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HousingWireHousingWire To get a sense for what the mood is among real estate agents right now, look no further than Portland, Oregon. Like the vast majority of the country, the city’s housing market has been stymied by high mortgage rates, low inventory and mismatched expectations between buyers and sellers. But…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Home equity solutions provider Unison launched a new product on Tuesday that combines the features of traditional mortgage financing and emerging home equity investment (HEI) options. The San Francisco-based Unison calls its new offering the Equity Sharing Home Loan. The company explained that the product operates as a ”hybrid…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Anthony Casa, President & CEO of UMortgage, isn’t mincing words when it comes to the lending practices that often victimize our veterans. “Our veterans deserve better. Unfortunately, it’s far too common for lenders to prioritize their own profits over the financial well-being of those who have served our country,”…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Keller Williams‘ legal worries just got a little lighter. On Friday, the real estate franchisee and the plaintiffs’ counsel in the Mcfarlane suit reached a settlement agreement for the lawsuit related to the firm’s recently abandoned changes to its profit-sharing program. In an email, Keller Williams confirmed that this…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire The James Dwiggins-helmed firm NextHome is the newest real estate brokerage to settle the commission lawsuits. The firm notified the court of its settlement agreement on Tuesday in the consolidated Gibson and Umpa suits suits via a brief filed last week. The filing does not note how much NextHome has agreed to pay…
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