Three Reasons to Celebrate World Milk Day

Bust out the cereal and cookies because June 1 is World Milk Day! To celebrate, I've teamed up with my friends at Dairy Famers of America to bring you three reasons to get down with dairy...

Washington Post: Fannie and Freddie will soon offer modern mortgages for the gig economy

As much as 43% of the U.S. workforce could be part of the gig economy by 2020. Those who work in the gig economy typically can't qualify for home loans, which is going to be a problem for the housing market if 43% of the workforce can't qualify for a home loan. Fannie and Freddie are working to find solutions to the issue.

Here’s where loan officers face the most competition to win borrowers

[Expert Commentary] Loan officers continue to struggle with greater competition to secure borrowers, but the contest is not all the same across the country. Some markets are more concentrated than others at the lender level and could present tougher challenges.

Realtors: Low supply continues to curb our home sales

After two consistent months of modest increase, pending home sales fell to their third-lowest level over the past year. NAR's Chief Economist Lawerence Yun, explained that the market will also experience difficulties this summer, as home buyers combat gas prices, low supply and rising mortgage rates.

3 new digital mortgage partnerships everyone should know about

As the digital mortgage moves closer and closer to a mortgage-lending industry standard, more and more partnerships are being announced. For those in the LendingLife community, witness this week alone, saw 4 such partnerships. Here they all are.

Readers respond to Bloomberg report that FHA mortgage crisis is imminent

Tuesday’s LendingLife featured a Bloomberg report sounding a warning on pending mortgage lending crisis. The main allegations in that article is that the Federal Housing Administration insurance program is too over-extended and borrowers too unqualified. It touched a nerve with LendingLife readers, for sure.

Ginnie Mae reveals new requirements for VA refinances

Ginnie Mae recently announced new requirements for its Department of Veterans Affairs refinance loans in order to protect service members from predatory lending. The company issued an All Participants Memorandum which announced the implementation of changes to pooling eligibility requirements for VA insured or guaranteed mortgages.