Bob Goldberg out as NAR CEO
The National Association of Realtors’ longtime CEO Bob Goldberg is leaving the trade association, multiple sources with knowledge of the situation have confirmed...
Mr. Cooper’s automated phone systems, website are back up following cyberattack
The automated phone systems and website of lender and servicer Mr. Cooper are running again following a cybersecurity incident that forced the company...
Defunct FGMC, former employees seek $1.75M settlement on WARN Act suit
The now defunct First Guaranty Mortgage Corporation (FGMC) and former employees – who sued the mortgage lender in a class-action suit after an...
Closing in on Halloween, the housing market is still savagely unhealthy
The savagely unhealthy housing market continues to unfold as we approach Halloween. Sales are still falling, home prices keep rising, and inventory is...
Will mortgage rates keep heading lower?
Mortgage rates and the 10-year yield
The 10-year yield is the key for all my housing work, so I focus on it religiously. In...
Housing experts are hopeful the Fed is done with rate hikes
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell left the door open to a future interest rate hike on Wednesday, but most housing professionals are hopeful...
Immunity or liability? Antitrust experts weigh in on commission lawsuit settlement outcomes
Speculation is still swirling around the proposed commission lawsuit settlement agreements reached by RE/MAX and Anywhere in the Sitzer/Burnett, Moehrl and now Nosalek...
Clear Capital’s Kenon Chen on appraisal modernization
Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Kenon Chen, executive vice president of strategy and growth at Clear Capital, to talk about...
DOJ: Offers of agent compensation ’should not be made anywhere’
Although Leal highlighted the DOJ’s belief that offers of compensation should not be anywhere, she did not explicitly say what specific changes the...
FHFA extends certain rep and warrants to pandemic-related forbearance loans
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced on Monday morning that it will treat, in some aspects, loans in COVID-19 forbearance similar to those in...
