HousingWireHousingWire The Jason Mitchell Group (JMG) couldn’t have asked for a better two weeks. The Arizona-based brokerage announced Monday that it has merged with iRealty, a brokerage in Arkansas that boasts almost 200 agents and roughly 1,400 transaction sides per year. The move marks JMG’s entry into Arkansas, the 42nd…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire A reverse mortgage-related bill that was introduced in the Maryland state Senate that would have put the onus on lenders to cover some extra expenses tied to the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) origination process has been withdrawn by the sponsoring senator after conversations with reverse mortgage industry representatives….
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire A reverse mortgage could have benefits for a qualifying borrower, but anyone considering these loans should also be mindful of the potential risks. This is according to nationally syndicated personal finance columnist Liz Weston in one of her latest pieces. A reader who asked Weston to weigh in on…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire In conjunction with efforts to celebrate the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence next year, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Monday announced that its Innovative Housing Showcase event and expo will be returning to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., later this year. The showcase was…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire HomeVision, a collateral underwriting and appraisal review platform, has partnered with artificial intelligence (AI) firm Restb.ai to integrate computer vision technology into real estate valuation processes. The collaboration will incorporate Restb.ai’s AI-powered image recognition into HomeVision’s Machine Intelligence Review Assistant (MIRA) platform. The companies say the technology will improve…
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