Market Watch

Stability and peace of mind are certainly factors to consider when purchasing a home.

Wallet-Hub recently revealed where the best and worst cities are located for the raising of families.

Read on to find out where these locations are.

Pavaso announced that Brenda B. Clem has been named executive vice president (EVP) of capital markets. Read on to learn more about the new executive and her specific company duties.

Bay City, Mich., Cheyenne, Wyo., and Norwalk, Ohio, topped the list of markets in which single millennial homebuyers were more likely to close a mortgage loan in July than married homebuyers, according to the latest Ellie Mae Millennial Tracker. Read on to learn more from this report.

Freddie Mac announced an approximate $1.45 billion Seasoned Loans Structured Transaction (SLST) – of a pool of seasoned re-performing loans. This will be the fifth SLST since the launch of the program in 2016 and the largest SLST of 2018. Read on to learn more.

Freddie Mac released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey showing that mortgage rates decreased slightly for the second consecutive week.  Read on to learn more.

CoreLogic announced an expansion of its Oklahoma City office to better serve its global client base which includes more than 9,000 mortgage banks and lenders, 300 Wall Street firms, 500 P&C insurers, one million real estate professionals, and over 20 federal agencies. Read on to learn more.

Ongoing supply and demand imbalances and weakening affordability conditions, particularly in markets out West, are expected to keep a lid on home sales growth through the rest of the year, according to Freddie Mac’s August Forecast. Read on to learn more.

According to Florida’s Down Payment Assistance Program, selected Florida counties have the most lucrative and easiest guidelines for homebuyers. Read on to learn more.

Homeowners and appraisers are agreeing in much of the country.

This is due to the likelihood of appraisals being at or above what a homeowner expected, according to the Quicken Loans Home Price Perception Index.

Read on for more numbers from this monthly report.

Home Bank has implemented the Loan Fulfillment Center from Mortgage Cadence, opting for the product’s out-of-the-box functionality. Read on to learn more.