Author: Michael Gersitz

Home sales are up, and so are the prices. Median home sale prices have made the largest increase on record, jumping 15% year over year for the week ending Oct. 4. The previous largest increase was 14.5% seen in September

Home Point Financial named Kristin Supancich to the new role of chief people officer where she will be charged with growing and scaling the company.  Supancich brings more than 25 years of experience in the workforce and talent industry to

Doug Duncan doesn’t claim to be an oracle, but the Fannie Mae Senior Vice President and Chief Economist on Thursday offered some forecasts for 2021, even amid a pandemic that has thrown markets into disarray. The country is mired in

HousingWire recently spoke with Yvette Gilmore, senior vice president of Servicing Product Strategy at ServiceLink, about the challenges of portfolio management in the current environment and how machine learning can help servicers streamline the asset-decisioning process. HousingWire: What are the

HousingWire recently spoke with ACES Quality Management CEO Trevor Gauthier about the importance of quality control among record-breaking volumes and how QC technology can help lenders avoid costly errors. HousingWire: How have recent conditions impacted loan quality management? Trevor Gauthier:

Keller Williams co-founder Gary Keller has stepped down as CEO amid a broader corporate restructuring that will see the creation of a new holding company, KWx, and a new CEO. In an email to Keller Williams’ leaders and agents Wednesday

On Monday morning, when President Donald Trump was a COVID-19 patient admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, he tweeted in all-caps that Democratic wins in the Nov. 3 election would “SHUT OUR ECONOMY AND JOBS DOWN.” A few

V#&WUA – no, I’m not beeping something out. These days, it seems those symbols are all the economic recovery scenarios that are possible as the U.S. looks to recover from the pandemic that has gripped our nation in 2020. For

As mortgage lenders continue to register record volume in 2020, top talent is in peak demand and companies are having to shift the way they view human capital in order to stay competitive. That’s why we’ve invited workplace strategist Jeff

Are you running your real estate practice like a business? Or is being a real estate agent just a side hustle for you – something you do in your spare time? According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, only half

After faltering 4.8% the week prior, mortgage applications almost completely rebounded last week, gaining 4.6%, according to a report from the Mortgage Bankers Association. The refinance index also jumped 8% — hitting its highest level since mid-August. Refinances continued to hover

There are about 400,000 mortgage borrowers “needlessly delinquent” as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic who did not use available forbearance options, according to a report from the Urban Institute. These are borrowers with mortgages backed by the federal government

A resurgence of COVID-19 in the winter months, as some health experts have warned might happen, would have “tragic effects” on the health of Americans and the economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned in a speech on Tuesday. “Managing

The CoreLogic Title & Closing Solution offers an enhanced workflow designed to support lenders and vendors in the title and closing process. The Title & Closing Solution syncs order management, secures vendor communication and document transfer, encourages full compliance, and

The American Land Title Association announced at its ALTA ONE conference Tuesday that it is launching its Good Deeds Foundation to provide grants and sustain efforts to strengthen communities in crisis. The foundation will help the charitable efforts of its

Home buying and selling marketplace Orchard announced the launch of a digital platform, Orchard Dashboard, that enables homeowners to manage the entire real estate transaction in one place. “The traditional way of buying and selling a home has barely evolved