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FTBs lack understanding around shared ownership: TML – Mortgage Strategy

FTBs lack understanding around shared ownership: TML – Mortgage Strategy

Only 35% of prospective first-time buyers (FTBs) can accurately define shared ownership, The Mortgage Lender (TML) reveals. TML suggests that...

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Why the Plastic May Work Out Better

Why the Plastic May Work Out Better

You may have heard recently that “tappable” home equity has reached an all-time high, thanks to rapidly appreciating home prices...

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What drives one Houston brokerage?

What drives one Houston brokerage?

Most of the company’s loan officers work for the City of Houston, where Firehouse is based, around eight days a...

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Will lenders get a pass on Ginnie Mae prepays?

Will lenders get a pass on Ginnie Mae prepays?

Enjoy complimentary access to top ideas and insights — selected by our editors. Coming out of the Mortgage Bankers Association...

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Nationwide mortgage lending falls 22% to £26.3bn  – Mortgage Strategy

Nationwide mortgage lending falls 22% to £26.3bn  – Mortgage Strategy

Nationwide saw its mortgage lending tumble 21.7% to £26.3bn last year compared to the previous 12 months, due to “a highly competitive mortgage...

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What Is a Mortgage Account Executive?

What Is a Mortgage Account Executive?

There are many different people involved in the home loan process. I wrote about this in detail already, but probably...

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Banks pull back on risky residential real estate loans

Banks pull back on risky residential real estate loans

Banks cited a range of factors for these changes, including a less favorable outlook for commercial rents, vacancy rates, property...

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Lenders One offers its members home, auto insurance options

Lenders One offers its members home, auto insurance options

Lenders One, a cooperative for companies in the financial services sector, announced its members now have access to insurance products,...

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FCA plans to make UK ‘the best place to do business in the world’   – Mortgage Strategy

FCA plans to make UK ‘the best place to do business in the world’   – Mortgage Strategy

The head of the Financial Conduct Authority said it is “working hard to make the UK the best place in the world...

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What Is a Conditional Loan Approval?

What Is a Conditional Loan Approval?

When you apply for a home loan, an underwriter will review your file in order to make a lending decision....

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