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- New Developments Coming to Blue Springs, Missouri: 2026 Update
- Parents follow their kids to the South in ‘baby chaser’ boom
- Atlas deal signals shift to live GSE disaster monitoring
- Housing Market Spotlight: When housing market signals don’t agree
- National Home Corp. targets 18% gross margin with pace focus
- Bonds to Bessent: Challenge Accepted
- Mortgage Rates Jump After New Treasury Buyback Announcement
- Q3 agency MBS lags targets as home equity, non-QM gain ground
- Sotheby’s International Realty brings ONE, TTR under company-owned brokerage
- Bessent triples debt buyback but market shows disappointment
- Do you have what it takes to scale profitably for the model you are running?
- Buying a home now beat waiting in 61% of scenarios, AD Mortgage study finds
- GSEs open VantageScore 4.0 to all single-family lenders
- REMAX adds Missoula affiliate with REMAX Confluence
- Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices adds Nevada leadership
- UWM drops high-balance LLPAs, extends Bullseye 90 pricing
- Correspondent, Signing, Multifamily Tools; STRATMOR Tech Survey; Capital Markets; Rocket's Loan Limits
- Are Bonds Fighting Oil Implications Thanks to Buyback Hopes?
- Mortgage rates rise to 6.85%, highest in more than a year
- Researchers find a hole in Microsoft's anti-spoofing fix
- Cyber insurance: Rising AI risk opens a growth opportunity
- NEXA appoints new CEO, Mike Kortas to be executive partner
- Early Strength Gives Way to Steady Selling
- Trump posts new support for GSEs, lower mortgage rates
- Mortgage Rates Unchanged to Start The Week
- MSR retention hits 57% share: benchmark your sell strategy
- EverBank, WaFd say merger would address each firm's issues
- CRA Sourcing, Correspondent, Internal Audit, AI Content Tools; Pulte, Credit Scores, and Social Media
- More Signs of Resilience But Still Tuned-In to Oil
- From the Editor: Why we launched Best Mortgage Companies to Work For
- Can tech keep agents out of trouble for listing mistakes?
- Florida’s housing market looks shaky. Orlando tells a more complicated story
- Truss Financial scales hybrid model with new direct lending platform
- FSBO.com rolls out tech platform to streamline home purchase agreements
- What it takes to start wholesale from BrokerBrand TPO exec
- George Morales on proprietary reverse mortgages and MISMO standards
- What Fannie Mae UAD 3.6 highest and best use update means
- MBA files lawsuit to halt New Jersey's disparate-impact rules
- Why the best master-planned communities are designed around everyday life
- Housing year-over-year comps need context for the rest of 2026
- Surprisingly Light Selling Given The Econ Data
- Trump threatens trade halt if Fed does not cut rates
- Fay Group acquires VanDyk Mortgage to expand conforming loan footprint
- Mortgage Applications Rebound Modestly as ARM Share Hits Five-Week High
- Rates Only Slightly Higher Despite Strong Jobs Report
- Ex-Better CEO lays out plan to reach $2 billion in volume
- ICE raids strain homebuilder labor, cycle times, and bank lines
- Why mortgage rates barely budged after jobs report beat estimates
- Pulte: 'cartel-like' bureaus should cut costs, eyes bi-merge
- Pulte says FHFA weighing bi-merge, single credit report
- U/W, LOS/TPO, Workflow Automation, AI Risk, Education Tools; MBS and MSR Trends
- Newrez to expand joint venture network with eXp Realty
- August payrolls rise 162,000, Fed rate hike odds in focus
- Hyperlocal micromarkets may be the next big housing data shift
- Investor share slips to 27% of single-family purchases, Cotality says
- SERHANT. adds Chad Bishop Group in Fort Lauderdale
- Labor market rebounds, but all eyes are on inflation for Fed
- Bonds Only Moderately Higher After Balmy NFP
- Waivers, AUS are lenders' hedge against any UAD 3.6 crunch
- Authority compounds on LinkedIn. Absence compounds, too.
