HousingWireHousingWire As the Trump administration continues its crusade against diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, it appears that the Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity (PAVE) policies are being swept away amid a laundry list of actions. Once led by Marcia Fudge, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire For Tony Roveda, the founder of National Attorney Title, an Ohio-based attorney opinion letter (AOL) firm, the Trump administration’s executive order on housing availability and affordability is a clear indicator that he is launching his firm at the right time. “In our opinion, our timing is perfect,” Roveda said….
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire In his first official action as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Scott Bessent ordered staffers to stop bureau activities, including the issuance of final rules, settlement enforcement actions, or participation in legal cases. Agency staffers have also been instructed to suspend the effective date of…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire A reverse mortgage loan has “first-priority” status in a Pennsylvania foreclosure dispute, after initially being rejected by the trial court according to court documents reviewed by HousingWire’s Reverse Mortgage Daily (RMD), and an analysis by attorneys at law firm Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A. In 2005, the client purchased…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire There are some really interesting price trends happening across the country right now. I mentioned last week how weakness in demand had led some of the measures for home price changes to slide into negative territory compared to a year ago. This week, another signal of future sales prices…
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