In Financing Plastic Pollution

In what it says is the first investigation into bank financing of the plastics supply chain, the report, produced by non-profit portfolio.earth, says that banks
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A Key Indicator of Mortgage Rates Spiked This Week. Here's What It Could Mean for You

A sudden movement in the bond market this week could predict rising mortgage interest rates ahead, financial experts say. For the first time since
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WaterStone Bank closing branches for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Customers are encouraged to utilize Water-Stone Bank's digital banking tools for any self-service banking needs when branches are closed. WaterStone
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Improvement in Covid-related mortgage bailouts drops dramatically along with job losses

5, just over 5% of all mortgages, or 2.74 million, are still in government or private sector Covid-related mortgage bailouts, according to Black Knight,
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The mortgage industry should build ATR rule governance

For the system to work, mortgage-backed security investors need an efficient and verifiable means to know that all loans in their securities comply with
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Nominations open for 2021 Top Producers

National Mortgage News is pleased to announce the launch of the 2021 Top Producers Survey. IMPORTANT: All entries MUST be completed by the
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Clarida says Fed bond purchases to keep pace through the rest of the year

The pace of purchases has accelerated through the Covid-19 pandemic as a continuing effort both to maintain economic growth and market
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The Home Loan Arranger – ReFi and Skip Two Mortgage Payments

How would you like to skip your next two mortgage payments in this new year? Are you living paycheck to paycheck? Are you weighed down each
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The Jills Zeder Group Becomes One of the First Real Estate Teams in the US to Sell More than $1 …

They harnessed a hot, rebounding real estate market to assist urbanites experiencing lockdown orders who were looking to relocate to South Florida.
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Emotional moment dad breaks down after son pays off his mortgage so he can retire

This week, a TikTok video of a 24-year-old revealing to his dad that he had paid off his mortgage went viral. Jamie Nyland from Gloucestershire, who
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For 2021, These Three Challenges Will Matter Most to Bank Marketers

If your bank does not have these, place your energies and efforts here immediately. Now, assuming most banks have these digital table stakes,
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How 2020 changed real estate (and how it didn't)

As the world looks ahead into 2021, it's worth looking back at a year that changed real estate, and crucially at trends that have largely stayed the
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Firms and households form inflation expectations very differently – paper

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During the mortgage underwriting process, a professional looks at your finances to determine …

To determine whether you're approved for a mortgage, an underwriter looks at factors like your credit score, debt-to-income ratio, and home appraisal.
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Short Sale: What You Need To Know If You Must Sell

When you're in severe financial distress and can't make your mortgage payments, you might consider a short sale of your home to unload as much of
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