WFG sponsored NS3 (National Settlement Services Summit) for the second consecutive year. As you know, NS3 is an annual event where title agents, underwriters, attorneys, mortgage lenders and technology solution… Read More »
Portland, OR April 3, 2017 WFG National Title Insurance Company (“WFG”) has added Bernadette Walsh as Agency Representative serving WFG title agents in Massachusetts. WFG National Title is the fastest… Read More »
Upward mobility – the assumption that anyone can make it in America – has long been a bedrock belief. But a recent study finds that it is largely a myth.… Read More »
First time homebuyers today are waiting longer before entering the market and devoting a larger chunk of their income to homeownership when they do. Median income for first-time buyers averages… Read More »
After increasing stubbornly and steadily for nearly a decade, mortgage origination costs have finally started to decline. The Mortgage Bankers Association reports that loan production expenses averaged $6,984 per loan… Read More »
Will they or won’t they? The Federal Reserve has finally answered the question industry analysts and the financial markets have been asking for most of this year, opting to hold… Read More »
The nation’s home builders are distressed, to say the least, about a recent ruling by the National Labor Relations Board defining many subcontractors as “joint employees.” It’s not clear how… Read More »
The ‘buy-vs.-rent’ equation, which has see-sawed back and forth between both ends of the spectrum, has titled back toward renting as rising home prices create affordability pressures for many buyers.… Read More »
As wildfires consume thousands of homes, droughts tighten their grip on many areas, and violent storms become more frequent and more deadly, I t is getting more difficult to assume… Read More »
While higher interest rates aren’t expected to short-circuit the housing recovery, shortages of builders and construction workers could have that effect. The Census Bureau reports that the number of businesses… Read More »