Market Watch

Opus Capital Markets Consultants, LLC announced its recent hire of Bruce Legan, who will join Opus CMC as managing director of Business Development. Read on for more details.  

Appraisals continued to fall behind homeowner expectations. 

The August report, though, shows the homeowners still value their properties at a higher number than the findings of the appraiser.

The difference of opinion, however, between appraiser and owner, narrowed, according to a report from the Quicken Loans’ National Home Price Perception Index report.

Read on to learn more about what the report says. 

Federal Housing Administration-backed home mortgages were the popular choice amongst first-time buyers but the times and the climate has changed. Read on to learn more. 

Millennials may wish to close home loans faster than others.

Data, however, from the latest Ellie Mae Millennial Tracker, shows average days millennials face closing loans varies widely across the U.S.

Read on to learn more from this report.

Mortgage Network Inc. announced a mortgage veteran with over 20 years of experience, has joined Mortgage Network’s team as a senior loan officer serving the Winchester and Lexington, Mass. regions. Read on to learn more. 

Freddie Mac released its monthly  report for August.

The report takes a look at how the limited supply of houses has created a highly competitive housing market.

Read on for more details from this report. 

Collateral Analytics Research team’s new study shows that homeowners who sell their own homes generally give up about a 5-to-7 percent discount compared with sellers who use a broker. Read on for more information. 

Mortgage Network Inc. announced that Jeffrey Chalmers has joined the company as a sales manager serving the Massachusetts region. Read on to learn more about this new hire. 

According to CoreLogic,   the dollar volume of all mortgages – purchase and refinance combined – originated in 2016 was nearly $2 trillion, a 15 percent increase over the 2015. Read on for more information from this report.

The Data & Analytics division of Black Knight Financial Services has introduced the Black Knight Index Suite, a series of indices designed to provide insights into the housing and mortgage markets with comprehensive depth, coverage and currency. Read on to find out more.