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Meet Ben Lane

Ben Lane

Ben Lane

Managing Editor, New American Funding

Ben is the Managing Editor for New American Funding. In this role, Ben helps with content creation, news coverage, and serving our audience of borrowers, real estate agents, loan originators, and other housing professionals. Prior to joining New American Funding, Ben worked at HousingWire, a top housing media outlet. Ben joined HousingWire in 2014 as a reporter and was later promoted to Senior Financial Reporter, Editor, and eventually to Managing Editor. During his time at HousingWire, Ben helped elevate HousingWire to national acclaim and record traffic growth. He was also honored with multiple awards for his work, including an Eddie Award from Folio Magazine and a Gold Award for Best Trade Magazine Story from the National Association of Real Estate Editors.

Ben Lane Articles

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House Prices Are Rising in 99% of the Country

If you've been paying attention to real estate over the last year, you saw home prices rise substantially…unless you lived in Springfield, Illinois, that is. That's because home prices rose in just about every major metropolitan area in the last year. The only market where prices fell? Springfield.

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Mortgage Activity Picked Up in July, Led by Refinances

If it seemed like more people were refinancing their mortgages in July, it’s because they were. A new report shows that refinance activity picked up significantly in July, with interest rate locks for rate and term refinances climbing by nearly 25% in one month.

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As Expected, New Home Sales Fell in June

Considering that mortgage applications for new home purchases were down in June, it probably shouldn’t come as a shock that when the new home sales data for June came out, it showed that sales were down too.

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