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U.S. Home Flipping Activity Drops

In the third quarter of 2019, overall home flips dropped 12.9% over the previous quarter and were down 6.8% from a year ago, according to ATTOM Data Solutions’ third-quarter 2019 U.S. Home Flipping Report. Home flipping rates were down in 78% of the local markets (115 of 147) analyzed in the report. This decline came after an unusually active flipping market in the spring. The declines stood out as the

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HouseCanary Launches ComeHome

Real estate technology company HouseCanary has introduced ComeHome, a proprietary platform built for mortgage lenders to attract, retain and convert customers into their suite of loan products. ComeHome is a co-branded mobile and desktop experience  that offers an integrated digital home shopping and homeowner experience embedded into mortgage lenders’ existing digital properties—both websites and native mobile apps. ComeHome integrates property search tools into the lender’s existing digital products by coupling

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NTC Adds to Executive Team

Former Fannie Mae executive Robin Belanger joined  Nationwide Title Clearing as vice president in October. In her new role, Belanger focuses on enhancing NTC’s offering in the document certification, custody and capital markets area of the industry. Belanger has more than 20 years of experience in the mortgage banking industry. For the past 10 years, she worked in multiple positions at Fannie Mae, most recently as a director of governance

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Rocket Dollar Launches Gold Service

Rocket Dollar, a digital self-directed IRA and solo 401(k) provider, has introduced Rocket Dollar Gold. The new service tier combines premium services such as priority phone support with a checkbook and debit card. Additional features include four courtesy wires a year, expedited rollovers and transfers, and Roth conversion reporting; tax reporting for the IRA or Solo 401(k); and a custom-named LLC to hold investments. Author admin View all posts

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Home Prices Rise Annually Across Most Opportunity-Zone Redevelopment Areas

Median Prices Rise Year-Over-Year in Two-Thirds of Zones Targeted for Tax Breaks ATTOM Data Solutions recently released its second special report analyzing qualified Opportunity Zones established by Congress in the Tax Cuts and Jobs act of 2017. In this report, ATTOM looked at nearly 3,700 zones with enough sales data to analyze, which included home sales prices with at least five home sales in each quarter from 2005 through the

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Winter Is the Best Time to Buy a Home

You may be surprised to learn that buyers willing to close the day after Christmas realize biggest discounts. December offers more than holiday retail discounts. It’s also the month that includes the only three days of the year to offer discounts below estimated market value to homebuyers. According to a recently released ATTOM Data Solutions report on the best days of the year to buy a home, December wins at

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