by Suzanne De Vita | Jan 30, 2016 | News |
“Here’s what we were thinking: what if we did for mortgages what the Internet did for buying music, plane tickets and shoes?” That’s the opening line of the first-ever Super Bowl Commercial from Detroit-based Quicken Loans, the nation’s second largest retail and...
by Suzanne De Vita | Jan 30, 2016 | Consumer, For Your Clients, News |
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had increased in December, improved moderately in January. The Index now stands at 98.1 (1985=100), up from 96.3 in December. The Present Situation Index was unchanged at 116.4, while the Expectations Index...
by Suzanne De Vita | Jan 30, 2016 | News |
As of the end of 2015, there were 6.4 million (6,436,381) U.S. properties seriously underwater — where the combined loan amount secured by the property is at least 25 percent higher than the property’s estimated market value — representing 11.5 percent of all...
by Suzanne De Vita | Jan 30, 2016 | News, Spotlights |
When it comes to home warranty providers in the Memphis, Tenn., market, the competition is fierce. For Bill Maury—vice president and broker at Coldwell Banker Collins-Maury—First American Home Buyers Protection Corporation has gone above and beyond in offering his...
by Suzanne De Vita | Jan 30, 2016 | News |
Mortgage rates move lower for the fourth consecutive week as the Fed held interest rates steady at its FOMC meeting on Wednesday, according to Freddie Mac’s recently released Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®). Results show that the 30-year fixed-rate...