Seattle-based real estate website Zillow has added its Mortgage Marketplace to its iPhone app. This means people can research, shop for and compare mortgages within the same app they use to search for homes, Zillow said. At Zillow, a significant part of our usage now comes from mobile – home shoppers are viewing more than [...]

The Bank of England has today revealed mortgage approvals picked up significantly in August to a 20-month high. According to the Bank, there were 52,410 loans approved in the month – almost 3,000 more than the level seen in July and the highest figure since December 2009. The figure was also higher than the 49,500 [...]

Fannie Mae missed chances to catch law firms illegally signing foreclosure documents and its government overseer did not take the right steps to ensure Fannie was doing its job, according to a federal watchdog. The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s inspector general said in a report Friday that Fannie failed to establish an “acceptable and effective” [...]

Last night, William Raveis Real Estate, Mortgage & Insurance was awarded 1st place in Fox News and Hartford Courant’s “Top Workplaces” in Connecticut survey.  William Raveis was the only real estate firm to be nominated amongst nearly 800 Connecticut companies, nonprofits and public agencies.  Awards were based on thousands of employee surveys completed at companies of varying [...]

After two days of significant improvements, Mortgage Rates took a measured step back today.  Best-Execution rates rose about an eighth of a point, but in some cases, your rate may not have changed at all today-merely your closing cost quote. (temporary caveat that we’ll probably repeat a few more times): Please keep in mind that [...]