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...
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...
30-year mortgage rates see largest one-week drop in a year, reviving mortgage demand
As 10-year Treasury yields tumbled, the average 30-year fixed mortgage fell 26 basis points in the week ending Nov. 9, the largest one-week...
Wells Fargo has a new home loan sales leader
Sandra Ho, a managing director at JPMorgan Chase, will join Wells Fargo next week as its head of home lending sales, Wells Fargo...
Williston Financial Group’s MyHome acquires Volly
Williston Financial Group is closing out 2023 with yet another acquisition. The firm announced Thursday that MyHome, a WFG subsidiary, has acquired technology...
HUD, White House announce $40M to expand housing counseling
The White House and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced on Thursday the awarding of $40 million to expand...
Mortgage applications ticked up after weeks of decline: MBA
Mortgage applications picked up for the first time in four weeks as mortgage rates dropped by 25 basis points, to 7.61%. The Fed’s...
Texas commission lawsuit names real estate teams and individual broker as defendants
The commission lawsuits have arrived in Texas, but the QJ Team suit, named after its lead plaintiff, isn’t like your Moehrl, Sitzer/Burnett, March,...
Chopra says he is ‘open to’ reviewing the LO comp rule
“As a general matter, we are taking a look at all the old rules, even the ones that were just a decade ago,...
Regulation hasn’t caught up to generative AI
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has tremendous potential to cut costs and improve customer experience, but regulation has not caught up to develop a...
