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Expert warns future Social Security recipients against assuming they’ll receive currently projected amounts

White House fact sheet also mentions expansion of title insurance waivers, along with lower USDA and VA direct loan rates

The brokerage also created a consumer-direct mortgage tool

Thursday was a wild day, and there was some short covering in bonds

General counsel Philip Parziale will take over as president while keeping his legal role

The proposal calls for an 18-month window for institutional investors to buy newly built BTR communities

Executives cited $35 trillion in accumulated equity and the potential for $150 billion in 2026 originations as second liens gain attention

Nearly 90% of respondents said CMAs will become more relevant in the future

At MBA Annual, leaders discussed labor automation and client recapture as a path forward during the down cycle

Fannie and Freddie shift to MISMO-aligned fields, while listing pricing still starts with an unstructured CMA

ICE data shows $11.7T tappable equity held by 47.5M borrowers in Q2 2026, with 54% of equity taps using second liens

Brown Harris Stevens, NextHome and Lamacchia Realty leaders say listing hoarding could undermine comps and appraisals

DOJ says the servicer refused rate cut requests and retaliated against those seeking relief

Poleg also predicted that U.S. home prices could decline over the coming months

While HECM volume fell to $880 million in Q3 2026, private-label loans totaled $1.2 billion

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HousingWire Data shows 30-year conforming rates at 7.52%, down 11 bps week over week, as the 10-year yield fell to 5.09%

The North Carolina-based team has logged 418 loans and $125.5M in volume year to date

HousingWire Intelligence data showed 51,947 new pending single family sales for Oct. 16 week, down 13.1% year over year