HousingWireHousingWire Another jobs week has come to an end, and amid the chaotic headlines about job numbers, tariffs, and the leadership of the Treasury, mortgage rates remained calm. Better mortgage spreads are limiting how high rates can rise in 2025. This situation contrasts with the challenges the market faced in…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire President Trump’s shake-up of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau continues. On Friday night, Russell Vought, the architect of the Project 2025 plan and the newly confirmed director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, emailed top staffers at the CFPB to inform them that he’d been named acting…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Russell Vought, an architect of Project 2025 and the current head of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), is the new acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the Wall Street Journal reported late Friday night. Vought emailed top staffers at the agency to inform them…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire In this week’s episode of the Power House podcast, host Diego Sanchez sits down with a close observer from within the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Sherry Chris, special advisor to NAR CEO Nykia Wright, joins the show to discuss the trade association’s response to post-settlement changes and challenges…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Some housing industry observers wouldn’t hesitate to mention Southern California when asked about the most competitive real estate markets. But despite rising home prices and stiff competition, a new report from John Burns Research & Consulting (JBREC) says it’s time to close the curtain on the “California exodus” narrative….
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