July was another rough month for homebuilders, with mortgage applications for new home purchases dropping 16.1% from a year ago, according to the latest Mortgage Bankers Association‘s builder application survey. Compared to June 2022, applications decreased by 7%. “Mortgage applications to purchase newly built homes weakened in July, as prospective
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In early May, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), a diversified information technology company, announced that it was about to acquire Black Knight, a major provider of software that is used to service mortgages. If this were to occur, the impact on the mortgage and housing markets would likely be profound. ICE currently
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A Maryland couple is suing appraisal firm 20/20 Valuations, its appraiser and mortgage lender loanDepot after their home was appraised at a far lower value than it was a few months later when they removed indications that a Black family lived there. Nathan Connolly and Shani Mott, in a suit
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Mortgage startup NFTYDoor plans to launch a home equity platform, promising borrowers “a one-minute online application and funding in as little as three days.” It’s entrepreneur Mark Schacknies’s first business venture after leaving the real estate vendor Remine, which was sold in October 2021 following allegations of unprofessional conduct by
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Mortgage operations veteran Suzy Lindblom was named chief operating officer at lender and servicer Arc Home this week. Lindblom joins the non-QM-focused lender following a stint at First Guaranty Mortgage Corp., where she was COO before the company declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy and folded. She was previously the COO at
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Basking Ridge. 11 Frederick Court. $977,000. 185 Old Army Road. $999,000. 205-207 Finley Ave. $1,900,000. 34 Roberts Circle. $600,000.
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Few homes were for sale in the Greystone Farms subdivision of Fayetteville, North Carolina,. A typical Duval County home listed for $350,000 in July, …
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A list of Greater Milford MA real estate sales for Aug. 1-5, 2022, includes a former Legion hall in Hopdale, and a property where used cars are …
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Citing sensational statistics like “Pending home sales crash 30%” or “Record number of price reductions” may lead one to think that home prices …
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Hunterdon County home sales for the week of Aug. 21, 2022 · Annandale · Bloomsbury · Califon · Clinton · Flemington · Frenchtown · Glen Gardner · High Bridge.
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A house in Sturbridge that sold for $20000 tops the list of the most affordable real estate sales in Worcester County between Aug. 14 and Aug. 20.
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A house on Sunset Drive sold for $525,000, topping the list of real estate transactions for single-family homes in Brockton. In Bridgewater, a home on …
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