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Opinion
With some calling for the removal of 'Days on Market' data on listings, broker Cara Ameer warns that consumers need context, insight and advice — and concealing the information is a disservice
Plan to require lenders working with Fannie and Freddie to use FICO Score 10 T and VantageScore 4.0 models by Q4 2025 has been dropped, with new implementation date 'TBD'
Windermere’s Principal Economist Jeff Tucker looks at mortgage rates and the factors that have pushed them up more than a point since September
The grandson of PulteGroup founder William J. Pulte, Bill Pulte is a private equity CEO, philanthropist and Trump loyalist with 3M followers on X
Mortgage giant claims lenders who embrace automation enjoy fewer loan defects and cut loan production time and cost compared to lenders with lower technology utilization
Investors who fund most home loans are now convinced that the Federal Reserve won't cut rates again until June after employers add 256K jobs and unemployment falls to 4.1%
With mortgage rates back to where they were last summer, purchase applications are coming in at the slowest pace since February 2024, Mortgage Bankers Association lender survey finds
In November, active listings rose 0.5% month over month and 12.1% year over year, according to Redfin's analysis
Prices hit record highs in 2024, making affordability just as big a problem as it was on the eve of the 2007 housing bust. But this time, prices in most markets are expected to decelerate, not fall
Requests for purchase loans picked up last week during a short-lived drop in rates, MBA survey shows, helped by gradually improving inventory conditions and economic outlook
Some renters think a crash would help them buy a home. But a surprising number of homeowners also think a major downturn would be a good thing, LendingTree survey finds
Trade group for title insurers complains federal regulators are disregarding the views of lawmakers in allowing the program to move forward on the eve of a 2nd Trump administration
Responding to appraisal bias lawsuit, Rocket claims the government requires lenders to grant appraisers independence, then holds them liable if those appraisers engage in discrimination
Worried about the election's impact on interest rates and the housing market? According to Lindsey Harn, the same fundamentals that drive the market are in operation during election years