HousingWireHousingWire The first day of this year’s National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA) Annual Meeting and Expo in San Diego wound down with an announcement that marks the end of an era. The association honored two of its most prominent past and present members with distinguished service awards. These were…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWireThe Alabama Association of Realtors is calling out for change in national membership models. (Image created by AI in Midjourney.) The Alabama Association of Realtors (AAR) turned heads last week when it sent a letter to the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and asked for greater flexibility in allowing members…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Negative depictions of Americans ages 50 and older have lessened over a five-year period, with negative sentiment in online media and marketing images dropping from 28% in 2018 to 10% in 2023, according to research published this week by senior advocacy organization AARP. “The 50-plus population is pictured as…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire The share of single-family homes sold to investors peaked at nearly 30% at the start of this year, but these types of transactions dropped significantly in the ensuing six months, according to a CoreLogic report released Wednesday. Investor purchases began to decline in March 2024 and by June represented…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced on Wednesday it has changed its proposal to amend the Suspended Counterparty Program (SCP), offering a less severe version after several trade groups raised concerns about its impacts on the mortgage market. The SCP, established in June 2012 during the Obama administration,…
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