NHC, AARP collaborate on advocacy for inclusive, ‘livable’ communities

The National Housing Conference (NHC) and senior advocacy group AARP detailed a collaboration this week to “bring together experts and housing leaders to...

ICE’s mortgage business outperforms in Q3 despite industry tailwinds

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Mortgage Technology reported an adjusted operating income of $131 million in the third quarter of 2023, up from Q3 2022’s...

Freddie Mac announces standardized mortgage documents for DPA programs

Freddie Mac rolled out standardized subordinate lien documents for subordinate mortgages offered by down payment assistance (DPA) providers to facilitate easier and greater...

‘Mortgage winter’ is expected to thaw a bit

John Toohig, head of whole-loan trading on the Raymond James whole-loan desk and president of Raymond James Mortgage Co., said many of the same headwinds the market...

CUSO Home Lending rolls out Dark Matter Technologies’ loan origination system 

CUSO Home Lending rolled out Dark Matter Technologies’ Empower loan origination system (LOS) for its credit union owners.  CUSO Home Lending — a lender...

Better launches white-labeled mortgage-as-a-service platform 

New York-based digital lender Better Home & Finance Holding Company has partnered with information technology consulting company Infosys on a mortgage-as-a-service platform. The integrated...

Why home prices won’t crash in the next recession

Is the U.S. headed for another housing bubble crash? With home prices at all-time highs and concern that the labor market will break...

Opinion: New commission standards from NAR don’t address the real issues

In mid-October amidst ongoing controversy, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) announced it has changed its commission rule, also known as its Participation...

Plunk, BHR partner on property data intelligence

Plunk, an AI-powered home analytics platform, announced a proptech partnership with BHR, a housing data aggregator. Through this collaboration, BHR’s RealReports platform will...

CoreLogic announces new augmented reality appraisal tool

CoreLogic announced on Thursday the launch of “ScanToSketch,” an augmented reality (AR)-based property measuring and sketching tool to create home appraisal reports. Developed using...