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Blue Sage Solutions launches digital servicing platform

Housing Wire

Blue Sage Solutions’s primary product offering is a cloud-based digital lending platform designed to operate in the retail, wholesale, and correspondent lending channels while ensuring compliance. Founded in 2011, the company is headquartered in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

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As home prices increase, sellers have the upper hand

Housing Wire

For the second consecutive month, Fannie Mae’s Home Purchase Sentiment Index, a composite index designed to track consumers’ desire to sell or buy a home, gained 3.5 points, but has recovered more than half of its early pandemic-period decline when April’s HPSI hit its lowest reading since November 2011. points in September to 81.

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Mortgage Credit Availability Jumps Again 

Appraisal Buzz

However, despite the across-the-board increases, overall credit supply remains tight, with the index still near the very low levels of 2011-2013,” said Joel Kan, MBA’s Vice President and Deputy Chief Economist. “Mortgage credit availability increased to its highest level since April 2023, driven by gains across all loan categories.

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Older Americans are ‘splurging’ on home modifications to support aging in place

Housing Wire

One profiled couple in California hired an interior designer for $20,000, and spent another $95,000 on home modifications designed to more easily accommodate natural limitations to mobility that come from aging. homes combine single-floor living with no-step entry, and halls and doorways wide enough for wheelchairs,” the story said.

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Buyers and sellers agree: it’s a good time to enter the housing market

Housing Wire

For the third consecutive month, Fannie Mae’s Home Purchase Sentiment Index, a composite index designed to track consumers’ desire to sell or buy a home, gained 0.7 points, but has steadily recovered over 60% of its COVID-19 pandemic loss when April’s HPSI hit its lowest reading since November 2011. points in October to 81.7.

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Indie brokerage Nationwide Real Estate Executives joins eXp Realty

Housing Wire

In a statement, Owen said he grew NRE from one agent in 2011 to 1,000 agents less than a decade later. In addition to the brokerage, Owen also owns a property management company, an escrow firm, a commercial real estate arm and a design-and-construction firm. He built his independent brokerage by attaching it to his real estate school.

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SimpleNexus secures $108 million in Series B funding round

Housing Wire

The Utah-based software developer offers a private-label digital mortgage platform and mobile app designed to connect lenders with borrowers and real estate agents. In fact, prior to founding SimpleNexus in 2011, CEO Matt Hansen worked on the Simplifile development architecture team for nearly five years.