Fighting Shape
Originators must polish their skills to succeed in a purchase-centric market
Good As New
Renovation loans can play a key role in solving the nation’s housing shortage
Painted Into a Corner
It could be time to reconsider land-use laws that contribute to runaway housing costs
Residential Spotlight: Florida
The Sunshine State looks to move past the pandemic.
Kelly Malatesta, First United Bank & Trust
Profile Overview Scotsman Guide’s 2021 Top Originator Rankings No. 7 Top Women Originators No. 16 Top Purchase Volume 2020 Production Numbers Closed Loans: 672 Total Volume: $371,817,496 Purchase Share: 64% Refi Share: 36% Location The Woodlands, Texas Years in Business 23 Tips of the Trade When you talk to a client over the phone, you […]
Pete Carroll, CoreLogic
Grassroots action needed to address affordability crisis
Has the housing market entered a bubble?
Rocketing home prices led JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Shiller to declare this past spring that the U.S. housing market was showing signs of a bubble. This past April, CoreLogic reported that national home prices rose 13% year over year. This followed nearly a year of accelerating double-digit annual increases […]
Into the Fog
The future of office space is largely unknown beyond this year
Top Purchase and Refinance Volume 2021
Low interest rates drove a massive increase in business
FHA, FHFA extend eviction bans to Sept. 30
With the eviction moratorium levied by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) lapsing on July 31, both the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) have extended their respective eviction bans for foreclosed borrowers. Both agencies have extended the bans to Sept. 30. President Joe Biden urged Congress to extend the […]