Why is real estate tech a hot topic?
At “The Gathering” this year, every room seemed to share a certain buzz. Conversations across panels, roundtables, announcements, and everywhere in between seemed...
Freddie Mac to roll out fee-based repurchase pilot program in 2024
Freddie Mac will launch a new fee-based repurchase alternative pilot program for performing loans in 2024, designed to improve the quality of performing...
Home prices increased 6.3% over last year in October: FHFA
U.S. house prices increased year over year in October, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) House Price Index. However, the data shows it...
Homebuyers faced high mortgage rates, worsening affordability in October: ICE
Stubbornly elevated mortgage rates created more affordability pressures for homebuyers in October, according to ICE Mortgage Technology’s November Mortgage Monitor report.In October, the...
MeridianLink integrates with Polly to bolster lenders’ profitability
Polly, a software-as-service mortgage tech firm, announced a bi-directional integration with MeridianLink, a loan origination software system provider, on Tuesday.
The partnership enables lenders...
The upside of 8% mortgage rates? More inventory
Weekly housing inventory data
Even though I haven’t been able to hit my target level of 11,000 -17,000 weekly inventory growth levels in 2023...
Buyers will have more options in 2024, but affordability woes will persist: Bright MLS
Bright MLS released its National Housing Market Outlook on Wednesday, which shows that affordability will remain the biggest challenge for homebuyers next year.
Homebuyer...
CoStar continues to post solid growth in the fourth quarter
CoStar Group’s annual revenue increased by 12% during the fourth quarter of 2023, marking its 51st straight quarter of double-digit revenue growth. The company...
What will lower mortgage rates do to spring housing inventory?
Purchase application data
Now that mortgage rates have fallen from a bit over 8% toward 7.32%, we can see the immediate impact as purchase...
UWM’s Jason Bressler on the role of failure in tech innovation
HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Jason Bressler, CTO at United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) to talk about how the lender...
