HousingWireHousingWire The title insurance industry continues to seek a “new normal” when it comes to transaction volume, as well as mergers and acquisitions (M&A). High company valuations and a multitude of deals during the peak post-pandemic market have now been replaced with a mixed status quo. HousingWire spoke with two…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire In the midst of aggressive cost-cutting measures, a coalition of fair housing groups with grant funding have filed a lawsuit against DOGE, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Scott Turner in his capacity as HUD secretary. The groups allege an overstep that will hamper their ability…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire On the heels of a bombshell report by the Wall Street Journal that Compass is in “advanced talks” for an acquisition of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, Gino Blefari, HomeServices CEO, immediately sent out an email fervently denying the news. However, the rumor persists, particularly when you have The Wall Street…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire A federal judge in Baltimore on Friday declined to side with the city’s effort to halt the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from emptying its reserves and returning funds to the Federal Reserve or the U.S. Department of the Treasury. On Feb. 12, the city filed the suit alongside…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Following a series of moves by key White House leaders at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the U.S. DOGE Service that are ostensibly designed to limit or dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), its former director appeared Friday morning on CNBC to discuss the upheaval…
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