Improving Tech Processes for Mortgage Servicers
An upcoming Five Star-sponsored webinar will discuss how to expedite a mortgage servicing technology project, from approval to execution, in a 90-day timeframe. Source: DS News
Housing Investment Adapts to Rapid Digitalization
The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University examines big data, advanced analytics, and AI’s impact on real estate investments and single-family rentals. Source: DS News
Homes Now Appreciating at Rate of 9%
A rise in mortgage rates over the past year and inflationary concerns have constrained the purchasing power of prospective buyers, resulting in home price declines of the past two quarters. [...]
HUD Makes Nearly $570M Available for Housing-Related Hazards
The Department has issued a new round of funding to protect children, families, and individuals from exposure to lead and other hazards in their homes. Source: DS News
Rent Price Growth Drops for Seventh Consecutive Month
CoreLogic experts project that rental price growth and home price appreciation will continue to level off during the first part of 2023, while attached rental price growth continued to outpace [...]
What Kind of Service Can You Expect?
Adel Issa of Carrington Mortgage Services explains how quality mortgage servicing is critical as the housing market shifts. Source: DS News
What’s Driving Relentless Storms Against the West Coast?
In a string of bad-luck situations, multiple atmospheric rivers and “bomb cyclones” have hit the West Coast, causing mudslides, flash flooding, and hurricane-force winds. Here’s what a new report reveals. [...]
Inflation Slows in General, Yet Hotspots Remain
Click through to read more of Robert Wyllie’s thoughts as an Assistant Professor of Political Science, and the thoughts of five other notably placed people on the current inflationary environment. [...]
Fannie Mae: Housing Market May Be More Vulnerable Than Projected
As home sales dropped sharply this past year, Fannie Mae experts discuss in a new report the impact of lowering mortgage rates and what factors drove purchase demand to increase, [...]