Every season is fraud season — and title firm First American is not messing around. On Wednesday, the Big Four title company announced the launch of Order Insights, a real-time fraud alert system.The tool is available to all First American policy-issuing title agents and is now included with AgentNe

Dallas-based United Real Estate has announced another strategic expansion in the Carolinas. Charlotte-headquartered United Real Estate Queen City will open a new affiliate location in Fort Mill, South Carolina. According to a company statement, this move will strengthen the brokerage’s presence in t

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) on Wednesday published a final rule in the Federal Register, establishing a permanent program to sell seriously delinquent, FHA-insured single-family mortgages following the release of a proposal over the summer. A public inspection version of the rule was re

In a year that has been full of noise, United Real Estate President Rick Haase has somehow managed to stay focused. Some of that focus comes from the messages written on the three colorful rubber bands adorning his wrist.The first reads, “Go through life with an attitude of gratitude.” A second read

The housing market got some much needed relief in the fall when mortgage rates began to drop, but it was short lived. Despite two interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, mortgage rates rose again and remain stubbornly high.The turbulence in rates has trickled down to individual markets like Cinci

Foreclosure activity slowed slightly in November 2024, reversing a trend of rising foreclosures in October. But this decline may merely be a seasonal phenomenon, according to real estate data provider Attom. On Tuesday, Attom released its November 2024 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report. The report incl

Even after home prices and mortgage rates rose for much of 2024, markets in the South and West are uniquely poised for growth next year. This week, Realtor.com highlighted markets in Colorado, Florida, Virginia and Texas among its top housing markets for 2025.The forecast combines housing market and

Realty ONE Group is letting agents decide if they want to renew their National Association of Realtors (NAR) membership. In an announcement on Tuesday, the brokerage company said that it has created a program that allows agents in eight metro areas in Arizona to choose whether or not they affiliate

For Realty ONE Group, 2025 is poised to be a year of growth, but according to company chief operating officer and chief financial officer Mike Clear, that isn’t anything out of the ordinary.“We are a company that always tries to play offense,” Clear said. “We are always trying to grow and provide mo

After briefly crossing the 7% threshold, mortgage rates have moved lower in the past two weeks. And they have the potential to continue dropping by the end of the year, depending on how markets react after next week’s Federal Reserve meeting.At HousingWire’s Mortgage Rates Center on Tuesday, the 30-

OneTrust Home Loans, a DBA of CalCon Mutual Mortgage LLC based in San Diego, Calif., announced this week the appointment of Gabe Bodner to the head of its 55-plus lending division which includes its reverse mortgage business.Bodner, a 20-year mortgage professional, previously served OneTrust as a VP

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) this week announced it has launched rulemaking to address harmful financial consequences of crimes including domestic violence and elder abuse. The Bureau is announcing it ahead of time to gather feedback for potential amendments to the regulation that

Just a year ago, a striking claim circulated that Wall Street investors had bought 44% of all homes in America in 2023. This kind of sensational story can easily lead to misconceptions about housing economics. Fast forward to today, and the trend has shifted to the idea that BlackRock is snapping up

A welcome drop in 30-year conforming mortgage rates to the low-6% range led to a burst of refinance activity early in the fall, with more than 300,000 mortgage holders closing refinance transactions in September and October. That’s according to the December 2024 Mortgage Monitor report from Intercon

Everyone knows about the National Association of Realtors’(NAR) political action committee, but few know about its affiliate nonprofit the American Property Owners Alliance. While NAR’s PAC supports political candidates whose beliefs and goals align with those of the trade group and its spending is

Residential sale-leaseback platform EasyKnock has abruptly shut down its operations after facing scrutiny from state regulators and being under fire from disgruntled consumers. “After many years of serving consumers, EasyKnock has closed its doors,” a message on the company’s website states. “We are

A month and a half after the plaintiffs in the Gibson copycat commission lawsuit took issue with eXp World Holdings’ nationwide settlement agreement in the Hooper suit, eXp, along with other settling defendants and the lead plaintiff, have fired back in opposition.In responses filed on Thursday, Atl

We’ve now been in the post-pandemic housing market recession market as long as we were in the pandemic boom. Two and a half years. As we look into 2025, the question everyone is asking is: Do we have a new era starting? Does the housing market start to get back to normal?What can the data today tell

Although eXp Realty’s tagline may be “the most agent-centric brokerage on the planet,” CEO Leo Pareja said the company will strive to keep the best interests of the consumer at the center of its decisions in 2025.According to Pareja, this is a way of thinking he really homed in on in 2024.“The one t