Mortgage rates have pulled back in recent weeks giving consumers and loan originators some breathing room, but headwinds in the industry are far from over.The decline in the 10-year Treasury yield and agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS) yields — due to a soft jobs report in late October — led to

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Nearly three months after filing an initial complaint accusing Gary Keller and Keller Williams of inflating key profitability metrics including company sales and profits to convince individuals to purchase Keller Williams Regions and Market Centers, John Davis has made tweaks to his lawsuit.In his i

New home sales fell on a month-over-month basis in October, but continued to outpace last year’s levels. Meanwhile, low supply and high mortgage rates continued to dampen existing home sales.In October, new home sales reached a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 679,000, according to data published

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Real estate agents are continuing to stay put, moving much less between brokerages than the post-pandemic peak seen in the summer of 2021, according to the latest Relitix Agent Movement Index.The index shows the relative degree of movement between brokerages by experienced agents and is indexed to t

The cost of housing has continued to rise, diving down affordability for the average American. Yet homebuying has held up. Inflation fears explain why.

The Italian influence on Miami real estate is being felt throughout the luxury landscape, as Italian-inspired style finds favor with native Miamians and visitors.

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Lower mortgage rates tend to take housing supply off the market and demand has been picking up lately as rates have fallen. However, the recent drop in housing inventory has more to do with seasonality factors than lower mortgage rates. Higher mortgage rates did push inventory higher during the seas

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Fidelity National Financial (FNF) was attacked by a “cybersecurity incident” that led the system to shut down some of its network, the company said.FNF blocked access to certain systems, which resulted in disruptions to title insurance, escrow and other title-related services, as well as mortgage tr

Mike Cagney’s financial technology firm Figure Technologies has taken another step to go public with its lending division, LendCo, hiring investment banks to coordinate the initial public offering (IPO), per a Bloomberg report. People familiar with the transaction told Bloomberg that Figure is worki

Mortgage rates dropped significantly in the last few weeks, but the cost of borrowing remains high prompting many homebuyers to wait for even lower rates. The 30-year, fixed mortgage rate averaged 7.29% for the week ending Nov. 22, according to Freddie Mac‘s Primary Mortgage Market Survey. That’s do

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Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Scot Rose, CIO at Class Valuation, to talk about innovation in the appraisal space and how the technology being deployed for appraisal modernization can actually protect appraisers. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Sarah Wheeler: You’