- Cotality: mega investors retreated pre-ROAD act
- Still a Resilient Day Despite Afternoon Weakness
- Mortgage Rates Drop to Week's Best Levels
- Non-QM specialist Truss Financial becomes latest broker turned lender
- GSE changes, Boxabl pact spur mortgage lending opportunities
- Trump signs bill funding the government through December
- High sixes stall refi; target buyers adjusting to new normal
- Hedging, Verification, POS, Data Mining Tools; Rocket Mortgage and RESPA; MISMO Motors On
- Some Signs of Resilience
- Gen Z is buying homes. Is the mortgage industry ready?
- What employer housing benefits are still missing
- Why Reno’s housing market is holding up while Phoenix, Denver and Austin fall
- Investor eyes GSE merger alternative to trim secondary costs
- Michigan primary wins bolster momentum for zoning reforms
- Relatively Drama-Free Day
- Rate adds leading producers to expand P&L branch business
- Compass-NWMLS settlement bigger than ‘coming soon’ listings
- eXp ends mortgage JV with Kind Lending, eyes Newrez deal
- Rocket’s amended complaint says UWM targeted Mr. Cooper borrowers
- Mortgage Rates Approaching 7%
- Real estate doesn’t compete with other brokerages anymore
- Angel Oak Mortgage raises $228.2 million from mostly non-QM assets
- Immigration enforcement tightens squeeze on homebuilders’ job sites
- California mega team Tafoya Real Estate joins eXp Realty
- Lenders launch AI plugins as buyers become more trusting
- Fed's Williams not swayed that a rate hike is the answer yet
- HELOC, TPO, API, Non-Agency Products; Webcasts; Why Rates Are Where They Are: We're Not Alone
- No News is Good News
- GSEs' cost-cutting tools: The per-loan savings breakdown
- Rising bond yields drive lenders to adjust priorities
- More War. More Selling
- Mortgage Rates Pushing New Long-Term Highs
- House Republicans debut CFPB reform package
- Stewart deepens servicing involvement with new acquisitions
- Unlicensed vendor fines highlight third-party buyback risks
- 2nd Lien Reverse, Conversion, Settlement Tools; Bill Cosgrove on Consolidation; Agency News
- Selling Continues And It's Not Just Oil
- Pre-IPO equity is redefining the qualified borrower
- Beyond affordability: What Florida’s Amendment 3 could mean for MSR values
- The end of SaaS as we know it in mortgage lending?
- Modular housing fails to scale. Will policy reforms alter that?
- How long can mortgage rates stay below 7%?
- Rocket names Redfin CEO, Veterans United adds to c-suite
- Technically a Breakout, But It Could Have Been Worse
- A raft of California housing bills heads to Newsom; here’s what’s new
- Jamie Cavanaugh to lead Broker Action Coalition as CEO
- Closings per market shows why some builders scale faster
- Compass settles NWMLS lawsuit on coming soon listings
- House to vote on short-term government funding bill
- Highest Mortgage Rates in Over a Year, But Just Barely
- Financial pressures are threatening middle-class retirement
- Non-QM securitization record signals secondary market shift
- How ROAD Act rental limits create lender opportunities
- MERS, Reno, Processing Tools; STRATMOR on Borrower Behavior; Housing Supply, Capital Markets
- Month-End Trading Taking a Toll
- Bond investors wary after Warsh speech fuels rate-hike bets
- The next competitive advantage isn’t AI, it’s the operating model
- Affordability shouldn’t come at the expense of property rights
- Housing demand has slowed, but still stable for now
- The WSJ is wrong about FHA loans and nonbanks, and they know it
- Warsh Speech at Jackson Hole Prompts Heavy Selling
- Mounting ICE raids leave homebuilding’s frontlines frozen in fear
- States That Will Pay You to Move There in 2026
- Eastern Washington agents balance business and wildfire disaster recovery
- Lennar lawsuits point to rising cyber liabilities for lenders
- Real REMAX strategy shift threatens independent originators
- Mortgage Rates Jump to 3-Week Highs After Jackson Hole Speech
- How Warsh's hawkish comments will impact mortgage rates
- Mortgage Demand Remains Stalled as Rates Move Higher
- New Home Sales Give Back June's Gains
- Home Price Appreciation Edges Higher Amid Growing Regional Divide
- ERA Real Estate names Frank Malpica president
- South River Mortgage elevates Tyler Plack to CEO
- FHA expected to keep Classic FICO as it adds new models in January
- MBA president fires back on claims of poor FHA underwriting
- Fed Chair Warsh will vote to hike rates if data doesn’t improve
- SEC clears Garg's return bid as TRO rulings loom
- Loan Trust launches new RMBS backed by prime fixed-rate mortgages
- Education, Underwriting, Processing Tools; Originators and Tech; Gov't Program Changes; Tech Survey
- Warsh delivers hawkish Jackson Hole speech, fueling speculation of a September rate hike
- Not The Payrolls You're Looking For
- Academy's $2M data breach deal: Why litigating rarely beats settling
- How in-house AI coding risks unexpected token, upkeep costs
- “The Crooked E” and manufactured housing: Evidence of systemic failures and corruption
- AI can estimate a home. An appraisal can inform the decision.
