Many potential buyers haven’t been able to take advantage of low mortgage rates because home prices have increased faster than income, limiting affordability.
Working from home is going pretty well for lenders, with some reporting increased productivity and only one out of 33 surveyed noting a reduction in profits.
Pretium Partners and a unit of Ares Management will acquire Front Yard Residential in a deal valued at $2.4 billion. The move follows recent complaints from shareholders regarding mismanagement.
The Independent Community Bankers of America said it plans to collaborate with the CFPB to test certain community bank-inspired improvements to the TRID rule through the trial disclosure “sandbox” program.
The creation of a U.S. sovereign wealth fund could grease the skids for an end to the conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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