Department of Veterans Affairs pauses VA loan foreclosures for 6 months
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is pausing foreclosures on homes financed with VA loans for six months to help military borrowers in...
Raleigh, Nashville top list of millennial homebuyer hot spots: SmartAsset
Millennials are once again the largest group of homebuyers in the country. In some metro areas, they are buying homes at rates up...
Opinion: IMB servicers do a better job than banks on loss mitigation
Fifteen years ago, the TARP bailout bill was signed into law. $700 billion in taxpayer funds were authorized to help stabilize the economy in...
Opinion: Here’s what people are getting wrong about real estate commissions
I recently read editorials and articles by such esteemed publications as The Economist, Entrepreneur Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal concerning the antitrust...
Thrive Mortgage and Lower strike merger deal
Texas-based lender Thrive Mortgage plans to merge with digital multichannel rival Lower, which will create a unified lender with more than 650 loan...
Former HUD deputy secretary’s consultancy launches new compliance wing
Gate House Strategies, a financial services and affordable housing advisory firm formed in 2021 by former U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development...
Retirement confidence hasn’t fully recovered, but survey shows hope for future prospects
Following a significant drop in retirement savings confidence in 2023, overall levels of confidence have yet to recover. But optimism about future retirement...
Builders rediscover a tool from the 1980s that keeps new home prices from falling
While sellers of existing homes have struggled with rising rates and softening demand, homebuilders have not only survived, but thrived in this market...
Opinion: To support low-income borrowers, return Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to the private...
Since the 2008 housing crisis, there have been significant changes that prompted the Treasury to place Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under conservatorship....
Modular homebuilding startup Veev on the verge of bankruptcy
Veev, a promising modular homebuilding company that’s raised $600 million, could close after a plan for a capital raise failed, according to reporting...