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With roots deep in the real estate market, born during the housing boom beginning in the early 2000s and coming of age during the SFR (single-family rental) Industry Institutionalization of 2013, TalentWoo is a boutique real estate executive search and recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) company. TalentWoo CEO Jerel Cain recently spoke with MReport about how […]

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has announced further changes to Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s single-family pricing framework by introducing redesigned and recalibrated upfront fee matrices for purchase, rate-term refinance, and cash-out refinance loans. “These changes to upfront fees will strengthen the safety and soundness of the Enterprises by enhancing their ability to improve […]

According to CoreLogic, hail, straight-line winds, and tornadoes from a January 12 severe thunderstorm system damaged approximately 16,800 properties across areas of Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. CoreLogic estimates the overall damage to these single- and multifamily residential properties was a combined reconstruction value (RCV) of $4.5 billion. Not all properties within the tornado footprint suffered […]

ATTOM Data released it’s 2023 Rental Affordability Report, which as a whole, still finds renting the best option in the vast majority of markets compared to owning a comparably sized median-priced home.  However, this news comes with a few caveats. The main one being that both renting and owning a three-bedroom home are significant financial […]

As the restfulness of the holidays slips into the rearview mirror and the mortgage industry returns to face the turmoil, surprises, and victories of a new year. While the housing landscape is, for the most part, no longer under the ponderous shadow of a global health crisis, there are plenty of challenges to be navigated. […]

The Biden-Harris Administration have released a new U.S. National Blueprint for decarbonizing transportation to attain their goal of cutting all greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 for transportation.  The blueprint, which was jointly developed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Energy, and the Enviromental Protection Agency. This is another continued effort by […]

Realtor.com, a proper source of information on current and future housing trends, has predicted the 10 hottest markets for first-time homebuyers, as affordability continues to be a chief concern among them.  The new study, weighed a number of metrics including availability, unemployment, commute time, and forecasted sales growth.  This year, the top markets for first-time […]

The year 2023 began with the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) dropping 15-basis points, reaching lows last seen in September 2022, and buyers responded, driving overall mortgage application volume up 27.9% week-over-week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending January 13, 2023. The Refinance Index continued to show […]