The volume of mortgage applications rose fractionally last week as rates edged down and applications for refinancing staged a small comeback. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said its Market Composite Index, a measure of that volume, increased 0.7 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier although it was down 20 percent from the prior week before adjustment. Applications for refinancing rose 2.0 percent week-over-week but were 80 percent below the level during


Looking Ahead to the Biden Administration and 117th Congress
2021 promises to be a big year for the appraisal profession. The coronavirus pandemic forced appraisers to quickly adapt, and we had to tackle a
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