- Low vacancy directs lenders to Midwest zombie and investor stock
- Real REMAX Group halts Motto Mortgage franchise growth
- As Kortas and Casa make peace, AIME is back in the mix
- Builders face a tougher math problem as completed inventory rises
- Chase Home Lending Mortgage issues $378.7 million RMBS
- Ginnie Mae wants issuers to focus on fixing loan-level data quality
- Morgan Stanley preps $327.1 million business-purpose RMBS transaction
- NWMLS launches AI home search on NWMLS.com with Broker Public Portal
- Fairly Calm Despite Some Fuel Price Pressure; Warsh on Deck
- Early state tax data prompts NYC to pare pied-a-terre tax pool
- Foreclosure filings rise 10% annually in July, ATTOM says
- Mortgage Rates Hold Fairly Steady
- Stellar MLS’s new CEO wants to put the industry in fast-forward
- July affordability bump signals purchase surge window
- Judge blocks HUD overhaul of fair housing grants
- What Warsh's Jackson Hole speech could do to mortgage rates
- What markets want from Fed's Warsh — and how he can deliver
- Hedging, Accounting, Verification, Jumbo, Workflow Tools; In-Person Events
- Counting Down to Warsh
- Rising foreclosures signal growth in Texas, Florida loss mitigation
- Cook denies 'intentional wrongdoing' as Trump seeks ouster
- Banks ended aid to minority borrowers before official ban
- Some Pros and Cons in Today's Weakness
- Mortgage Rates Lower or Higher, Depending on When You Look
- Credit, AI Platform, System Tools; Webcasts; Equity and Non-Agency News; Capital Markets
- Virtual Tour vs. In-Person Showing: What Homebuyers Should Know
- Bonds Pouting After Higher PCE
- First-Time Home Buying Checklist: 12 Steps to Buying Your First Home
- What lenders need to ask as they prepare for a multi-credit scoring model environment
- The mortgage industry is deploying AI backward
- Colorado’s AI proposal raises new compliance questions for lenders
- Retirees are experiencing a disconnect between net worth, cash on hand
- New home demand swoons even as sales prices hit a 5-year low
- Bonds Rally on Peace Deal Hopes
- Why 45 homebuilding markets may not beat six high density ones
- Small builders' rising costs pressure future home prices
- Mortgage Rates Follow Oil Prices Lower
- Veterans United promotes Jeremyah Grigery to CMO
- Builders FirstSource bets $25.3 million on AI build-cycle scale
- UWM launches Mortgage Matchup plugin for ChatGPT
- Federal agencies scrap Biden-era SPCP guidance
- July delinquencies drop as ICE notes FHA performance pivot
- Carrington expands non-QM guidelines, citing sector growth
- Federal agencies reverse Biden-era credit guidance
- Build-to-Rent Homes: What Are They, and Why Are They So Popular?
- Webcasts, UAD 3.6, Compliance, Digital HELOC, MSR Valuation Tools; Rates Quiet
- Home prices trail inflation again: where growth still holds
- Oil Down, Yields Down
- Better battle escalates as board seeks to block Garg return
- Volatile treasuries push IMBs toward bank, insurer deals
- The real AI divide in the mortgage industry
- The loan officer engineer: The $11,898 problem
- What 800 title and escrow professionals shared about wire fraud, and how they’re fighting it
- Real REMAX Group closes merger, REAX begins trading Aug. 25
- Op-ed calls for stronger means testing, service limitations for Social Security, Medicare