Valerie Swiantek

Mortgage industry veteran Dean Kelker is retiring from his role as senior vice president and chief risk officer of SingleSource Property Solutions effective Dec. 31.

Blue Sage Solutions reports that it is the first loan origination system (LOS) to fully integrate Fannie Mae’s Income Calculator.

Matt Nader is the new president for First Home Mortgage, a full-service residential mortgage lender.

Jeff Raich has joined mortgage lender Click n’ Close as a national sales director in correspondent lending. Raich has more than 20 years of mortgage and finance industry experience. He spent 12 years at Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp. (MGIC), successfully leading MGIC’s and eMagic’s regional sales force for Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and New Mexico. Raich […]

Manchester, New Hampshire is Zillow’s most popular city of 2024. The largest city in the state, Manchester has seen growing interest among home shoppers, Zillow says. That has contributed to the average home price jumping 7.3% over the past year to $415,000. Still, Manchester remains more affordable than nearby Boston. Manchester has garnered particular attention […]

Citing that economic activity has continued to expand at a solid pace, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) today voted to cut the fed funds rate by 0.25% to the 4.25% to 4.5% range.

Mortgage rates crept up this week, as the average rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage increased to 6.72%, up from last week when it averaged 6.60%, according to Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey. A year ago at this time, the average rate for a 30-year was 6.67%. “This week, mortgage rates crept up to […]

Matador Lending is the latest mortgage company to offer Calque‘s The Trade-In Mortgage, a loan option that allows homeowners to utilize the equity in their existing property to buy a new home without selling their current one first. Matador Lending serves borrowers in California, Florida, Georgia, and Texas. With Calque’s guaranteed backup offer, homeowners can […]

Planet Home Lending, a national mortgage lender, servicer, and asset manager, as senior vice president, business development and strategic initiatives for the distributed retail channel.

About one in every 14 home sales, or 7.2% of home sales nationwide, were “flips” during the third quarter, according to ATTOM.