Blog Archive
12/28/2023
The housing sector is coming out of the doldrums. But will it keep improving through 2024?
Originally published on Marketplace.org by Justin Ho We’re getting a lot of housing market data this week. Yesterday, we learned that housing…
12/27/2023
First American: Falling Mortgage Rates Have Boosted Homebuying Power
Originally Published on mortgageorb.com by Erin O’Connor Home sales will reach a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 4 million in…
07/12/2023
Amazingly, 2023 Is Not the Most Unaffordable It’s Ever Been To Buy a Home—Not Even Close
Yes, we’ve all heard it. Buying a home today might seem like the most unaffordable, and therefore impossible, it’s ever…
07/02/2023
Millennials Remain Fundamental Drivers of Homeownership
Amid an ever-evolving housing market over the past few years, National Homeownership Month presents an opportunity to examine a fundamental…
06/28/2023
Cybercrime is digital banking’s greatest threat, bankers say
Banks and credit unions continue to identify cybersecurity threats and fraud as the greatest challenges to their digital banking strategy,…
06/19/2023
Builder Confidence Moves into Positive Territory in June
Solid demand, a lack of existing inventory and improving supply chain efficiency helped shift builder confidence into positive territory for…
06/13/2023
These 4 indicators suggest the US is headed for the ‘promised land’ of a rolling economic expansion
The US is heading towards the “promised land” of economic expansion, according to market veteran Ed Yardeni.Yardeni highlighted four improving…
06/12/2023
New Single-Family Home Sales Hit 15-Month High
The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) have announced the following new residential…
05/10/2023
Webinar Recording: The State of Wire Fraud in the Title Industry
Wire fraud is a growing concern in the title industry. Hackers are using increasingly sophisticated techniques to trick title companies…
04/21/2023
Mortgage credit rises thanks to more jumbo offerings
After coming in at its tightest in over a decade, residential lending credit loosened up marginally in March, thanks to…
04/21/2023
Homebuyer mortgage demand jumps after interest rates drop to two-month low
Today’s housing market is so pricey that homebuyers are highly sensitive to any distinct moves in mortgage rates. And that’s…
04/21/2023
FBI: Reported Cyber Attacks Down but Potential Losses Up in 2022
Cyberattacks and cyber-enabled frauds continue to affect the everyday lives of Americans. According to the FBI’s latest Internet Crime Report,…
04/21/2023
Home Prices Up Nearly 8% Nationwide From Last March
Home sellers are facing new market dynamics this spring after two red-hot selling seasons in 2021 and 2022, during which…
04/21/2023
Wire Fraud Advisory: Vacant Property Fraud
Real estate transactions have been a prime target of cybercrime over the past decade, and there is little sign of…
04/21/2023
Weekly mortgage demand jumps 7% as interest rates drop to lowest level since September
Mortgage interest rates fell for the third straight week, while mortgage demand also rose again. Total application volume increased 7%…
04/21/2023
Mortgage Rate Predictions So Far Are Bearing Out
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage dropped again this week, another hopeful sign that more home shoppers will soon return to the…
03/23/2023
Report: $1.4B in Suspected Wire Fraud Identified by CertifID in 2022
CertifID identified $1.4 billion in suspected wire fraud attempts during 2022, according to a report released by the wire fraud…
03/23/2023
Single Female Homeownership Increases Driving Overall Homeownership Rate Growth
As the nation celebrates International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, women, and single women in particular, have achieved one…
03/23/2023
Hispanic Homeownership Rate Rose To 48.6% In 2022
Latinos added a net total of 349,000 homeowner households last year, per the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals.…
03/23/2023
Single-Family Permits Up Over 7% From January
Publishing data covering the month of February 2023, the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban…
02/06/2023
Mortgage rates drop to the 5% range for the first time since September
The average rate on the 30-year fixed rate mortgage has fallen to 5.99%, according to Mortgage News Daily. The housing market…
01/31/2023
3 Reasons to Buy a House in 2023
Making the choice to buy a home is a big decision. You want to ensure you’re doing it at the…
01/20/2023
Homebuilder sentiment rises in January for the first time in a year, thanks to lower mortgage rates
Builder sentiment in the single-family housing market posted an unexpected gain in January, rising for the first time in 12…
01/20/2023
Mortgage Demand Soars 28% as Rates Dip Slightly
The numbers: A dip in mortgage rates prompted mortgage demand to rise a seasonally adjusted 27.9% As mortgage rates dropped…
01/20/2023
The free-fall in housing market activity just concluded, says Capital Economics
Not only did spiking mortgage rates prompt the Pandemic Housing Boom to fizzle out in the summer of 2022, they…