HousingWireHousingWire Despite the overwhelming preferences of older people to age in place in their own homes — a trend that holds true across North America — there remain inequities that limit the access and ability for some older people to fulfill this desire, according to the findings of a recent…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Better Home & Finance Holding Co. is betting big on artificial intelligence and strategic partnerships to drive growth, CEO Vishal Garg told investors on Tuesday during the company’s first-quarter 2025 earnings call. At the core of this strategy is Better’s AI loan assistant, Betsy, which executed 127,000 consumer interactions…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Mat Ishbia, CEO of United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), the top U.S. mortgage lender, unveiled on Tuesday the company’s ambitious goal to reach $280 billion in mortgage production by 2028. That is more than double the $137.8 billion UWM originated in 2024, a year in which the wholesale lender posted…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Despite a whipsaw of mortgage rates at the start of the month, mortgage purchase lock volume rose 7.5% in April, according to a report from Optimal Blue. Overall, lock volume rose 3.2% from March. The bond market’s response to the Trump tariff announcements in the beginning of the month…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire New American Funding (NAF) on Tuesday released data that identifies the top 10 U.S. states where homes are purchased entirely with cash. Leading the way for the highest share of all-cash home purchases was West Virginia at 41.4%. It was followed by New York (40.4%), Delaware (38.9%), Georgia (37.5%),…
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