HousingWireHousingWire It all started with sponge and a bucket of soapy water. Recently, I helped hand-wash the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in the District of Columbia. I honored my fellow service members and Naval Academy classmates who protected our country. I stood alongside Jan Scruggs, founder of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial….
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Here’s a hypothetical scenario: Let’s say the staffers at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) remain forbidden to work until Jan. 21, 2029. What would the mortgage servicing regulation landscape look like? At the Mortgage Bankers Association‘s Servicing 2025 Expo in Dallas on Wednesday, top servicing executives said that…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Become the go-to expert in one of these real estate niches and parlay your expertise into a more lucrative and satisfying career. While casting a wide net can sometimes be a helpful strategy, you set yourself up to compete with every agent vying for the same listings and buyer…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Scott Turner, President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), was confirmed today by the U.S. Senate by a vote of 55-44 and was sworn in as the 19th HUD secretary, taking the helm of the sixty-year-old agency at an extraordinary time. The…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Digital mortgage lender Better on Wednesday announced the launch of a loyalty program dubbed “Better Forever.” The program is designed to reward customers by waiving origination fees on future refinance or purchase loans. Customers who previously funded a loan through Better on or after Jan. 1, 2019, are automatically…
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