Guild asks judge to confirm $10.7M award in poaching dispute against ex-employees
Guild Mortgage has filed a petition in a district court in Washington to confirm a $10.7 million award resulted from an arbitration dispute against...
What’s different about the $200B(!) Gibson commission lawsuit
The Missouri judge who oversaw the landmark Sitzer/Burnett real estate commission lawsuit will also preside over the Gibson lawsuit brought by Michael Ketchmark,...
Chase Home Lending increases its closing guarantee
Chase Home Lending, the consumer and commercial banking arm of JPMorgan Chase & Co., has raised its closing guarantee from $5,000 to $20,000 until...
Total Expert, Polly purpose to assist a lender determine buyer alternatives sooner
Customer engagement platform Total Expert‘s customer intelligence and mortgage tech firm Polly‘s product and pricing engine (PPE) will help California-based lender Mountain West...
How the title industry is addressing the negative effects of heirs’ property
Homeownership is the single greatest contributor to household wealth for American families.From 2010 to 2020, the value of owner-occupied housing in 917 metropolitan...
6% mortgage rates are back (for select borrowers)
“We see a little bit of pickup but not like you normally would because of seasonality,” Overfelt added.
If rates continue to drop, some...
5 ways to provide overwhelming value to buyer clients
It’s a fact: Buyer-side commissions are no longer a guarantee and no longer an entitlement. You can’t just assume you’ll be receiving a...
US annual rent growth slows for the 17th straight month in September: CoreLogic
Single-family rent prices in the United States only rose by 2.6% year over year in September, the lowest rent growth recorded in three...
Top indie brokerage John L. Scott acquires Sterling Johnston Real Estate
West Coast juggernaut independent brokerage John L. Scott Real Estate has acquired boutique brokerage Sterling Johnston Real Estate, based out of Redmond, Washington....
Are reverse mortgages for purchase a ‘sleeping giant?’ Pros are split
According to the most recent annual report to Congress by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Home Equity Conversion...
