Alcynna Lloyd

Today’s Women of Influence episode features HomeLight’s Vanessa Famulener as she talks the cash offer advantage and 2022 market predictions.

In this RealTrending crossover episode, Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman discusses the company’s business model, future, and the cash buyer advantage.

In this episode, we review President Joe Biden’s proposed stimulus package and the potential impact of his $15,000 first-time homebuyer tax credit.

MBS Highway’s Barry Habib joins us to launch season 5 of the Housing News Podcast, and provides his 2021 housing market forecast.

The average U.S. fixed rate for a 30-year mortgage rose to 3.36% this week, reversing course from last week’s all-time low of 3.29%.

Over the years, Quicken Loans has developed mortgage servicing software that has helped the company become the highest-rated mortgage servicer in the country. And now, it’s sharing the wealth.

It now costs the average renter a median of $1,217 and $1,460 to rent the average one-bedroom and two-bedroom units, according to Zumper’s National Rent Report.

In the first week of the year, the average U.S. fixed rate for a 30-year mortgage came in at 3.72%, according to Freddie Mac.

This week, the average U.S. fixed rate for a 30-year mortgage rose to 3.73%. That’s 17 basis points above last week’s 3.56% but still nearly a percentage point lower than it was at this time last year. Freddie Mac Chief Economist Sam Khater said despite the rise in mortgage rates, economic data impr…

America’s rental prices continued to grow in August, as RentCafé indicates the nation’s average rent increased $47 from the previous year. According to the company’s Apartment Market Report, the national average rent in August totaled $1,472. This is a 0.1% increase from the previous month, and also…

In the second quarter of 2019, prices for newly built homes fell 0.5% from 2018 levels. This means prices for new homes reached a median of $372,900 in Q2, remaining largely unchanged from the first half of this year, according to data from Redfin. Redfin chief economist Daryl Fairweather said the m…

The latest Employment Situation Summary report revealed the average American income has grown 3.2% over the year, rising four cents to $27.70 in April. Despite this financial boost, new data from Trulia indicates as home price acceleration outpaces wage growth, the nation’s teachers, first responder…

It’s official: The era of unusually affordable housing has ended. Well, according to a recent Moody’s Investors Services analysis. The organization claims that America’s housing affordability has returned to average historical levels, therefore impacting credit quality across numerous housing-relate…

Fannie Mae announced Wednesday that interim CEO Hugh Frater has officially been appointed to the role. Chair of Fannie Mae’s Board of Directors Jonathan Plutzik said Frater’s contributions over the last several months demonstrate his commitment to strengthening the GSE.

First American recently promoted Odeta Kushi to the position of deputy chief economist. Kushi is expected to work closely with the company’s chief economist, Mark Fleming, at its Washington, D.C. office.

LendingTree, an online lending exchange that connects consumers with lenders and banks, recently announced it has reached an agreement to acquire personal finance company ValuePenguin. ValuePenguin Co-founder and CEO Jonathan Wu said combining its organic traffic with LendingTree’s marketing platfor…

Consumers are satisfied with the increased implementation of technology in the mortgage lending process, but still value personal interaction from lenders. Unsurprisingly, Quicken Loans continues its reign as a top mortgage lender, but who follows?

The National Association of Gay and Lesbian Real Estate Professionals recently announced the winners of its first Top LGBT+ Agent list, which is the real estate industry’s first recognition of top-producing LGBT and allied agents and teams nationwide. Here’s who made the cut.

To support its expanding portfolio, fintech company and 2018 HW Tech100 winner TMS announced the addition of four members to its leadership team. TMS explained these new additions aim to accelerate growth and bring the company closer to its goal of servicing more than 1 million loans by 2022.

TIAA announced that it is rebranding of EverBank and TIAA Direct as TIAA Bank, almost one year after TIAA acquired EverBank. The move represents an expansion of TIAA’s offerings, moving the company into providing nationwide banking and lending services to consumers, along with commercial and institu…