Plain-English guidance on rates, home buying, and refinancing from the The Lending Stars team.
Jul 28, 2026 · 5:07 PM Neil Pierson HousingWire
Mortgage rates continued to climb this week and are now approaching 7% for locked loans across all borrower credit profiles. But home purchase and refinance…
Read full article →Jul 28, 2026 · 4:51 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes HousingWire
Newrez delivered a higher profit in the second quarter of 2026 as its mortgage servicing performance improved and originations increased compared to the…
Read full article →Jul 28, 2026 · 4:40 PM Logan Mohtashami HousingWire
To hike or not to hike? That is the question being discussed today as the Fed’s two-day meeting is underway, but I would argue that the Fed hawks have…
Read full article →Jul 28, 2026 · 4:39 PM Tyler Williams HousingWire
A big push to streamline housing development, and bend cost and affordability barriers for would-be homeowners and renters, increasingly focuses on reducing…
Read full article →Jul 28, 2026 · 4:17 PM Brooklee Han HousingWire
Despite rising at a faster annual pace than a month prior, home prices continued to decline in real terms in May, according to the S&P Cotality Case-Shiller…
Read full article →Jul 28, 2026 · 4:00 PM Brooklee Han, HousingWire Automation HousingWire
A new Consumer Policy Center (CPC) report found that administrative “junk fees” charged by real estate brokerages to both home buyers and sellers have…
Read full article →Jul 28, 2026 · 3:49 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire
Lofty today announced an expanded version of its AI operating system, Lofty AOS, along with Lofty Cowork and House.ai, a financial intelligence platform for…
Read full article →Jul 28, 2026 · 3:46 PM Sarah Wolak, HousingWire Automation HousingWire
Mortgage lender Equity Prime Mortgage (EPM) announced on Tuesday that it has appointed mortgage industry veteran David Abrahamson as its chief risk officer.…
Read full article →Jul 28, 2026 · 3:32 PM Darryl Davis HousingWire
On July 23, plaintiffs in the Sitzer/Burnett and Gibson cases asked Judge Stephen Bough to enforce something this industry already agreed to. As HousingWire…
Read full article →Jul 28, 2026 · 2:52 PM Brooklee Han HousingWire
While Zillow ’s legal battles on other fronts may be heating up, for now, it no longer has to contend with claims of Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (…
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