Due to a decline in multifamily production, total housing starts fell 4% in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.19 million units from a downwardly revised reading in June, according to a report from the U.S. Housing and
Real-Time Integration Provides Loan Officers with Mobile Access to Optimal Blue’s Market Leading PPE
Ellie Mae®, the leading cloud-based platform provider for the mortgage finance industry, today announced an extended integration with Optimal Blue to enhance
DocMagic, Inc., the premier provider of fully-compliant loan document preparation, regulatory compliance and comprehensive eMortgage services, announced that INTEGRA Software Systems(INTEGRA) will offer the company’s document preparation solution to their client base via an integration with INTEGRA’s
Town life is often stereotyped as simple, idyllic and inexpensive when compared with big-city life — but this doesn’t always ring true. In fact, there are quite a few instances where towns are even more expensive than the cities they’re
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released a report providing the results of the annual stress tests Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) are required to conduct under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Builder Application Survey (BAS) data for July 2019 shows mortgage applications for new home purchases increased 31.2 percent compared from a year ago. Compared to June 2019, applications increased by 11 percent. This change does
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Census Bureau jointly announced the following new residential construction statistics for July 2019.
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Building Permits
Privately owned housing units authorized by
Inc. magazine yesterday announced that Total Expert, the fintech company behind the first fully-integrated marketing and sales software for the mortgage and banking industries, ranked No. 105 on its annual Inc. 500 list.
Total Expert was
Ginnie Mae today announced that issuance of its mortgage-backed securities (MBS) totaled $47.188 billion in July, the highest since December 2016.
A breakdown of July issuance includes $45.351 billion of Ginnie Mae II MBS and $1.837 billion of Ginnie Mae I
