This story originally appeared in the November edition of DS News.   With more than 30 years’ mortgage industry experience, William J. Tessar joined CIVIC Financial Services in March 2017. He [...]

A survey published Tuesday by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) showed that among mortgage loans on one-to-four-unit residential properties, delinquencies decreased to a seasonally adjusted rate of 7.65% of [...]

A primary goal of 1977's Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) was to reverse the effects of redlining, a practice by which the federal government and banks actively avoided lending to [...]

More than one-third of landlords have not received 100% of rent payments during September, according to new data released by the Urban Institute and Avail, a property management platform. [...]

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) today published a proposed rule on its website that would allow a private flood insurance option instead of insurance through the National Flood Insurance Program [...]

A referendum to change how California enacts property taxes, which some argued would address California's housing affordability issues, was defeated by the state’s voters. Proposition 15 was designed to [...]

Editor's note: This story originally appeared in the November edition of DSNews, out now. Innovation and disruption are the core tenets of the technology industry. However, in 2020, the entire [...]

A recent report from the experts at First American reveals the link between homeownership and wealth. The report specifically states that homeownership is a great way to build one’s [...]

Major news outlets announced on Saturday that former Vice President Joe Biden is the president-elect. A Biden administration may bring major policy changes with it.  According to an analysis [...]

 Editor's note: This story originally appeared in the November edition of DSNews, out now.  This past summer, Home Point Financial, the second-largest wholesale mortgage lender in the country, announced the hiring [...]