CONVENTIONAL CONFORMING LOAN LIMITS ARE INCREASING
Loan limits adjust each year to reflect changes in average U.S. home prices. Between 2017 and 2018, home prices increased by an average of 6.9%. Therefore, the...
Read moreMillennial Homebuyers Complete Purchase Loans Despite Rising Interest Rates, Ellie Mae Millennial Tracker Finds
EllieMae – Millennial homebuyers continued to close purchase loans in September 2018, despite interest rates rising to the highest point in the year, according to the...
Read moreOne-Third of Homeowners Fund Renovations With Credit Cards
NMP – When it comes to paying for renovations on a house, one in three homeowners pull out their credit cards to finance their upgrades....
Read more32% Of Applicants With Less Than Perfect Credit Were Denied Mortgages In 2017
Forbes – You’re driving through your dream neighborhood on the way to see a home for sale, your mind is already flooded with images of...
Read moreThe Best Place to Live in America Is …
NMP – For the second year in a row, Realtor.com and Money Magazine have teamed up to offer their “Best Place to Live in America”...
Read more‘Alexa, get me seller leads’
Inman Connect – When Keller Williams Realtors David Bramante and Kayla Horwat changed neighborhoods in Los Angeles, they found new clients the old way — door-knocking and...
Read moreWeekly mortgage applications rise 1.6% as interest rates hit a 7-year high
CNBC – Interest rates for home loans appear to be climbing again, and that may in fact be what’s getting borrowers back to their brokers...
Read moreHomebuilder sentiment exceeds forecast as outlook brightens
National Mortgage News – Confidence among homebuilders stabilized in September as demand held up and lumber prices fell, a National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo...
Read moreCommunity Lending A Division of Hamilton Group Funding partners with Captains for Clean Water to support their on-going effort to clean up the waters on Florida’s Gulf Coast
Community Lending’s mission is to give back to the community one household at a time and what better way to do so by selecting...
Read moreSelect U.S. cities see a home-inventory boost
Scotsman Guide – Several of the nation’s most expensive housing markets saw an uptick in listings in July, a sign that the housing-inventory crunch...
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