HousingWireHousingWire The good news is that there are plenty of reasons to think 2025 will be a better year for the housing market. The bad news is there’s too much macroeconomic and political uncertainty to be sure. That’s according to Bright MLS, which is the latest company in the real…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire With technology rapidly advancing, Zumper is the latest company in the real estate industry to dive into artificial intelligence (AI) assistants. The rental portal this week launched an AI assistant named Zoe, which according to the company can answer “virtually any renter question about a property or its neighborhood.”…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire While there has been something of a “yo-yo” of gains and losses in the reverse mortgage industry’s performance metrics for the past several months, some mixed signals on the horizon — such as higher interest rates that could depress origination volumes along with the potential implementation of HMBS 2.0…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Pretium Partners, a New York City-headquartered investment firm, announced Tuesday that its adding a new senior managing director to lead its business optimization efforts. Sebastiano “Sid” Visentini will join Pretium following a 16-year career at New York City-based Morgan Stanley. Visentini recently served as the investment bank’s head of…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire If housing industry professionals are looking for an early Christmas gift, they might receive it in the next two weeks if key economic indicators move in the right direction. At HousingWire’s Mortgage Rates Center on Tuesday, the 30-year conforming rate averaged 6.98%. That was down 4 basis points (bps)…
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