Minority homebuyers are benefiting from the rise of online mortgage lenders and the increased competition they bring, writes Case Western economics professor Daniel Shoag

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Favorable demographics should keep the housing market ticking. But watch for home prices escalating out of control and rates moving up sharply, writes columnist Logan Mohtashami. HW+ Premium Content

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In its analysis of Q2 2021 figures surrounding mortgage and real estate closings, FundingShield found an overall increase in the risk of wire and title fraud, with two in five (40%+) transactions categorized as high risk. Additionally, 15.4% of transactions had wire-related issues, a consistently large number of transactions that has persisted for the past year.

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An Irish immigrant to the US who is now a real estate broker shares his opinion on what makes the MLS model work so well.

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Nearly 16% of overall forbearance exits represented borrowers who did not make all of their monthly payments & exited forbearance without a loss mitigation plan in place

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Kenneth Farmer has been named regional underwriting counsel for First American Title Insurance Co's gulf coast, the company announced.

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New home sales continued to slip in June, falling 6.6% from May to a pace of only 676,000, per a recent study from the U.S. Census.

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