Texas Realtors releases 2021-Q1 edition of the Texas Quarterly Housing Report The median sales price of homes in Texas reached $274,300 in the first quarter this year, an increase of 13.4% over the same period last year, according to the 2021-Q1 Texas Quarterly Housing...
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Housing Supply Shortage Intensifies, Driving Prices Up 18%
Homes sell at their fastest pace on record with nearly half off-market within one week The median home-sale price increased 18% year over year to $344,625—an all-time high—according to a new report from Redfin (redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage. Below are...
East Coast and Chicago Area Face Biggest Hurdles in Housing-Related Risks Connected to Coronavirus Pandemic Impact
ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s premier property database, released its first-quarter 2021 Special Coronavirus Report spotlighting county-level housing markets around the United States that are more or less vulnerable to the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic that continues to...
Big Budgets From Out-of-Town Homebuyers Are Edging Out Locals in Popular Destinations Like Phoenix & Las Vegas
Nationwide, 31.5% of Redfin.com users looked to move to a different metro area in the first quarter, according to a new report from Redfin (www.redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage. This is up from 30.3% in the fourth quarter of 2020 and 26% a year earlier, and the...
Jennifer McGuinness of Mortgage Venture Partners and Fay Financial have come together to Launch Invigorate Finance
Invigorate Finance is a closed loan mortgage conduit aggregator that specializes in the creation of new and improved lending programs and the aggregation of these residential and business purpose loans. Invigorate Finance is offering solutions to lenders not found in the industry...
Rapid Acceleration in Economic Growth Expected as Social Restrictions Ease
Ongoing Supply-Demand Imbalance Shaping Housing Forecast as Mortgage Rates and Home Prices Tick Up Full-year 2021 real GDP growth expectations improved to 6.8 percent, including 9.1 percent annualized growth in the second quarter, due primarily to the continued easing of virus-related social...
Housing Market Potential Dips Slightly From 13-Year High, According to First American Potential Home Sales Model
First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF),a leading global provider of title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions, released First American’s proprietary Potential Home Sales Model for the month of March 2021. March 2021 Potential Home Sales...
New Residential Investment Corp. to Acquire Caliber Home Loans, Inc.
New Residential to combine NewRez and Caliber platforms into premier financial services company New Residential Investment Corp. (NYSE: NRZ; “New Residential” or the “Company”) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with an affiliate of Lone Star Funds (“Lone Star”) to acquire...
Sprout Names New Executive Vice President And Chief Information Officer
Sprout Mortgage, the innovative force in non-QM residential lending, announced the appointment of a new Chief Information Officer, effective immediately. Henry Santos is the new Executive Vice President and Chief Information officer. "I'm excited about Henry joining our team of senior leaders...









