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Conforming Loan Limits to Rise

December 3, 2019

Increasing home prices push the Conforming Loan Limit higher for 2020.

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Rates Back on the Rise

December 3, 2019

Once again, rates change course and tick higher.

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The Last Jobs Report

December 3, 2019

After nearly a decade of strong growth, the number of jobs added is slowing down.

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Home Renovation Spending Hits New High

December 3, 2019

Remodeling expenditure reaches nearly $325 billion in 2019.

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Short Supply Increases Home Prices

December 3, 2019

A new survey shows that 166 of 178 metro areas are seeing home price gains.

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Face-to-Face

November 26, 2019

Consumers like digital paperwork and signings, but still prefer to be face-to-face at the settlement table.

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Rates are Down

November 26, 2019

Rates tick down as the weekly rollercoaster continues.

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Freddie Mac Forecasts big 2020

November 26, 2019

Freddie Mac forecasts back-to-back years of $2 trillion in residential loan originations.

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New Homeowners Entering the Market

November 26, 2019

There may be an influx of new homeowners entering the market in the next three years.

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Fannie and Freddie to Drop Loan Offerings?

November 26, 2019

As Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae move closer to privatization, some overlapping loan offerings may be dropped.

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Fannie Mae Net Income Grows in Q3

November 26, 2019

Strong earnings bring the GSE’s closer to private ownership.

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Happy Thanksgiving

November 26, 2019

The real estate market has a lot to be thankful for this year.

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Not What They Advertised?

November 19, 2019

Frequently the rate borrowers quality for is not the rate that was advertised.

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Uniform Residential Loan Application Gets a Redesign

November 19, 2019

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac unveiled a redesigned Uniform Residential Loan Application.

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Rates Inch Back Up

November 19, 2019

After a drop last week, rates are back on the rise.

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Younger Generations Drive Nearly Half of VA Loan Demand

November 19, 2019

Millennials and Generation Z account for 45% of VA purchase loans.

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The Home Stretch

November 19, 2019

An up and down 2019 is quickly coming to a close.

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Foreclosures Continue to Fall

November 19, 2019

For the 12th straight quarter, foreclosures were below the pre-recession average.

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A Recession May Not be Coming

November 12, 2019

Will the longest period of economic expansion continue?

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Supreme Court to hear CFPB Leadership Case

November 12, 2019

The Supreme Court will take on a case challenging the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s leadership.

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