HousingWireHousingWire A prominent Dallas-based home-flipping franchisee of HomeVestors of America — known for its “We Buy Ugly Houses” ads — is being accused of operating a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors out of tens of millions of dollars. According to lawsuits and ProPublica interviews with alleged victims, Charles “Chas” Carrier,…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Servant leadership is more than a lazy LinkedIn buzzword cooked up by corporate PR teams. It’s a crucial reason why new school brokerages like The Agency and Real outsold Keller Williams last year. If you want to scale your team or brokerage in 2025, lead by example, or get…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Aggressive tariffs, mortgage rates near 7% and declining consumer sentiment could all have a major impact on the housing market. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) has adjusted its outlook in response. The trade group downwardly revised its expectations for existing-home sales and mortgage origination volume for the rest of…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Following the stalled progress of two specific housing bills in the state’s legislature, the governor of Vermont — Phil Scott (R) — urged the legislature to act more swiftly in addressing the state’s housing issues. Vermont currently operates with divided government: while the governor’s mansion is inhabited by a…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire With stockholders set to vote on Rocket Companies’ acquisition of Redfin on June 4, stockholder Jason Morano’s lawsuit relating to the deal has had to move quickly. Filed in early May, the lawsuit accuses Rocket, Redfin and its board of directors of violating both the federal securities law and…
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