First-time buyers: The best locations and mortgage lenders for new builds

January 3, 2024by

Halifax has emerged as the most dominant lender for first-time buyers thanks to its strong mortgage offerings for low...

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New year – new mortgage prices: Which lenders have cut rates?

January 3, 2024by

Leeds Building Society has cut rates across a range of mortgages in a move it said would save a...

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Guild lists houses that remedy fire risk, affordability issues

December 30, 2023by

Guild Mortgage is listing two homes set up through a partnership in Paradise, California, that could prove to be...

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US 10-year yield ending 2023 almost exactly where it started

December 30, 2023by

After a year of massive swings and numerous head fakes, the U.S. 10-year yield is poised to end 2023...

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MBA, Guild, Attom make leadership moves, promotions

December 30, 2023by

Left to right: Robert Callaway, Ken Jacobson Los Angeles-based CV3, the recently established real-estate investment lender, welcomed Robert...

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First American reboots after hack took down its systems

December 30, 2023by

First American Financial announced Thursday it rebooted some of its systems, which were taken down in late December due...

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Commentary: Why the reverse mortgage industry needs to stop marketing to ‘seniors’

December 30, 2023by

Reverse mortgage sales and marketing still rely on broadly used principles. Chief among cardinal sales and marketing sins is...

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Home buying migration trends are going backward: Redfin

December 30, 2023by

Strained affordability and challenges to remote work opportunities have contributed to the lowest share of home buyers relocating in...

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How LOs, mortgage execs are preparing for 2024

December 30, 2023by

After nearly two years of trudging through a frozen housing market, the consensus among mortgage professionals is that the...

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Mortgage investor JER files for bankruptcy, is latest property firm to crash

December 30, 2023by

Jeanne Frank/Bloomberg JER Investors Trust Inc., a mortgage REIT, filed for bankruptcy in the latest sign of distress...

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