Home prices rise in March but come with a qualifier on the market as a whole, while a nationwide poll saw economic gains across the country--coming up on Wednesday’s News Wrap. Despite a lackluster spring that went against analysts' projections, ...
Read More »Webcast: Stagnant Growth in Q1, Fannie Mae Book of Business Declines
Clear Capital recently released its home data index market report, which found that quarterly rates of growth for the nation remain largely unchanged from the previous quarter. Nationally, housing markets experienced a point-9 percent growth quarter over quarter. The largest ...
Read More »DS News Webcast: Monday 5/5/2014
1 in 10 American are underwater as of March 2014, an improvement from 1 in 3 homeowners in 2010. This
Read More »DS News Webcast: Friday 5/2/2014
The American Enterprise Institute's International Center on Housing Risk released its latest National Mortgage Risk Index, a measure of likely loan default
Read More »Investment Opportunities in the Current Housing Market
On this broadcast of Mortgage Markets Today, Rael Gorelick, co-founder of Gorelick Brothers Capital discussed investment opportunities in the current environment. Gorelick discussed his strategy of buying debt (IO strips, junior bond tranches, whole loans) during an environment of home ...
Read More »DS News Webcast: Thursday 5/1/2014
RealtyTrac released its U.S. Home Flipping Report for the first quarter of 2014, reporting that 3.7 percent of all U.S.
Read More »DSNews Webcast: Wednesday 4/30/2014
CoreLogic's latest National Foreclosure Report for March found that foreclosure inventory is down 5.1 percent from February. The percentage of
Read More »DS News Webcast: Tuesday 4/29/2014
Black Knight Financial Services released its Home Price Index, noting home prices in the U.S. rose 0.7 percent for the month
Read More »DS News Webcast: Monday 4/28/2014
Average down payments for mortgages are on the decline, lending a little bit of relief for affordability-challenged homebuyers around the
Read More »Institutional Investor Held Real Estate Should Be Included In Shadow Inventory
On a recent broadcast of Mortgage Markets Today, Roger Beane, Founder & CEO of LRES Corporation, discussed current regulations and shadow inventory. Beane stated that the institutional residential investor held real estate inventory should be calculated into shadow inventory numbers. ...
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