Little Movement in Weekly Unemployment Claims

With a slowing economy, Americans filing weekly initial unemployment claims has shown little movement over the past several months, according to Labor Department data.

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“Lenders are continuing to manage the refinance pipeline by investing in virtual solutions such as eClosing, online borrower portals and virtual verifications and turning this boom in loan volume into business growth.”
–Joe Tyrrell, president of ICE Mortgage Technology, Pleasanton, Calif.

CMBS Market Musings–Not Out of the Woods?

As the commercial real estate finance market experienced fits and starts last year, no capital source provided more transparency into commercial real estate than CMBS with its monthly investor reporting and credit rating agency coverage creating a window into market performance and challenges for certain retail and hospitality assets.

Hudson Institute Webinar on RIHA Paper TODAY

The Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C., will hold a webinar this Friday, Jan. 8, to discuss a recent Research Institute for Housing America paper on distribution of household wealth since the Great Recession.

Joe Zeibert: Leveraging Right Data Analytics Can Make All the Difference

Leveraging the right data analytics can provide today’s mortgage companies with many competitive advantages and allow them to better support their LOs – letting them focus on what they do best and maximizing both customer satisfaction and revenue.