Quicken Loans drops S-1 under the name Rocket Companies
Quicken Loans on Tuesday filed an S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the name Rocket Companies.
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2020 HousingWire Vanguard awards open for nominations
The Vanguards represent the absolute best of the housing industry. And the 2020 HousingWire Vanguard awards just opened for nominations.
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More proof that rent is getting cheaper across the U.S.
Nationally, asking rents fell 0.4% in April and May, following nearly a decade of solid growth, a new report from Yardi Matrix revealed.
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Individual investors versus institutions
Mammoth institutional investors may be outflanked by an army of individual real estate investors willing to buy earlier in the cycle at prices closer to full market value.
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Luxury home prices continue to drop, but Redfin economist thinks this could be the bottom
In the 12 weeks ending June 14, the median sale price for luxury homes fell to $1,099,521, one of the biggest declines in luxury home prices since 2015.
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Sprout Mortgage resumes correspondent lending
After freezing lending in March, Sprout Mortgage announced Tuesday it is resuming its correspondent lending operations, effective immediately.
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Is now a good time to buy a home? Over 60% of surveyed Americans say yes
Fannie Mae’s Home Purchase Sentiment Index increased nine points in June to 76.5, marking the second rise in HPSI since April’s almost record low.
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Investors threaten to replace CoreLogic board in response to takeover bid rejection
Cannae and Senator did not take too kindly to CoreLogic's rejection, issuing a statement of their own, claiming that the company had rejected their proposal "without any sign of seriously considering it."
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31% of renters doubt they will be able to pay next month’s rent on time
About 2.1% of all renting households deferred rent for the previous month’s payment at the end of May. But the number of people deferring rent varies significantly by state, and overall, about 31% of renters have little to no confidence they will be...
Home prices in Florida and Arizona expected to drop due to COVID-19 “perfect storm”
Despite home prices increasing 4.8% year over year in May, a report by CoreLogic predicts those prices to stall in the summer.
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