HousingWireHousingWire The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) highlighted the deregulatory efforts of the Trump administration at its Secondary and Capital Markets Conference in New York this week, including work at the CFPB. But on the topic of releasing the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) from conservatorship, MBA president and CEO Bob Broeksmit said…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire It won’t be Federal Housing Finance Administration (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte or Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent making the decision about removing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from conservatorship. That’s entirely up to President Trump, Pulte told Mortgage Bankers Association Chair Laura Escobar in a freewheeling conversation at the MBA…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Over the last decade, I’ve interviewed dozens of the country’s most successful real estate agents. All of them, from Ryan Serhant to Glennda Baker to Ricky Carruth, had one thing in common: They found their ikigai early in their career and never looked back. Ikigai is a Japanese concept…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Ask the Agent — a video communication and engagement platform tailored to real estate professionals — has been named a partner in the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) Realtor Benefits Program. As part of the partnership, NAR members are eligible to receive 20% off Ask the Agent’s monthly or…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Let’s call it what it is: most brokerages are way behind on AI. Agents? They’re scrappy. They’re downloading ChatGPT apps, playing with Canva AI, and asking Midjourney to crank out listing flyers in 30 seconds flat. They’re moving fast because they have to. Meanwhile, broker-owners are still asking, “So……
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