HousingWireHousingWire The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) announced late last week that the previously detailed updates and expansions to its 203(k) Rehabilitation Mortgage Insurance Program will be incorporated into updates for the FHA Connection (FHAC) portal. This system provides FHA-approved lenders and business partners with secure online access to computer systems…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Although cooperative compensation or commission information is no longer available on many MLSs after the National Association of Realtors‘ (NAR) nationwide commission lawsuit settlement agreement went into effect Aug. 17, some MLSs have allowed agents to continue indicating whether their seller is willing to consider concessions. The Bay East…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Even as the real estate and mortgage markets are seeing light at the end of the tunnel following two difficult years of conditions, mortgage rates have yet to ease enough to create a surge of demand for purchase loans and refinances. At HousingWire‘s Mortgage Rates Center on Tuesday, the…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Home prices continued to climb in June. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller national home price index rose 5.4% annually to a reading of 325.23 in June, according to data released Tuesday. While prices continue to climb on a year-over-year basis, June’s figure was down from 5.9% growth in May. June’s annualized increase…
Continue reading →It’s a marvelous night for a moondance, if you can spare seven grand for you and your date. A pair of “dynamically priced” seats in front of the stage were among the handful of tickets left Monday morning a couple of hours after tickets went on sale for Van Morrison’s…
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