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                    <title>Housing Market Outlook: Supply, demand, millennials</title>
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                    <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2020 18:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[al.ortiz]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Interest rates]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Mortgages]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The housing market is a complex entity that can confuse most Americans, especially when considering the various factors that influence it. Further adding to this entanglement that consumers must unravel are the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The housing market is a complex entity that can confuse most Americans, especially when considering the various factors that influence it. Further adding to this entanglement that consumers must unravel are the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic.]]>
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                    <title>Infographic: The evolution of millennial home buying</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/infographic-the-evolution-of-millennial-home-buying/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2020 18:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[al.ortiz]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Interest rates]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Mortgages]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Millennials are the generation known as the tech generation, the echo generation, along with other monikers. However, they’re also known for their reluctance to buy homes. There have been many reasons for this trend among millennials, according to BBVA USA Head of Mortgage Banking Murat Kalkan.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Millennials are the generation known as the tech generation, the echo generation, along with other monikers. However, they’re also known for their reluctance to buy homes. There have been many reasons for this trend among millennials, according to BBVA USA Head of Mortgage Banking Murat Kalkan.]]>
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                    <title>The fintech startups who are reinventing the world of mortgages and rent</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/the-fintech-startups-who-are-reinventing-the-world-of-mortgages-and-rent/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2020 01:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Teresa Alameda]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Fintech]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Mortgages]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Transformation]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Fintech startups are transforming the path to homeownership with new financing models. Different companies in BBVA's ecosystem are revolutionizing traditional approaches to home buying, creating new options that are helping consumers become homeowners, more easily, quickly, and with a more personalized experience.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Fintech startups are transforming the path to homeownership with new financing models. Different companies in BBVA's ecosystem are revolutionizing traditional approaches to home buying, creating new options that are helping consumers become homeowners, more easily, quickly, and with a more personalized experience.]]>
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                    <title>Mortgage Rates Are Moving. Should You Refinance?</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/mortgage-rates-are-moving-should-you-refinance/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2019 15:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Lori Moore]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Interest rates]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Loans]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Mortgages]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Mortgage rates recently reached their lowest point in 13 months, leading many homeowners to ask if now is the right time to consider refinancing.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Mortgage rates recently reached their lowest point in 13 months, leading many homeowners to ask if now is the right time to consider refinancing.]]>
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                    <title>Why it takes so long to close a home loan</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/takes-long-close-home-loan/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2018 21:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Tristan Grimble]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Home buying]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Mortgages]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Personal finances]]>
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                            <![CDATA[When you’ve found the perfect house and the seller has accepted your offer, waiting to complete the home loan closing process - which can take around 40 days - can feel torturous.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[When you’ve found the perfect house and the seller has accepted your offer, waiting to complete the home loan closing process - which can take around 40 days - can feel torturous.]]>
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                    <title>Refinancing at the right time for your unique financial situation</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/refinancing-right-time-unique-financial-situation/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2018 21:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Tristan Grimble]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial education]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Loans]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Mortgages]]>
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                            <![CDATA[It’s true that interest rates on mortgages are increasing, but it could still be a good time to refinance. As with so many things in life, it all depends on your unique financial situation.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[It’s true that interest rates on mortgages are increasing, but it could still be a good time to refinance. As with so many things in life, it all depends on your unique financial situation.]]>
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                    <title>Buying a foreclosed home</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/buying-foreclosed-home/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2018 23:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Tristan Grimble]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial education]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Loans]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Mortgages]]>
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                            <![CDATA[According to <a href="https://www.realtytrac.com/statsandtrends/">RealtyTrac</a>, as of April 2018, there were more than 600,000 properties in the U.S. in some stage of foreclosure. While the numbers of foreclosed homes are significantly lower than at the peak of the U.S. Housing Crisis, with more than a half million lender owned homes on the market, buyers still have a solid opportunity to find a good deal.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[According to <a href="https://www.realtytrac.com/statsandtrends/">RealtyTrac</a>, as of April 2018, there were more than 600,000 properties in the U.S. in some stage of foreclosure. While the numbers of foreclosed homes are significantly lower than at the peak of the U.S. Housing Crisis, with more than a half million lender owned homes on the market, buyers still have a solid opportunity to find a good deal.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA Compass announces Joe Cartellone as its Director of Mortgage Banking and Home Equity</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-compass-announces-joe-cartellone-director-mortgage-banking-home-equity/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2018 17:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[al.ortiz]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Mortgages]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Press release]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Public relations]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA Compass has announced the appointment of Joe Cartellone as its Director of Mortgage Banking and Home Equity.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA Compass has announced the appointment of Joe Cartellone as its Director of Mortgage Banking and Home Equity.]]>
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                    <title>Learn how new home construction loans work</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/learn-new-home-construction-loans-work/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2018 15:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Christina Anderson]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial education]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Loans]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Mortgages]]>
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                            <![CDATA[When it comes to buying a home, understanding which <a href="https://bbva.info/2JFUGBN" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mortgage option</a> is right is key. When constructing a home from the ground up, the same is true, but the options for financing are slightly different.

Generally, new construction financing falls into two types of loans, <a href="https://bbva.info/2ykYNho" target="_blank" rel="noopener">construction-to-permanent</a> and construction only.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[When it comes to buying a home, understanding which <a href="https://bbva.info/2JFUGBN" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mortgage option</a> is right is key. When constructing a home from the ground up, the same is true, but the options for financing are slightly different.

Generally, new construction financing falls into two types of loans, <a href="https://bbva.info/2ykYNho" target="_blank" rel="noopener">construction-to-permanent</a> and construction only.]]>
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                    <title>Three things to know about getting a mortgage if you’re self-employed</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/three-things-know-getting-mortgage-youre-self-employed/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2018 20:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Christina Anderson]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Home buying]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Loans]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Mortgages]]>
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                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.bbva.com/?p=520554</guid>
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                            <![CDATA[Being self-employed doesn’t mean homeownership isn’t attainable. In fact, lenders are willing and able to loan money to the entrepreneurial minded. People who are self-employed and seeking to buy their own home simply need to be aware of a few more things.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Being self-employed doesn’t mean homeownership isn’t attainable. In fact, lenders are willing and able to loan money to the entrepreneurial minded. People who are self-employed and seeking to buy their own home simply need to be aware of a few more things.]]>
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