HousingWireHousingWire In this week’s episode of the RealTrending podcast, host Tracey Velt sits down with Ohio Realtors President Michelle Billings, an agent at Coldwell Banker Realty in Montgomery, Ohio. They explored affordability issues in today’s real estate market and how agents should leverage their knowledge for success. Billings has over…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire The Mortgage Collaborative‘s (TMC) Emerging Technology Fund hosted its seventh annual Mortgage Tech Demo Day (MTD) on March 16 at the collaborative’s “Live Large, Think Big!” conference in Arlington, Texas. Sponsored by Docutech, MTD allows early-stage mortgage tech companies to showcase their technology to industry leaders, investors and venture…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Since the inauguration of President Donald Trump, his administration has aggressively sought to curtail the functions of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). This has led to a coordinated legal response from a cadre of its employees and consumer advocacy groups, seeking to reverse some of the administration’s actions….
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Paul Kennedy’s 1987 book The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers examined how dominant world powers reached extraordinary global influence, only to experience significant declines— often due to shifting economic conditions. A similar pattern has been observed in the corporate world, with companies like Sears, IBM, General Motors,…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire President Donald Trump’s ever-shifting tariff policy has homebuilders down in the dumps. The overall reading of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) for March shows builder confidence at 39, a three-point drop from February. It’s the lowest level in seven months and follows…
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