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Highlands Residential Mortgage announced that Daniel McCoy is joining the company as a regional construction loan manager for the Southeast. Daniel McCoyMcCoy leads the construction-focused McCoy Mortgage Team, which has previously affiliated with companies like MVB Mortgage, Intercoastal Mortgage a

President-elect Donald Trump and Republican Party critics of the Federal Reserve may not be aligned on what they see as key priorities for reforming the central bank. Trump has previously said that he wants more influence over its practices, but lawmakers may want the opposite, according to a report

Recruitment efforts have been a mainstay of The Real Brokerage‘s growth efforts in 2024. And the digital brokerage platform continues to grow this week with another affiliation.Real announced Wednesday the affiliation of ROVI Homes, a brokerage operating in the New England states of Massachusetts, C

People wanting to know what to expect from the 2025 housing market have no shortage of economic forecasts from companies in the real estate industry to thumb through.Redfin economists Daryl Fairweather and Chen Zhao are the latest to weigh in. They project home prices to rise by 4% over the course o

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) announced last week that the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) limit for 2025 will be $1,209,750. It’s the ninth straight year that the limit will increase based on home-price appreciation levels, which feeds into a single, national limit for all HECM lo

Cyberattacks using gen AI are on the rise, experts warn, and title companies, lenders and real estate firms are all in the crosshairs. On Tuesday, the FBI released a public service announcement warning that bad actors are now enlisting gen AI to commit more sophisticated forms of financial fraud. Th

Judge Stephen R. Bough’s ruling that granted final approval to the National Association of Realtors‘ (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement agreement is facing yet another appeal. On Tuesday, Robert Friedman filed an appeal of Bough’s ruling with the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.Friedman had previou

A coalition of six federal regulatory agencies, along with state financial regulators, have issued an interagency statement on the realities of elder financial exploitation (EFE) and its potential economic impacts on older Americans.The federal regulators that stamped their names on document include

The past year may have been a turbulent one for HomeServices of America, but according to executive vice president Chris Kelly, this just means the company is in an even better position heading into 2025.“When I look back on this year, for me and I think for HomeServices too, it emphasized something

Removing the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from federal conservatorship — where they have been since the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis — has been a longtime priority of Republican leaders in government. President-elect Donald Trump has spoken about it du

Michigan-based United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) has launched a new pricing incentive, offering 60 basis points (bps) to its broker partners for the next 60 days, a period when mortgage market activity typically slows due to the holiday season. The program, dubbed “60bps for 60 Days,” applies to both

Top 10 mortgage lender Rate — previously known as Guaranteed Rate — announced a new promotion on Wednesday. The company named veteran mortgage professional Connie Lindsay as its senior vice president of mortgage lending in Washington state.Lindsay is the latest addition to Rate’s evolving leadership

With technology rapidly advancing, Zumper is the latest company in the real estate industry to dive into artificial intelligence (AI) assistants.The rental portal this week launched an AI assistant named Zoe, which according to the company can answer “virtually any renter question about a property o

While there has been something of a “yo-yo” of gains and losses in the reverse mortgage industry’s performance metrics for the past several months, some mixed signals on the horizon — such as higher interest rates that could depress origination volumes along with the potential implementation of HMBS

Pretium Partners, a New York City-headquartered investment firm, announced Tuesday that its adding a new senior managing director to lead its business optimization efforts.Sebastiano “Sid” Visentini will join Pretium following a 16-year career at New York City-based Morgan Stanley. Visentini recentl

If housing industry professionals are looking for an early Christmas gift, they might receive it in the next two weeks if key economic indicators move in the right direction.At HousingWire’s Mortgage Rates Center on Tuesday, the 30-year conforming rate averaged 6.98%. That was down 4 basis points (b

Influential advocacy group AARP has highlighted several of its current lobbying priorities, which include a focus on making it easier for retirees to age in place in their current homes across various states.In Indiana, for instance, aging in place is a central pillar of a recently published advocac