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Category: News and Trends
Industry Briefs Apr. 28, 2023: Realfinity Partners with NFM Lending
Realfinity, Miami, announced a partnership with NFM Lending, a national mortgage lender, bringing together Realfinity’s private-label HomeDashboard platform with NFM Lending’s loan products.
MBA: March Mortgage Application Payments Increase 1.6 Percent to Record High
Homebuyer affordability declined in March, with the national median payment applied for by purchase applicants increasing 1.6 percent to $2,093 from $2,061 in February, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Thursday.
Industry Briefs Apr. 27, 2023: Realfinity Partners with NFM Lending
Realfinity, Miami, announced a partnership with NFM Lending, a national mortgage lender, bringing together Realfinity’s private-label HomeDashboard platform with NFM Lending’s loan products.
CFPB Issues Guidance on ‘Zombie’ Mortgage Illegal Collection Tactics
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday issued guidance on debt collectors, covered by the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, threatening to foreclose on homes with mortgages past the statute of limitations.
RE/MAX: Spring Housing Market Season Showing Early Promise
Despite a fairly dismal month for existing home sales, RE/MAX, Denver, said March homes sales improved from February.
Home Sellers See Further Declines in Profits
ATTOM, Irvine, Calif., reported profit margins on median-priced single-family home and condo sales across the United States decreased to 44.2 percent in the first quarter as home prices stayed flat or kept declining around most of the nation.
Green Leases Drive Decarbonization
As real estate occupiers face increased pressure to lower their carbon footprint and investors seek to green their portfolios, so-called “green leases” benefit both parties while also decarbonizing real estate, reported JLL, Chicago.
Dealmaker: JLL Arranges $375 Million for Retail, Industrial, Multifamily
The JLL Capital Markets Group arranged nearly $375 million in financing for a retail center in New Jersey; and industrial portfolio in Georgia; and a multifamily property in Texas.
MBA Education Path to Diversity Scholar Profile: Ashley Puckett
Ashley Puckett is Senior Capital Markets Analyst with Vellum Mortgage, an independent mortgage bank in Fairfax, Va. She began in the industry in September 2011 as a Loan Processor. From there she moved into Post Closing for a few years, then in Secondary Marketing, “which I love.”