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Did the recent move lower in mortgage rates turn the housing market positive? With mortgage rates moving almost 75 basis points lower from the highs, does the data show that demand has improved? Let’s take a dive in the weekly tracker to see.Purchase application dataLast year, when mortgage rates fe

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Your real estate career in picturesque Colorado is an exciting adventure waiting to unfold. We’re here to guide you in finding the best Colorado real estate school for your needs.To get your license, you’ll need to complete 168 hours of prelicensing coursework at an accredited and approved school. O

When market players say housing leads us into a recession, it traditionally means theFederal Reserve raised rates too much, housing slowed down as a result and a job-loss recession isn’t too far off. But a funny thing happened this year for the U.S. economy: single-family permits kept rising as new

U.S. pending-home sales rose 1% month over month in October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 401,000, the highest level in a year. Although pending sales fell 4.8% compared to October 2022, it’s still the smallest annual decline in nearly two years, according to a report from Redfin.Here’s a

The transition of three veteran sales executives from South Carolina-based lender Movement Mortgage to its California competitor Summit Funding led to a legal battle over poaching. HousingWire reported in July hat Movement’s national sales director Deran Pennington, leader of the South and Central d

CBC Mortgage Agency — a federally chartered housing finance agency — is reducing interest rates on repayable second mortgages used for its down payment assistance (DPA) program. This marks the first time for CBC Mortgage Agency is reducing interest rates on its second mortgages used for its DPA prog

Nearly four months after filing a motion for summary judgment in the Nosalek commission lawsuit, HomeServices of America finally has a response back from the plaintiffs.As expected, the plaintiffs are in opposition to HomeServices’ motion, stating that HomeServices’ claim that the “Plaintiffs have n

New York-based Rithm Capital, the parent company of Newrez, announced on Friday it completed the acquisition of Sculptor Capital Management for $719.8 million. The deal was made public four months ago and created a dispute among investors to take the firm, leading Rithm to increase its price by 14%

Housing starts surprised in October. They rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,372,000, the highest in three months, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and U.S. Census Bureau data. It’s a 1.9% gain from the revised September estimate of 1,346,000 and 4.2% bel

Office building owners and developers have begun using large-scale fine arts programs to lure employees back to the offices they fled when Covid struck in March 2020.

New findings from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) show a fresh picture of who’s buying and selling homes, with more first-time buyers entering the market and families looking for homes that fit multiple generations. Zillow’s 2023 Consumer Housing Trends Report finds that first-time buyers

New findings from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) show a fresh picture of who’s buying and selling homes, with more first-time buyers entering the market and families looking for homes that fit multiple generations. Zillow’s 2023 Consumer Housing Trends Report finds that first-time buyers

Freddie Mac will launch a new fee-based repurchase alternative pilot program for performing loans in 2024, designed to improve the quality of performing loans through a potential replacement of its current repurchase policy for defective performing loans.“The pilot will use a fee-based structure tha

CUSO Home Lending rolled out Dark Matter Technologies’ Empower loan origination system (LOS) for its credit union owners. CUSO Home Lending — a lender owned by Maine credit unions — became the first credit union service organization to leverage Empower’s newly developed joint-venture feature that al

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Andy Florance, founder and CEO of CoStar Group, wants to set one thing straight: his company had nothing to do with the commission lawsuits now rocking the real estate world.“We had zero involvement with that lawsuit. We learned about it from NAR long after it started,” Florance sa

Mortgage demand for new homes jumped in October as the inventory for existing homes remained depleted.Mortgage applications for new-home purchases rose 39.7% in October on a year-over-year basis and were up 6% from the previous month, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Builder Appli