ICE’s mortgage business outperforms in Q3 despite industry headwinds
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Mortgage Technology reported an adjusted operating income of $131 million in the third quarter of 2023, up from Q3 2022’s...
Homebuyers hit the brakes, causing unseasonal growth in inventory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CebIuH3MRFo
Available inventory of unsold homes rose by 1.8% this week. It’s quite clear that homebuyers have hit the brakes waiting to see if...
Chopra: Credit reporting industry’s fee hikes “raise big questions”
Chopra spent his roughly 15-minute speech detailing the various price increases the credit reporting industry — from Experian, Equifax, Transunion and FICO —...
Job growth will fuel the housing demand in the long term: NAR’s Lawrence Yun
After two straight years of double-digit declines, home sales will pick up in 2024 thanks to lower mortgage rates. This is according to...
Mortgage rates continue falling before Thanksgiving: Freddie Mac
Mortgage rates dropped significantly in the last few weeks, but the cost of borrowing remains high prompting many homebuyers to wait for even...
Existing home sales lay the path for the 2024 housing market
Did today’s existing home sales report give us a playbook for housing in 2024? I would argue yes, and the housing market today...
HUD publishes several changes to reverse mortgage handbook section
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Monday published a new version of its Single Family Housing Handbook 4000.1, which...
Movement Mortgage names Joe Thompson as regional director
Movement Mortgage, a multichannel mortgage lender, has appointed Joe Thompson as its new regional director. Thompson, recognized as a HousingWire Rising Star in...
Baird & Warner partners with data provider RealReports
Illinois-based Baird & Warner, an independent real estate brokerage, partnered with proptech firm RealReports, the companies announced Tuesday. The news comes on the...
BHHS CEO Gino Blefari: ‘Doesn’t agree with it one bit’ about commission conspiracy
KANSAS CITY, Missouri — Courtroom proceedings in the Sitzer/Burnett commission lawsuit continued on Wednesday — after some drama — with HomeServices of America...
