The regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac improperly amended stock purchase agreements in 2012 when it allowed the U.S. Treasury to sweep up the companies’ net profits, a jury in Washington, D.C. found Monday. The jury awarded shareholders of the government sponsored enterprises a total of $612.4

One of Texas’ top mega teams, Nest Finders, is partnering with real estate brokerage as a service platform, Pinnacle Realty Advisors, according to an announcement on Monday.Pinnacle Realty Advisors will supply Nest Finders with back-end support and tools such as on-demand broker support, as well as

Swiss bank UBS AG announced Monday it has agreed to pay $1.43 billion in penalties to settle a civil action alleging misconduct related to the underwriting, issuance and sale of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) before the 2008 financial crisis. The settlement with the U.S. Department of

Mortgage rates have been stubbornly above 7% for two months and it sure looks like home buyers are growing weary. We can see signs that buyers are slowing, both in the sales volume and in the sales price data. This slowdown is not like last year, instead, it’s just slightly fewer buyers each week. A

In 2022, the price of the typical home purchased in “high-opportunity” U.S. neighborhoods — where poor children have the best shot at upward mobility — was $470,000. That’s $130,000 more than the typical home in low-opportunity areas, according to a Redfin report. Redfin analyzed home sales in 100 o

Rate lock activity fell for the second month in July as mortgage rates topped 7% for the first time since November 2022.Overall rate lock volume was down 7% month over month, with purchase lending accounting for 88% of total lock activity, according to Black Knight‘s originations market monitor repo

The Fed recently announced yet another interest rate hike, making borrowing more expensive and pushing the prospect of purchasing a new home out of reach for an even greater share of Americans. At the same time, inflation is easing and the economy is showing unanticipated strength, with strong emplo

The American Land Title Association (ALTA) is celebrating a huge win in its ongoing war against title insurance alternatives. Fannie Mae is no longer considering a pilot program that would bypass traditional title insurance by granting certain mortgage lenders a waiver on title insurance requirement

Looking ahead, if WeWork does actually close the adverse impact on landlords could be significant if its leases are not picked up by another co-working operator or sev...

Telegram founder Pavel Durov is renting a new pad in the emirate’s ritzy neighborhood.

With asking prices that can reach upward of $20 million, the island’s gated estates offer a lifestyle that appeals to a highly elite and exclusive clientele, says Troy...

Last week ended with a wild ride for mortgage rates. We anticipated the two inflation reports could help mortgage rates, however, we had a bad bond auction last Thursday, and the 10-year yield rose sharply. Weekly active inventory grew slowly again and purchase apps were down week to week again.Week

While some crowdfunding platforms are available to all investors, others require individuals to meet certain criteria to participate.

Set on a walled half-acre site, the historic residence is just outside central London in the village of East Sheen.

Nearly one in ten homes in the U.S. are worth at least $1 million dollars, close to all-time-high levels of June 2022, according to a new report from Redfin.Just over 8% of homes are worth $1 million or more, not far off the high of 8.6% in June. This upswing in home prices comes on the heels of a m

A coalition of high-profile housing providers, resident and lenders’ associations say rent control could increase rent, reduce the capital to boost housing supply and hurt renters.The letter was in response to a request for input issued by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) in May regarding p

Certain enforcement actions being sought by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) are being stayed in courts pending the outcome of an upcoming United States Supreme Court case that will decide the Bureau’s constitutionality.In a predatory lending lawsuit the CFPB and New York Attorney Gen

After years of discussion, the U.S. Treasury Department is expected to propose a rule that would effectively end anonymous luxury home purchases in the coming weeks, according to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN) regulatory agenda.The rule, which department officials first said the

New York-based digital lender Better.com will be going public via a merger with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Aurora Acquisition Corp. nearly two years after Better’s initial timeline to IPO. “At least 65% of the outstanding ordinary shares of the company entitled to vote at this meetin

Appraisal modernization is a hot topic right now, but updating the appraisal process is easier said than done. The process today is limited by a number of structural constraints, according to Scott Reuter, Single-Family chief appraiser at Freddie Mac.While the industry as a whole has been adopting n