HousingWireHousingWire At the beginning of 2024, mortgage technology company LoanPASS was announced as a technology partner for reverse mortgage lender Smartfi Home Loans. The lender chose LoanPASS to provide its software-as-a-service (SaaS) product and pricing engine in its reverse lending operations. This partnership has become a fruitful one, according to…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire A new bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives proposes to relieve Federal Housing Administration (FHA) borrowers of mortgage insurance premiums (MIPs) once they reach a certain level of home equity, aligning FHA policies with those of conventional loans. Introduced by Reps. Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Pete…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire The U.S. is about to face a reckoning when it comes to its 65-and-older population outnumbering children for the first time. But other nations — including Japan — are facing an even steeper ratio of older people to younger counterparts. Since there is already a shortfall in home-care workers,…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire After filing several different motions, including a motion to intervene, University of Buffalo law professor Tanya Monestier has filed an appeal of several rulings made by Judge Stephen R. Bough — including his final approval of the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR)  commission lawsuit settlement agreement. In a notice filed…
Continue reading →Boeing workers on strike at a Boeing facility on Oct. 24 in Seattle. (Photo by David Ryder, Getty Images) The economy added 227,000 jobs in November, making for a strong jobs report despite a slight increase in the unemployment rate. Although the labor market has cooled this year, the Trump…
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