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Your real estate listing isn’t selling? Consider these 5 factors

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If your listing has been sitting on the market for too long, trainer Bernice Ross shares five elements of a successful strategy to get it sold. Continue reading →

Let mortgage lenders pull one credit score, trade group says

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The tri-merge system is “an anachronism from the days when there were significant disparities in coverage by the credit bureaus,” MBA says in advocating new approach. Continue reading →

Fannie Mae dials back sales expectations by 220,000 homes

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Driving the revised forecast are expectations for slightly cooler economic growth and hotter inflation, which could mean mortgage rates come down a little more slowly. Continue reading →

Back to the land: What real estate agents need to know about the off-grid and homesteading surge

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The once-niche appeal of self-sufficient, sustainable and off-grid living is going mainstream. For agents, understanding this buyer and learning how to market to them can mean new opportunities in a changing market. Continue reading →

Here’s the data you need to grow your real estate business right now

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The agents who will thrive this year aren’t waiting for the market to change, Jimmy Burgess writes. They’re making the market work for them. Continue reading →

Mortgage lenders are turning to AI to play in the big leagues

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Rocket Mortgage and UWM are counting on AI to help them scale their businesses as mortgage rates fall. Small and mid-size lenders don’t want to be left behind. Continue reading →

Fired Fannie Mae workers file discrimination, defamation suits

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Dozens of fired employees, all U.S. citizens of Indian nationality, deny defrauding charitable giving program and seek $82 million from chair Bill Pulte and CEO Priscilla Almodovar. Continue reading →

Mortgage rates hit 4-month low and have more room to drop

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Homeowners scrambled to refinance last week as mortgage rates dropped to the lowest level in four months, with homebuyer demand also up by double digits from a year ago, according to a weekly survey of lenders by the Mortgage Bankers Association. Mortg… Continue reading →

Tidalwave and Bevri.ai launch agentic AI for mortgage brokers

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Mortgage technology startup leveraging integrations with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and ICE Mortgage Technology to grow its stable of clients — which now include NEXA Mortgage. Continue reading →

A tale of 2 housing markets as price declines spread to the West

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Prices are holding up in the Northeast and Midwest, but are down from a year ago in more than 70 percent of Western markets and 40 percent of Southern markets. Continue reading →