A weekend topic starting with Mortgage News Daily. "Quontic Bank has expanded its very popular No Ratio program such that the borrower doesn’t put income or job on the application for owner-occupied borrowers. The borrower could have opened a business…
A report from News.com.au. "Living at 432 Park Avenue in New York – one of the wealthiest addresses in one of the tallest residential buildings in the world – should be the epitome of luxury. But residents who have paid…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "Existing-home sales fell 2.5% in November from October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.69 million, the National Association of Realtors said. It was the first decline in six months. 'Without a…
A report from DS News. "Delinquencies are at an all-time high— 'that's the headline,' Rick Shagra, SVP at RealtyTrac said but suggested that listeners consider some factors before panicking or view this like we would have viewed serious delinquencies a…
A press release from Redfin. "The U.S. housing market has been on fire this year. But the condo market has missed out on much of the gains. 'Before the pandemic, it was challenging to find a condo in Seattle for…
A report from the Orange County Register. "Skipped mortgage payments across California are jumping to levels not seen since the mortgage mess surrounding the Great Recession. Let’s start with a few numbers from mortgage tracker CoreLogic and its measure of…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "A wave of foreclosures is likely coming that will hit low-income homeowners. As of August, over 10% of the eight million single-family mortgages backed by the Federal Housing Administration were delinquent by…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "Isaac Kassirer was at the forefront of one of the hottest trends in commercial real estate. He borrowed from global investors by promising to gentrify apartment buildings in New York’s low-income neighborhoods and…
A report from the South Florida Business Journal. "The Related Group proposed a 37-story apartment building with no on-site parking in downtown Miami. There’s an over-supply of condos on the market in downtown Miami and condo sales have slowed during…
A report from Arlington Now in Virginia. "The number of condos listed for sale in Arlington during September (261) ranks as the 2nd most in any month over the last 10+ years, trailing a record-setting April 2016 volume (268) by…