Or at the very least articles you will find of interest whether in the national, financial, real estate or technology arenas! Top News Family accused in $20 million mortgage fraud scheme USA Today – An extended family and several business associates were indicted on federal charges Thursday in a mortgage and… Bank of America: we’re […]
First-time homebuyers remain an important segment of the real estate marketplace as the statistics in this Infographic show! And while statistical analysis of the rent versus buy decision-making process, particularly in markets like New York City, tries to determine whether financially one or the other makes the most sense, homeownership still remains one of the great American […]
At the beginning of 2014 rules went into effect that differentiated between qualified mortgages (QM) and non-qualified mortgages (non-QM)! The purpose of making the distinction between the two was the governments methodology to try and avoid the scourge of the bad loans that helped lead to the 2008 financial crisis. This ‘toxic debt’ that was […]
![[Report]](https://mam.econoday.com/images/mam/byconsensus_butt.gif)
US Economic Calendar for the Week of August 11, 2014 The economic calendar provided in this article gives the days and times for this weeks key economic releases that will contain data that will potentially impact the direction interest rates may move in the short and intermediate-term. This economic information will also provide investors and businesses both anecdotal evidence about the direction […]
For those of us who work or play in some segment of real estate whether buying, selling, rehabilitating, financing or flipping…. …remaining on top of issues, developments and trends in the marketplace is one of the critical pieces that helps to ensure our success. With that in mind this list of 48 real estate blogs […]
According to Jed Kolko, Chief Economist at the real estate website Trulia, home prices on the national level are 3% undervalued! But that’s not the end of the story. There is no question that many metropolitan areas around the country have seen large price gains in residential home prices since the financial crisis lows set back […]
Whether advertising is being created for a title company, mortgage bank, real estate office or Beats by Dre, there are certain keys to ensuring that it as effective as it possibly can be! For anyone in a competitive business, in effect most of us, differentiating ourselves from the competitors is extremely important although at times easier […]
For anyone shopping for a new home, the prospect of qualifying for a mortgage is a key component and can often be a concern, a source of high-anxiety and a daunting task! In many areas around the country there’s a scarcity of homes for sale necessitating that potential buyers show the current owner that financing is not […]
The following flash release about mortgage default risk was published by AEI’s HousingRisk.org! Mortgage risk increased as the NMRI hit a new series high, due to an increase in FHA’s market share and loan level risk. AEI’s National Mortgage Risk Index for home purchase loans hit a new series high of 11.89 percent for April, up […]
Title Insurance And YOUR New Residential or Commercial Property? Notice how the word YOUR is capitalized? That’s because the title insurance you buy makes certain that this is so! That said, for some the title insurance that they purchase for their new property is merely one more check that they have to write at  the closing table […]
