Author: Michael Gersitz

At the beginning of COVID-19, people were calling the virus the “great equalizer” because the virus was expected to equally affect people regardless of race. However, the opposite quickly became apparent as communities of color have been disproportionately and overwhelmingly

The National Association of Realtors announced on Wednesday it is introducing implicit bias training to its Realtor members and association staff. A 50-minute video began circulation to NAR members and staff as a partnership with the Perception Institute. The video

Fannie Mae sent out a lender letter Thursday announcing that it is extending the application deadline for it’s temporary policies until July 31, 2020. “We are extending the temporary policies in this lender letter to loans with application dates on

Real estate tech company Haus has raised $15.75 million in Series A funding led by BlueRun Ventures. The funding round was also joined by Assurant Growth Investing, Leap Global Partners and RIT Capital. The company said the financing will be

The average U.S. rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage rose three basis points to 3.21% this week, not far from the 3.15% all-time low set at the end of May. The average rate increased from 3.18% in the prior week,

Many companies continue to hire amid the pandemic as the unemployment rate declined 13.3% in May. One of those is Paragon Title, which is looking to add five to six employees to their real estate settlement staff. Founded in 1981,

Unlike many other media companies, HousingWire has continued hiring during the coronavirus pandemic. We’ve even had one of our recent hires, Alex Roha, featured in a ZipRecruiter ad! From “The Way I Heard It” with Mike Rowe HousingWire currently has

In February, the U.S. Census Bureau released its homeownership report which indicated that 2019, like the four years that came before it, was a positive year for Hispanic homeownership. Hispanics have been driving homeownership growth in America for more than

Despite the Federal Reserve chairman’s aversion, negative rates increasingly possible, but not negative mortgage rates – yet. With central banks lowering interest rates to all-time lows, investors flooding into safe investments driving prices up (and yields down), and the need

Ben Carson, secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, told Congress on Tuesday that he supported Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival recipients being eligible for mortgages backed by the Federal Housing Administration. Carson initially denied in his testimony

The Federal Reserve pledged on Wednesday to keep buying Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities to the tune of about $120 billion a month. There had been concern among economists about the Fed’s announcement at the end of April that it was

Interfirst Mortgage Co. has relaunched operations after a three-year hiatus with a two-pronged strategy featuring a new proprietary loan origination technology platform and a retooled business model incorporating both a wholesale platform and a new consumer-direct retail platform. Interfirst was

Renters continue to feel the economic effects of the COIVD-19 pandemic and resulting job losses. Thirty-eight percent of renters in Assurant‘s MultiFamily Housing Renters Perspective Study said that they will need rent relief help during the next 90 days, and

As technology continues to develop and adapt, marketers have to be one step ahead of those changes to ensure the right message makes it into the right hands before the competition. That’s why we’ve invited Julie Schendel, senior vice president

Service-sector employees in the U.S. who are currently receiving unemployment benefits due to COVID-19, owe more than $1.7 billion in rent and mortgage payments each month, according to a report from Zillow. The latest unemployment data, released last week, shows

Applications for purchase mortgages gained for the eighth consecutive week to a level that was 13% higher than a year ago as states continue to reopen across the country according to a report by the Mortgage Bankers Association. A seasonally