Lowest mortgage rates in months create surge in applications by Sarah Wolak for HousingWire

HousingWireHousingWire Mortgage applications increased 20.4% from one week earlier on a seasonally adjusted basis as buyers pounced on lower rates, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending Feb. 28, 2025. On an unadjusted basis, applications increased 22% compared with the…

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Rocket’s ‘Own the Dream’ ad campaign carries on by Sarah Wolak for HousingWire

HousingWireHousingWire During last month’s Super Bowl broadcast, Rocket Companies unveiled its “Own the Dream” campaign, which the company describes as a means of redefining homeownership as a pathway to generational wealth rather than just a transaction.  The company’s ambitious commercial — which featured John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads”…

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The CFPB’s rogue war: One agent’s battle against the bureaucracy by Marx Sterbcow for HousingWire

HousingWireHousingWire The real estate brokerage industry escaped a seismic blow on Feb. 27, 2025, when the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) dismissed its baseless lawsuit against the Jason Mitchell Group (JMG) and Rocket Homes with prejudice. Jason Mitchell’s three-year stand was a rare victory against an agency with no reins on…

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