Nick Barta, Security First Financial
No. 1 Top FHA Volume, No. 34 Most Loans Closed
Headwinds will slow but not stall the mortgage market
Last year was an extraordinary one for the U.S. housing market — record-low interest rates, record-high annual growth for single-family home prices and rents, foreclosure rates at a generational low and the largest number of home sales in 15 years. Home sellers benefited from a market in which their properties sold quickly and often above…...
Seth Appleton, Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization
MISMO reduces the friction in the mortgage process
Residential Spotlight: New England Region
Diverse businesses fuel the economies of these Northeast states.
Rising prices may actually support the home-purchase decision
For some people, the message that homeownership is better than renting simply doesn’t resonate. There are many reasons for this, of course, from the convenience of having a landlord fix anything that’s broken to the fancy amenities of some apartment communities. These arguments tend to minimize or ignore the mounds of evidence that paint homeownership…...