Nearly half of loans processed in Q1 showed fraud risks: FundingShield
Nearly half (48%) of a $65 billion portfolio of loans processed during the first quarter of 2024 contained vulnerabilities to wire and title...
Housing construction picked up in September, but developers are getting anxious
Housing starts climbed to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,358,000 in September, according to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and...
What an appeal of the $1.8B Sitzer/Burnett commission lawsuit verdict will look like
While much remains unknown in the wake of the verdict in the Sitzer/Burnett commission lawsuit case, the one certainty is that all three...
Homebuilders slash prices to clear inventory as confidence sinks again in November
Elevated mortgage rates sank builder confidence again in November, but recent economic data suggests housing conditions will pick up in the coming months.
Builder...
Mortgage applications for new homes are up 9% in the past year
Purchase mortgage applications for new homes rose 8.9% year over year in December 2024, according to a report released Friday by the Mortgage...
Propy, Parcl announce partnership to bring analytics to NFT real estate
What happens when you combine a decentralized application (dApp) tokenization platform with a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol built on real-time data?
Other than an...
Our 19-point house-hunting checklist for agents & their clients
1. Discuss how agents get paid and hire a great agent.
The elephant in the room needs to be discussed: the lawsuits. Buyers have...
Final approval hearing date set for RE/MAX, Anywhere commission lawsuit settlements
A date for the final approval conference for RE/MAX’s and Anywhere’s settlement agreements in the Sitzer/Burnett, Moehrl and Nosalek commission lawsuits has finally...
6 keys to unlocking success in real estate
I recently had the privilege of attending the AMPCon event hosted by the inspirational author and speaker René Rodriguez. We frequently talk about...
New Jersey bill seeks to require face-to-face counseling for reverse mortgages
A bill introduced in the New Jersey Senate would require face-to-face counseling for the state’s reverse mortgage transactions and would void any loans...