Home sales canceled in January at highest pace in years
Feb 28, 2025Consumer skittishness, wildfires and rising inventory combined to push the January cancellation rate for pending home sales to its highest...
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Metro Bank mortgage lending falls, as it ‘pivots’ to specialist loans – Mortgage Strategy
Feb 27, 2025Metro Bank said its gross new residential mortgages fell by more than a third after the sale of a £2.5bn...
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Which Is Better and Why?
Feb 26, 2025To mortgage folks across the country, it’s an age-old question: “Lock or float?” It’s a question loan officers and mortgage...
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Lumber market chaos: ‘I’ve never seen anything like this’
Feb 25, 2025“I think it’s going to slow down demand and I can’t imagine it’s going to cause [mortgage rates] to go...
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Tech platform Realpha acquires second mortgage brokerage
Feb 24, 2025Following a similar transaction last fall, real estate technology platform Realpha Tech Corp. is expanding in home lending through the...
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Housing Ministry – Mortgage Strategy
Feb 23, 2025Social housing sales came in at just over 17,500 last year in England, tumbling by around 40% compared to the...
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Mortgage Rates Back Below Year-Ago Levels as We Head into Spring
Feb 22, 2025As anticipated, mortgage rates are back below their year-ago levels. I had suspected they would be, despite a rough couple...
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Private lending: What’s in store for the space?
Feb 21, 2025State regulations a persistent challenge to private lending growth The space made $8 billion in securitizations last year, with $12...
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Mortgage interest rates inch down in slow-moving pattern
Feb 20, 2025Mortgage rates have fluctuated less than 20 basis points in the past five weeks, in a pattern Freddie Mac says...
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Marsden Building Society loosens expat lending policy – Mortgage Strategy
Feb 19, 2025Marsden Building Society has relaxed its expat mortgage criteria, including additional support for expats returning to the UK. The...
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