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A growing chorus of mortgage industry observers believe the final week of February might have been the last hurrah for sub-3% mortgage rates. And the proof is in the refi pudding. With mortgage rates making their ascension, many late-to-the-game homeowners

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Determining the value of a home depends on both art and science. With the increasing availability of massive amounts of housing data and the ability to analyze that information. Analysis of millions of pieces of disparate data informs nearly every

Clayton Collins, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, and Diego Sanchez, Chief Operating Officer, of HW Media, are proud to announce the promotion of Jennifer Watson Laws to Senior Vice President of Sales and Operations. Watson Laws joined HousingWire in 2016

The housing industry has been keeping a keen eye on President Joe Biden’s proposed $15,000 homebuyer tax credit for first-time homebuyers. But just how many people would actually benefit from it? According to a report from Zillow, about 9.3 million renter

After months of low rates, there have recently been shocks to the bond market. HousingWire recently sat down with Scott Happ, president of Secondary Marketing Technologies for Black Knight, to discuss the impact this has on mortgage originators and investors.

Mortgage applications dropped for the second straight week — falling 2.2%, according to the latest report from the Mortgage Bankers Association. The continued increase in mortgage rates is to blame, according to MBA’s Associate Vice President of Economic and Industry

Lovell Minnick Partners, a private equity firm that acquired ATTOM Data Solutions in 2019, announced Wednesday morning that it’s diving further in to the housing space with the acquisition of UniversalCIS. Lovell Minnick acquired a majority stake in the Philadelphia-based

TransUnion’s latest financial hardship study, performed between Feb. 26 and March 1, showed that 22% of consumers surveyed still feel they are in financial “limbo,” or feel like their income has decreased and are doubtful as to when their finances

Months after the departure of David Brickman, Freddie Mac has tapped Mark Grier to serve as CEO on an interim basis, the government sponsored entity said on Tuesday. Grier will be intimately aware of the challenges he faces as interim

With lumber prices and other building material costs still at record-high levels, homebuilder confidence fell two points in March, per the latest report from the National Association of Home Builders. That drop in builder confidence is in spite of sky-high

For the past few years, low mortgage rates have fueled a housing market so hot that even a pandemic couldn’t derail purchase originations. Record-breaking lending volumes led many lenders to tighten up their processes across every stage of the mortgage

Real estate technology company Lone Wolf Technologies announced its launch of Digital Title Orders, a digital title solution allowing agents to select their preferred title provider and submit orders directly within a transaction. Following a year where real estate and

Mortgage applications for new homes dropped 9% from January to February, but overall applications are still up 9.2% year-over-year for homebuilders, according to the latest report from the Mortgage Bankers Association. MBA’s homebuilder application survey showed new, single-family home sales

Brian Brooks, former acting head of the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, has joined the board of Spring Labs, a startup tech provider for cryptocurrencies and blockchain. This is not the first dip Brooks has taken in