Here’s why home sales will climb in 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWWcNbpAN8A If you follow real estate data closely, you’ll know that inventory rose late into November. You also know that new listings are up...

Better delivers $340M loss in Q3, plans to keep trimming expenses

Better Home & Finance Holding, the parent of digital lender Better.com, delivered a massive loss in the third quarter of 2023, its first earnings...

Servicing earnings prop up Pennymac’s Q3 performance

The servicing segment drove most of Pennymac Financial Services’s earnings in the third quarter of 2023, just like its peers, Mr. Cooper and Rithm Capital.  Profits at the...

HousingWire Magazine: October/November 2023 – HousingWire

On HousingWire branding calls earlier this year, someone asked us what our tagline, “Moving Markets Forward,” means to me. Having referred to this...

Former HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge becomes a partner at law firm Taft

About two months after resigning as the 18th secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Marcia Fudge has joined...

Home equity investment firm Splitero loses main investor, $750M in committed capital

Michael Gifford and David Zvaifler‘s home equity investment company, Splitero, lost its main investor, Redwood Trust, HousingWire has learned. According to an internal presentation...

UWM returns to profitability in Q1 amid MSR sales, improved margins

UWM Holdings Corp., the parent of United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), returned to profitability in the first quarter of 2024 despite higher rates, a lack of...

10 best free real estate CRMs for 2024 (+4 low-cost alternatives)

As the real estate market continues to grapple with high interest rates and low inventory, agents entering the market are looking for affordable...

Commission lawsuits: The actions to take right now from brokers who are doing it

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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...