First Bank & Trust Company promoted Andy Puckett to SVP and manager of its Mortgage Division, bringing 15 years of banking experience to his new role.
Puckett will assume the role of division manager following the retirement of his predecessor, Rick Buchanan. Puckett will continue to grow the real estate lending division of First Bank & Trust Company, while managing a staff of 43 loan originators and support personnel who service the bank's geographic footprint along the I-81 corridor from Johnson City, Tenn. to Winchester, Va.
Government officials, housing leaders, and climate scientists meet to address climate change's escalating impact on housing.
At an invitation-only gathering of senior government housing officials, industry leaders, insurance experts, climate scientists, economists, investors, and data analysts last week, the prevailing attitude of “urgent but manageable” disguised the lack of quantifiable, actiona...
Buyers living in the lap of luxury don't stress about mortgage rates, Redfin reports.
Although luxury homes haven’t necessarily become any more luxurious this year, home prices on those properties grew an average 8.7%, selling for a record $1,225,000 in the first quarter, according to a new Redfin report. However, prices of non-luxury homes rose at roughly ha...