Donna Gland, head of talent development and resources at NAR, to retire
Longtime National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) staff member Donna Gland has announced her retirement, according to an email sent by CEO Bob Goldberg to NAR members...
NAR president offers guidance on how agents can navigate commission lawsuit uncertainty
In her first video appearance since the jury verdict in the Sitzer/Burnett commission lawsuit, National Association of Realtors president Tracy Kasper told NAR members that she...
CoreLogic announces new augmented reality appraisal tool
CoreLogic announced on Thursday the launch of “ScanToSketch,” an augmented reality (AR)-based property measuring and sketching tool to create home appraisal reports.
Developed using CoreLogic’s appraisal software...
Point, Redwood Trust issue $139M home equity investment securitization
Redwood Trust and home equity fintech lender Point have closed on a $139 million bond secured by 1,577 home equity investment (HEI) contracts. The two companies...
eXp’s CFO Jeff Whiteside set to leave role
Jeff Whiteside, eXp World Holdings’ chief financial officer, has stepped down from his position, the company announced on Thursday. The brokerage already initiated a search process...
Housing authorities and lenders added 54 homebuyer assistance programs in Q3: report
A total of 2,256 homebuyer assistance programs are available in the U.S. housing market after 54 programs were added in the third quarter, according to Down...
Better launches white-labeled mortgage-as-a-service platform
New York-based digital lender Better Home & Finance Holding Company has partnered with information technology consulting company Infosys on a mortgage-as-a-service platform.
The integrated end-to-end digital mortgage...
30-year mortgage rates see largest one-week drop in a year, reviving mortgage demand
As 10-year Treasury yields tumbled, the average 30-year fixed mortgage fell 26 basis points in the week ending Nov. 9, the largest one-week decrease since last...
How the commission lawsuits may prompt intervention from DOJ and regulators
For Regina Braga, the president of Res/Title, the verdict in the Sitzer/Burnett commission lawsuit did not come as a surprise.
“We’ve definitely seen a movement in the...
GSEs: Lenders must address quality issues for ‘fatal data points’ before delivering loans
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac jointly announced this week that they have entered a new critical edit phase for their Uniform Closing Dataset (UCD) as of...