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With the 10-year anniversary of the government’s takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac approaching this week, a nonbank trade group has renewed its call for the GSEs to raise the money to safely exit conservatorship.
👩⚖️ A court ruling could tip the scales in competing proposals for the future of the GSEs.
Read "The Road Ahead for Fannie and Freddie" By Thomas P. Lemke, Retired, financial-services executive
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#MortgageNews
#MortgageTips
Wendy Mann, CEO of the Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Network, spoke with Scotsman Guide about a variety of topics, including gender and pay equality within the industry, as well as the shifting landscapes for marketing and technology.
Scotsman Guide Media has unveiled a new business,
@AskaLenderHQ
, an online platform that enables borrowers to search and connect directly with lenders.
More than 600,000 Latinos bought a home with a mortgage in 2020.
That’s according to the 2020 State of Hispanic Homeownership Report, released this week by
@NAHREP
.
Read the full story here 👉
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#MortgageHeadlines
#MortgageNerd
Join over 3,000
#multifamily
and
#CRE
finance professionals at the must-attend industry event of the year,
@MBAMortgage
's CREF/Multifamily Housing Convention & Expo 2020. Register before November 1st and receive a discounted rate.
#MBACREF2020
#PropertyTypeCast
By Victor Calanog, Senior VP, Reis Inc. and Barbara Denham, Economist, Reis Inc.
#Retail
must prepare for an unprecedented upheaval.
@REIS_CRE
Today is the first-ever National Mortgage Brokers Day, created by
@AIMEnational
. To all the mortgage brokers out there working tirelessly on behalf of your clients — we appreciate your dedication and all that you do for the mortgage industry.
#NMBD
The banking and housing lobby have asked Republican leaders to scuttle the plan in the pending tax overhaul to tighten the capital gains exemption in home sales.
Stand out with a community-based approach to attracting clients
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"Stand out with a community-based approach to attracting clients" by Krish Dhokia, Senior vice president of marketing,
@KindLending
#MortgageOriginator
#MortgageOriginators
Two things make Ask a Lender, created by Scotsman Guide, different from other loan-comparison platforms: its open model and the level of detail that powers its search engines.
Mortgage originators who want to capture a portion of this residential investment market, should search high and low to learn all they can about the various loan products and platforms investors use.
Day 2 of
#MBACREF
! Did you get your copy of this month’s
#ScotsmanGuide
magazine outside your door? If not, stop by Booth 209 and we’ll give you one for free! @ Grand Hyatt San Diego
Branching out into private lending is a great way for brokers to reach investor clients and supplement their own income with a steady stream of business from parts of the industry that are historically underserved by traditional mortgage lenders.
What can brokers do to stay ahead of competitors? Drastic changes are not necessary, but brokers do need to elevate and adapt their existing marketing strategies.
Anthony Casa, president of the Cherry Hill, New Jersey-based Garden State Home Loans, recently spoke with Scotsman Guide News about BRAWL, AIME and the outlook for mortgage brokers in the changing mortgage market.
The next round of the monthly housing-data reports won’t get published for another week or so, but if the trends hold up, expect more of the same: Home prices are rising solidly, demand from buyers is running high, but inventories for sale are low.
The July mobile magazines are now live! Access them on your phone for easy, on-the-go viewing or view them on your PC or desktop.
#MortgageBroker
#MortgageLender
"A Dose of Happy News Arrives for the Mortgage Industry" - Robert Greenberg from
@PatchOfLand
tells us why it's an exciting time to be in the mortgage industry.
#MortgageBroker
#RealEstate
Property TypeCast: Victor Calanog and Barbara Byrne Denham from
@REIS_CRE
explore the importance of one very important amenity that tenants love, but landlords are hesitant to add. Can you guess what it is?
#Multifamily
#Apartments
#CommercialRealEstate
If you’re looking to better yourself and your business in 2018, your top resolutions should focus heavily on social media because the impact you make on social channels and your online presence matter.
Take a look back on 2020 with us! It was an eventful year, to say the least, and we captured the biggest stories of the year, month by month.
Click the link below to view all the stories for each month!
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#Mortgage
#MortgageIndustry
Property Typecast: Together, Victor Calanog and Barbara Byrne Denham from
@REIS_CRE
explore how lower-end assets are fueling a surge in the apartment market.
#CommercialRealEstate
#Mortgage
#TopNews
#Multifamily
rents fell 0.5% year over year in November, with pandemic-induced declines in gateway markets accelerating to hold back national rent growth, according to the November Multifamily National Report from
@Yardi
.
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Higher interest rates and an uncertain economic environment are beginning to weigh on the commercial real estate and mortgage industries.
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"Is the commercial market growing, normalizing or crashing?" by Thomas LaSalvia,
@MA_CRESolutions
.
Who are the nation's top performing mortgage originators? Top dollar volume, most loans closed, top FHA volume – sort our verified list to see who made the cut.
Happy 20th Birthday to our commercial edition! 🎂🎉🎉
Read what our CEO, Kevin Britton-Simmons, has to say about our epic milestone, and take a look at the past two decades with our Editor in Chief, Neil Pierson.
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Large mortgage companies are now working to develop a fully automated mortgage-originator software robot that would essentially computerize the process.
Many investors in recent years have shifted from acquiring residential real estate — one to four units — to the multifamily space, which is defined as five or more units.
To remain competitive, mortgage professionals need to overcome a hesitancy to adopt technology.
"Innovation Will Occur With or Without You" By Kurt Reheiser, Executive VP and chief information officer,
@guildmortgageco
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#MortgageAdvice
#MortgageTip
Due to the overwhelming interest in our rankings today, our website was experiencing some issues, but the rankings list is back up and running now! Thank you all for your patience!
With interest rates trending down, the dollar volume of mortgage rate locks grew by 32% from December to January, finally reversing nine consecutive months of decreasing activity.
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#MortgageIndustry
#RealEstate
#HomeBuyer
When it comes to home price fluctuations, form an opinion based on historic data
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"Everybody Wants the Answer to This Question" by Eric Simantel, branch manager, Ryder Mortgage Group
A critical shortage of entry-level listings has translated into lower sales of homes priced under $250,000, the pool of homes that most first-time homebuyers buy.