home buying

HomeLight: Why Buying A House Should Be As Easy As Buying A Toaster
HomeLight: Why Buying A House Should Be As Easy As Buying A Toaster
July 11, 2018  |  Matchmakers

The process for buying a toaster oven should not be more transparent or more reliable than the process for buying a house. A toaster oven...

READ MORE >
How Data And AI Are Changing The Real Estate Game
How Data And AI Are Changing The Real Estate Game
May 21, 2018  |  Innovation

Are the days of the real estate agent numbered? Probably not — no matter what, someone has to put out cookies and snacks for potential...

READ MORE >
Banks Bet On Mobile Apps To Boost Mortgage Loans
Banks Bet On Mobile Apps To Boost Mortgage Loans
April 23, 2018  |  Mobile Applications

With home mortgage activity starting to slow in the wake of rising mortgage rates and home prices, some of the country’s biggest banks are turning...

READ MORE >
Twenty Percent Of Mortgage Loans Top 45 Percent Of Monthly Income
Twenty Percent Of Mortgage Loans Top 45 Percent Of Monthly Income
April 17, 2018  |  Loans

New data shows that rising home prices are translating into mortgage loan debt not seen since the housing crisis. According to The Wall Street Journal,...

READ MORE >
BoA Launches Digital Mortgage Experience To Offer Mortgage Guidance
BoA Launches Digital Mortgage Experience To Offer Mortgage Guidance
April 12, 2018  |  Loans

Bank of America has announced the launch of its Digital Mortgage Experience, which aims to guide clients through the mortgage process via the bank’s mobile...

READ MORE >
More People Are Paying Cash For Homes
More People Are Paying Cash For Homes
December 06, 2017  |  Loans

Home buyers are facing a new challenge in finding mid-priced houses to purchase: Cash buyers who swoop in and snatch up all the properties. According to...

READ MORE >
US Consumer Sentiment Up Again In May
US Consumer Sentiment Up Again In May
May 15, 2017  |  Consumer Finance

Despite all the political rancor going on in the U.S., consumer sentiment among consumers increased in May based on preliminary data from the University of...

READ MORE >
Would-Be Millennial Homeowners Crushed Under Student Debt
Would-Be Millennial Homeowners Crushed Under Student Debt
April 04, 2017  |  Retail

The 2008 recession is still seeing a ripple effect nearly a decade later. In the years following the recession, as the economy began to put its...

READ MORE >
PYMNTS’ Daily Data Dive: Is Home Buying Going Away?
PYMNTS’ Daily Data Dive: Is Home Buying Going Away?
March 24, 2017  |  Daily Data Dive

As real estate prices continue to rise every year and the millennial generation is in debt due to student loans, it’s not surprising that fewer...

READ MORE >