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January 31, 2025 PROGRESS In Lending link to original article The Executive Team of PROGRESS in Lending has named the top industry innovations of the past year. This honor is the Gold Seal when it comes to recognizing true industry innovation. All applications were scored on a weighted scale. We looked for the innovation’s overall […]

Business Wire original article can be found here.  Affordable housing innovator now offers lenders access to an alternative method to measure credit risk January 14, 2025 08:00 AM Eastern Standard Time SALT LAKE CITY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–National affordable housing innovator Arrive Home has partnered with FormFree, a leader in financial technology since 2007, to offer lender partners an alternative method

December 31, 2024 link to original article We need industry thought leaders if mortgage lending is going to advance moving forward. Our existing awards all acknowledge the good work that executives are doing now, but we think it’s time to reward future work and initiatives. We need thought leaders that are not afraid to step

November 27, 2024 link to original article When I began working on this piece, I was told that the mortgage community as a whole—and loss mitigation professionals in particular—would be resistant to the message. But I don’t think that’s true. Because not only are we an industry that values the bottom line, we serve the spirit behind

November 20, 2024 link to original article Drazen Zigic / Getty Images/iStockphoto Commitment to Our Readers Buying a home, for most people, is the biggest and priciest purchase they will ever make. Just saving up for a down payment traditionally can take years.  Many people seek out down payment assistance in the form of a loan through

September 26, 2024 Mortgage Point link to original article. The 21st Five Star Conference marked its final day on Thursday with the tradition of the Women in Housing Leadership Awards, an annual presentation recognizing the remarkable accomplishments of women executives working within the mortgage and housing industries.  Following brief welcome remarks from Ali Haralson, President of Auction.com (Lead

September 24, 2024 link to original article Tai Christensen is President at Arrive Home, a national affordable housing program providing Down Payment Assistance and alternative credit solutions in underserved communities. Country music star Miranda Lambert sings one of my favorite songs of all time, called “The House That Built Me.” It’s a song about her

August 21, 2024  link to original article Persistent inflation that has dogged the economy is significantly cooling. The most recent Consumer Price Index (CPI) report showed average inflation rates below 3% for the first time since early 2021.   With inflation falling, economists widely expect the Federal Reserve to lower the federal funds interest rate, the rate

August 21, 2024 link to original article Bing Guan/Bloomberg via Getty Images Vice President Kamala Harris has announced a sweeping set of proposals on housing policy, giving voters their first look at what the housing market might look like under a Harris administration. Harris unveiled the proposals as part of a populist economic plan that marked her

Original article by National Mortgage News can be found here, published August 21, 2024. On her way to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Vice President Kamala Harris stopped in Moon Township, Pa. to talk, among other things, about her plan to revive and expand the child-tax credit for the first year’s of a child’s