MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION
WASHINGTON, DC:
Lenders Manage Tiny Profits in 2018 Despite Rate Hikes, Inventories
Despite their fourth quarter loss reported last month, independent mortgage banks and bank mortgage subsidiaries still managed, albeit barely, to stay in the black last year. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said that banks responding to its survey made...
6 vital questions to ask your lender
Listing agents often ask me how to vet the buyer and his or her lender, so I put together a short list of questions I would recommend asking the lender when you receive an offer.
When Should Buyers Lock in a Mortgage Rate?
With mortgage rates on the rise, how do your clients know when it is the right time to lock in a rate? Here are four cases of when they should lock in their rate right away.
How Smart a Home SELLER Are You?
Your goal is to get the most money possible for your home. The more you know, the bigger your profits. Take our quiz.
5 Surprising Facts About Green Real Estate
Learn how energy experts, lenders, and real estate pros in the know predict green real estate will transform the industry.
New Tools, Techniques in Appraisal World
At a forum looking at how technological advancement is changing the world of valuations, experts from the lending, multiple listing services, and real estate worlds discussed frustrations and new deve
Entrepreneurs on How They Handle Stress to Stay Focused on Success
In this second column of a series, five more entrepreneurs chime in on how they manage daily stress and what they think is the biggest misconception about entrepreneurship.
How to Profit From Rising Rents: Build Apartments
After six years of rising apartment rents in U.S. cities, investors from all corners of the real-estate industry are piling into new projects in a bet the boom still has a long way to run.
How to Profit From Your Passion
See how these entrepreneurs were able to achieve small business success.
What “The Big Short” Says About the Real Estate Lending Industry
Has the financing industry learned from the mistakes depicted in "The Big Short"?
How to Profit the Most From the Fall Real Estate Market
Home selling in autumn tips. How to attract home buyers in the fall real estate market. How to capitalize to sell a home before the holidays.
How to Make the Most Profit from Your Investment Property
Real estate is one of the common ways of making money and wealth. However, its yield can be insufficient if you aren’t strategic enough. To make the most …
10 Ways You Should Invest Your Company's First Profits
When the company finally starts making money, invest it so that it keeps making money.
Home Sellers Net Highest Profits in 8 Years
Rising home prices over the last few years are finally putting more money back into home sellers’ pockets.
Where Does Your City’s Property Tax Rate Rank?
New report looks not just at the rankings, but the underlying causes of differences.
Why Is Inventory So Low? Study Cites Decades of Underbuilding as Root Cause
The inventory shortage creates frustration for those who work tirelessly to help people find suitable homes, who are unfortunately being priced out of the market.
Lenders Should Be Clamoring to Lend to Women Entrepreneurs. Why Aren’t They?
Who are the lowest risks for banks? Women entrepreneurs, new research reveals. Now, if they could only get credit for it, literally and figuratively.
How Online Lending Can Work for Your Business
May 18, 2016Running a business is hard work, but getting funding shouldn’t be. Access to working capital is crucial for you to fill cash flow gaps, hire
The Lending Alternatives Hopeful Investors Should Know Inside And Out
The traditional path to buy a property is to obtain financing through banks, credit unions or a mortgage company. But that's not the only path.
A Small Business Owner's Guide to Marketplace Lending
Marketplace lending provides small business owners with the opportunity to think beyond traditional bank financing and connect with an entire network of potential investors.
