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Jul 6, 2026 · 04:37 PM Sarah Wolak, HousingWire Automation HousingWire
Analysts from Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW) say that United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) may be better off after losing its bid for Two Harbors Investment Corp.…
Read full article →Jul 6, 2026 · 04:16 PM Brooklee Han HousingWire
Last month, Florida homebuyers Jeff and Melissa Efron filed a lawsuit challenging a $475 transaction fee they were charged by their broker Compass upon the…
Read full article →Jul 6, 2026 · 04:15 PM Sarah Wolak HousingWire
Mortgage lenders continued to reshuffle their sales forces last week as 266 loan originators changed employers and 1,823 individuals obtained Nationwide…
Read full article →Jul 6, 2026 · 02:28 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire
Generation Z accounted for a record 20% of home purchase rate locks in the second quarter, marking the largest share on record as younger buyers continue to…
Read full article →Jul 6, 2026 · 01:20 PM Scott Finfer HousingWire
The most dangerous pitch in business is not that a tool is powerful. It is that a tool will make a hard business easy. That, I’d argue, is the sales pitch…
Read full article →Jul 6, 2026 · 10:00 AM Flávia Furlan Nunes HousingWire
America has historically leaned heavily on the government-backed Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program as a way for older homeowners to tap into…
Read full article →Jul 6, 2026 · 07:00 AM Carter Froelich, CPA HousingWire
John McManus: Carter, Arizona just passed House Bill 2999, which creates State Affordability Infrastructure Districts (“SAID” or “Districts”). Why does this…
Read full article →Jul 6, 2026 · 07:00 AM Clayton Collins HousingWire
The real estate industry isn’t short on data or knowledge. The housing market has never been better documented. The gap is translation, turning insight into…
Read full article →Jul 4, 2026 · 09:57 PM Logan Mohtashami HousingWire
Existing home sales were still positive year over year last week, with our weekly pending home sales data holding steady even with elevated mortgage rates .…
Read full article →Jul 3, 2026 · 07:45 PM Brooklee Han HousingWire
The second and final day of the hearing regarding Zillow’s preliminary injunction motion in its ongoing antitrust lawsuit against Midwest Real Estate Data…
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