HousingWireHousingWire Just over a month in to his second presidential term, President Donald Trump capped his remarkable return by delivering a high-profile address to a joint session of Congress. As is typical for most such addresses — not technically a State of the Union address in this case — housing…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Affordability challenges, high mortgage rates and low for-sale inventory have created a housing market that’s making life difficult for large brokerages. This makes it a curious time to invest in one. But that’s what Stone Point Capital did Monday by taking a stake in Keller Williams, a move that…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire The Department of Justice (DOJ) raised some eyebrows when it hinted that buyer representation agreements, if used as mandated in the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement, may be a source of future antitrust litigation based on its statement of interest in the Sitzer/Burnett suit. But in…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Top five reverse mortgage lender Finance of America (FOA) announced on Tuesday the hiring of two new executive leaders to modernize the company’s digital and customer experience strategies. The hires are designed to bolster the company’s efforts to “accelerate its strategy of redefining the reverse mortgage market through digital…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Xactus has become the first technology partner to introduce the FICO Score Mortgage Simulator, a new tool designed to help lenders and borrowers understand how credit decisions impact mortgage eligibility. The simulator, developed by FICO, is the only mortgage industry tool that uses FICO scores and FICO score algorithms….
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