New home sales disappoint in October, prices fall

New home sales fell on a month-over-month basis in October, but continued to outpace last year’s levels. Meanwhile, low supply and high mortgage...

Gary Keller accused of embezzlement in updated racketeering lawsuit complaint

Nearly three months after filing an initial complaint accusing Gary Keller and Keller Williams of inflating key profitability metrics including company sales and...

Relitix’s Agent Movement Index shows continued real estate agent recruiting slowdown

Real estate agents are continuing to stay put, moving much less between brokerages than the post-pandemic peak seen in the summer of 2021,...

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...

Fidelity National Financial is latest victim of a cybersecurity attack

Fidelity National Financial (FNF) was attacked by a “cybersecurity incident” that led the system to shut down some of its network, the company...

Here’s what you can expect from the 2024 housing market

Going more in-depth than a Fed meeting, our virtual Housing Market Update event provides you with the strategy-building insights needed to operate in...

Figure hires banks for lending arm IPO: Bloomberg

Mike Cagney’s financial technology firm Figure Technologies has taken another step to go public with its lending division, LendCo, hiring investment banks to coordinate the initial...

Class Valuation’s CIO on solving the appraisal conundrum

Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Scot Rose, CIO at Class Valuation, to talk about innovation in the appraisal space and...

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...

Fannie Mae on Q4: Existing home sales will be lowest since 2010

The housing market has not hit the bottom in existing home sales yet, Fannie Mae projected. With mortgage rates having previously soared to around...