HousingWireHousingWire Mortgage rates have reached the lowest levels of the year today as the 10-year yield dropped significantly on tariff news. The stock market reacted negatively to the news regarding tariffs, resulting in significant selling and a shift towards the bond market. In this week’s Housing Market Tracker, I mentioned…
Continue reading →Keller Williams Realty, LLC (KW), the world’s largest real estate franchise by agent count, was again ranked as the No. 1 real estate franchise in the U.S. by agent count, transaction sides, and sales volume by T3 Sixty, a leading residential real estate analyst firm. “Once again, our ranking as…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire President Donald Trump stunned the world on Wednesday by announcing a new tariff regime that is sweeping in scope and shocking in scale. Every country in the world is now subject to a baseline levy of 10% on all goods imported to the U.S., while countries that Trump considers…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) on Tuesday issued a waiver on quality control (QC) reviews for some newly distressed mortgages in Southern California as homeowners continue to grapple with the effects of the January 2025 wildfires. The FHA typically requires reviews for mortgages 60 days past due within six…
Continue reading →Donald Trump’s second administration —Trump 2.0 — is using tariffs differently than Trump 1.0 from 2016 to 2020. In Trump 1.0, according to presentations made during an April 2 webinar on the Republican’s first 100 days, tariffs were a means to an end, that being a better trade deal with…
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