Time to get creative: 3 strategies for finding buyers homes

Buying a home is hard, but it’s not impossible. As a knowledgeable expert with a fiduciary duty to your clients, it’s your role to help buyers weigh and evaluate their options. Continue reading

Senate narrowly confirms Sandra Thompson to lead Fannie, Freddie regulator

The 49-46 party-line vote followed a Republican leader’s call to hold a referendum on the Biden administration’s “radical housing policy.” Continue reading

Keller Williams’ lending arm, Keller Mortgage, posts new round of layoffs

The scale of the latest round is unclear, but more than a dozen Keller Mortgage employees posted notices on LinkedIn Tuesday that they’d been laid off, with some describing the cuts as “huge.” Continue reading

Lower mortgage rates fail to rekindle homebuyer interest

As mortgage rates continued to retreat from 2022 highs set during the first week in May, demand for purchase loans was essentially flat last week. Continue reading

Homepoint is first wholesale lender with cash offer product

Powered by Accept.inc, Homepoint Cash Compete program is available at launch in six states: California, Colorado, Minnesota, Oregon, Texas and Washington. Continue reading

Hometown Lenders eyes national expansion with 14 new branches

While other mortgage lenders are laying off workers, Huntsville, Alabama-based Hometown Lenders is advertising more than 40 jobs for loan originators, processors and other positions. Continue reading

Google searches for ‘housing bubble’ have been spiking since March

Google Trends experienced a spike in searches for the term “housing bubble” earlier this spring, and it hasn’t fully returned to normal levels, hinting that the topic is at least on a lot of minds. Continue reading