Featured Top Originator: Andrew Russell, RCG Mortgage
No. 7 Top FHA Originators, No. 10 Top Mortgage Brokers
Bright spots shine through in a battered housing market
The combination of increasing home prices and elevated mortgage interest rates continues to plague residential mortgage originations. In third quarter of 2023, 1.54 million mortgages secured by residential property (one to four units) were issued in the U.S., a 3% decline from second quarter of 2023, according to Attom’s U.S. Residential Property Mortgage Origination Report. […]
Accessory dwelling units offer an opportunity for enterprising originators
Housing affordability continues to be a struggle throughout the country, and despite recent increases in new construction, there’s still a shortage of houses on the market. In the most expensive markets, people are struggling to afford rent, let alone a mortgage. In the last five years, policymakers have turned to a niche market to help […]
Staffing Challenges Plague Senior Housing
The right lender can help operators solve employment issues
Tools For Success
Brokers need to study best practices to reach their potential
Fix the Housing Crunch One Apartment at a Time
Multifamily housing benefits both investors and communities
How Mortgage Markets Tick
Understanding market details is crucial to identifying opportunities
Spotlight: Great Plains Region
These seven states are enjoying renewed economic strength.
Q&A: Zach Murphy, Pender Capital
‘Wall of maturities’ offers opportunities for nimble operators
The office sector’s trials will continue in 2024
Despite the Federal Reserve’s efforts to quell inflation by raising interest rates an incremental 100-basis points in 2023 (after increasing by 425-basis points in 2022), the economy has performed surprisingly well, avoiding the recession many forecasters had predicted. In light of the inflation rate moving closer to the Fed’s 2% target, the Federal Open Market […]
