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Pending Home Sales Rise 1.6% on Low Rates

Pending Home Sales Rise 1.6% on Low Rates

Monday, 30 September 2019
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Contract signings to buy a home rose in August, the third monthly increase of 2019, according to the National Association of Realtors. So reports MarketWatch. Read more...
Chinese Buying of U.S. Homes May Sink to Eight-year Low

Chinese Buying of U.S. Homes May Sink to Eight-year Low

Friday, 04 October 2019
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Chinese purchases of U.S. homes will probably fall to their lowest in eight years in the year ending in March 2020 as fallout from the trade war between the two nations continues. That's according to, Chinese real estate website Juwai.com. So reports Reuters. Read more...
Foreclosure Starts Hit 18-Year Low, Prepays Keep Climbing: Black Knight

Foreclosure Starts Hit 18-Year Low, Prepays Keep Climbing: Black Knight

Monday, 23 September 2019
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August saw continued improvement in mortgage performance. At just 36,200 for the month, foreclosure starts hit an 18-year low, and were down more than 23% from this time last year, according to Black Knight. Read more...
Flagstar Bank to Recover $1M of Loan to Live Well

Flagstar Bank to Recover $1M of Loan to Live Well

Thursday, 26 September 2019
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Flagstar Bank has announced that it expects to recover $1 million of its loan to now-defunct Live Well Financial. So reports Seeking Alpha. Read more...
Better.com to Hire 1,000 in New North Carolina Office

Better.com to Hire 1,000 in New North Carolina Office

Wednesday, 25 September 2019
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New York-based online mortgage lender Better.com has opened an office in Charlotte, North Carolina, and plans to hire 1,000 people for it. So reports WSOC TV. Read more...
CFPB Tells Supreme Court It’s Unconstitutional

CFPB Tells Supreme Court It’s Unconstitutional

Monday, 23 September 2019
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In a reversal, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has sided with the Trump administration’s argument that the structure of the agency is unconstitutional. So reports Reuters. Read more...
Home-flipping Profits Fall to Lowest Since 2011

Home-flipping Profits Fall to Lowest Since 2011

Tuesday, 24 September 2019
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It keeps getting harder to make money flipping houses, according to the latest figures from Attom Data Solutions. So reports CNBC. Read more...
LendingTree Details Financial Impact of Foreclosure

LendingTree Details Financial Impact of Foreclosure

Thursday, 19 September 2019
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Home buyers with a foreclosure in their past tend to see their borrowing costs rise significantly for the next couple of years. However, the financial pain isn’t permanent, a new LendingTree study finds. So reports Fox Business. Read more...
FHFA Revamps Fannie, Freddie Role in Multifamily Mortgages

FHFA Revamps Fannie, Freddie Role in Multifamily Mortgages

Wednesday, 18 September 2019
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The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced a mix of changes to how Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac can participate in the multifamily mortgage market. So reports MarketWatch. Read more...
Trump: Fed 'Boneheads' Should Cut Rates to Zero or Less

Trump: Fed 'Boneheads' Should Cut Rates to Zero or Less

Monday, 16 September 2019
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President Donald Trump has said Federal Reserve officials are “boneheads,” calling on the Fed and its Chairman Jerome Powell to lower interest to zero or potentially below. So reports USA Today. Read more...

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