Research report: Brokerage-affiliated businesses

Being a real estate professional is an exercise in spinning many, many plates. Keeping track of the different components of a property deal is a key skill but having that ability may not save you — or your deal — in the end.
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Should You Get a Second Mortgage to Pay for College?

Julie (who prefers to use a pseudonym for this story), 54, wants to get her daughter through college without incurring any student loans for the $30,000 annual tuition. So, she helped fund her daughter’s freshman year by taking out a kind of second mor… Continue reading

HouseCanary revives ComeHome as product for mortgage lenders

About nine months after real estate tech firm HouseCanary turned off its public-facing real estate portal, the company is back with a new search product meant to help banks capture more lending business. Continue reading

Growing number of homeowners feel ‘house rich and cash poor’

Stagnant wage growth and booming costs of living are stressing homeowners, according to a new HomeTap study released Tuesday. Continue reading

Struggling to sell, desperate property owner slashes price to $1

The elderly homeowner sold the Georgia property to county commissioners in Ohio to access Medicaid in 2004, leaving the county to deal with the undesirable house. Continue reading

President Trump’s tax cuts cost homeowners $1 trillion: Report

Policies passed in 2017 that capped various real estate-related federal tax deductions limited housing price growth. Continue reading

Notarize partners with mortgage lender Guaranteed Rate

The partnership has already facilitated 10,000 closings since it began over the summer and furthers Notarize’s goal of making all-digital closings widely available. Continue reading

Medical and student debt is killing homeownership dreams: Zillow

Zillow’s fourth annual consumer survey analyzes how medical and student debt is causing consumers to delay buying a home. Continue reading

Appraisal requirements axed on sales of $400K and under: Fed

Approved by the Federal Reserve on Friday, the adjustment, from $250,000 to $400,000, marks the first time in 25 years such an appraisal threshold has changed. Continue reading