30 million reasons to rethink the real estate closing

For decades, real estate lagged behind other industries in technological innovation. But now the industry is making up for lost time. The first wave of technology adoption helped drive consumers’ use of the internet during the home search process to ​m… Continue reading

Mortgage broker fined $120K for revealing credit histories on Yelp

The FTC says Mount Diablo Lending and its owner responded to negative reviews by posting consumer’s credit history, debt-to-income ratio and other personal information. Continue reading

Inman News quiz: Think you’re on top of the week’s biggest stories?

The real estate industry threw some curveballs. Take Inman’s real estate news quiz to demonstrate how strong your talking points and cocktail banter are this week. Continue reading

Digital mortgage lender saw huge uptick in underserved groups in 2019

A new study released by digital mortgage company Better.com found that 2019 was dominated by millennials, minorities, LGBT married couples, single women and married women that outearned their husbands. Continue reading

Will millennials rent forever? Study shows they believe so

A new Apartment List study provides the first hard evidence that large numbers of millennials who would like to become homeowners are so frustrated with soaring home prices and meager supplies that they have changed their minds, at least for now. Continue reading

Notarize partners with Ellie Mae to advance digital closings

In a move that could bring the digital closing experience to a large number of new consumers, Notarize announced Thursday that it has teamed up with real estate tech giant Ellie Mae. Continue reading