How a transparent marketplace provides a proven path to benefit homeowners
Selling pre-foreclosure is often the best option for distressed homeowners who don’t qualify for any loss mitigation programs, but those homeowners are understandably...
FinLocker and Milestones join forces in new partnership
Home management portals company Milestones and financial fitness platform FinLocker have announced a strategic partnership.
The aim of this partnership is to help convert...
Blend launches lower-cost option for retail IMBs
Mortgage tech firm Blend has launched a lower-cost version of its mortgage suite for retail independent mortgage banks, the company announced this week.
This...
MLS executives imagine a world with no MLS
As the trial for Sitzer/Burnett, the first of the two bombshell class action buyer broker compensation anti-trust lawsuits, kicks off this week, the...
Homebuilder sentiment falls again as mortgage rates climb toward 8%
With mortgage rates nearly touching 8%, builder confidence dropped four points in October, falling to its lowest point since January 2023, the National...
New low in real estate agent movement: Relitix
Agents are moving between brokerages at a much slower pace than the post-pandemic peak seen in the summer of 2021, according to Relitix’s...
4 tips for staying relevant as a real estate professional in 2023
A friend of mine is a successful real estate professional in a competitive market. We often discuss changing housing market conditions, and the pressure real...
White House announces new housing initiatives to boost homeownership
The White House on Monday announced a series of new initiatives designed to boost U.S. homeownership, alongside data detailing housing aid that has...
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...
FHFA says GSEs are open to alternatives to loan repurchases
Regarding lenders’ vociferous complaints about increased loan buybacks from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, FHFA Director Sandra Thompson said the regulator expects originators to deliver loans...
