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Data center boom shifts rural property valuations (opens the original)
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As tech giants push deeper into rural America to construct massive data centers, mortgage lenders and appraisers are being forced to rethink local market dynamics, even though early housing data shows little immediate impact on home sale prices. The proportion of U.S. single-family home sales occurring within 5 miles of a large data center doubled from 0.67% in 2018 to 1.5% in 2026, and is projected to reach close to 2.3% by 2027. This rise is driven entirely by the opening of new facilities in
Wealthfront takes its low-rate mortgage push into California (opens the original)
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Fintech Wealthfront has switched on its mortgage business in California, extending a digital-first lending strategy built around affordability, providing rates roughly half a percentage point below the national benchmark. The Palo Alto-based company said Aug. 11 that Wealthfront Home Lending is now live in California, Colorado and Texas. The unit is licensed in 28 states and plans to expand to Florida, Illinois, Oregon and Washington in the coming months, with a broader national rollout to follo
Price cuts spreading across housing markets this summer (opens the original)
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Sellers are giving pricing ground to homebuyers this summer but not all in the same way. A new Movoto analysis of active listing data pulled on July 14 found that 35.4% of homes across 17 major metros were now being offered below their original asking price. In the Florida cities of Fort Lauderdale as well as West Palm Beach and Tacoma, Washington, the share was above 43%. Mortgage lenders should know what happens at different points on the price ladder. Lower-priced homes are more likely to see
MBA backs HUD's manufactured home chassis rule change (opens the original)
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The Mortgage Bankers Association supports the Department of Housing and Urban Development's proposal to loosen the permanent chassis requirement for manufactured homes, but the change will do little for lenders unless appraisal policy moves alongside, the group added in a comment letter. The trade group described the proposal as a measured and appropriate modernization of the HUD Code and urged the department to finalize it quickly, the comment letter addressed to Secretary Scott Turner said.. T
Home equity, non-QM deals dominate summer RMBS (opens the original)
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The past several rating actions and closings show where private-label mortgage credit is growing fastest. Home equity extraction, through lines of credit and second liens, persists, while non-qualified mortgages deals lengthen what's been a record run. Borrowers sitting on 3% mortgages won't refinance to extract equity, so originators are routing that demand into seconds, HELOCs and equity-sharing products, adding to a securitization bid that has gotten deep enough to fund this at scale. Bank of
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