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Small Business Commercial Lending Sees a Surge Amid Economic Optimism Explore the recent surge in small business commercial lending driven by economic optimism, highlighting the role of stable interest rates and innovative lending products.
Florida Mortgage Broker Pleads Guilty to $5M Condo Scam
- Tuesday, 03 December 2019
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A mortgage broker and a housing developer have each pleaded guilty to conspiring to deceive banks that ended up losing $5 million as a result of a condo-conversion scheme. So reports the Tampa Bay Times.
Read more...Ask The Expert: Should I Be Focusing on Selling More Adjustables Now?
- Friday, 22 November 2019
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Q: Dave, I see more prospects asking about adjustable rates in the past several months. Should I be focusing on selling more adjustables? --Sally from Kansas
Read more...J.D. Power Ranks Customers’ Favorite Mortgage Originators for 2019
- Monday, 18 November 2019
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Quicken Loans took the top spot on J.D. Power’s ranking of customer satisfaction with primary mortgage originators for the 10th straight year, according to a report by the market information services company.
Read more...Housing Perspectives: Institutions and Geographic Concentration in VA Mortgage Lending
- Friday, 15 November 2019
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The Veteran’s Administration (VA) home loan program, which makes homeownership more affordable for veterans, is used more extensively in places closer to major military installations, according to a new working paper from the Joint Center For Housing Studies of Harvard University. So writes Kerry Spitzer, Senior Clinical Research Coordinator at the Institute for Healthcare Delivery and Population Science at Baystate and Lauren Lambie-Hanson, principal financial economist in the Supervision, Regulation, and Credit Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
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