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As a Project 2025 author, Carson called for raising FHA premiums and a “reset” of HUD to reverse “corrosive progressive ideologies across the department’s programs.” Source link

Whether it’s refining your business model, mastering new technologies, or discovering strategies to capitalize on the next market surge, Inman Connect New York will prepare you to take bold steps forward. The Next Chapter is about to begin. Be part of it. Join us and thousands of real estate leaders Jan. 22-24, 2025. With today’s non-stop news cycle constantly blasting out bad news, it’s easy to feel weighed down by the state of the world. Rather than allowing negativity to zap your energy, focus on gratitude instead. TAKE THE INMAN INTEL INDEX SURVEY FOR NOVEMBER Most people don’t realize that…

It has been almost two months since mortgage rates spiked again, and my initial thought was this would tank housing demand. We had a positive 18-week period with purchase applications before mortgage rates started rising in September. I figured those increases would produce the same weakness in purchase apps that we saw earlier in the year. However, surprisingly, demand has held up better than I anticipated. We aren’t growing like before, but we aren’t as negative as I thought either. Let’s take a look at the data. Purchase application data We have had six weeks of rising mortgage rates and…

Minnesota’s AG asserts that recommending a home warranty without disclosing a financial interest is a violation of fiduciary duty. Whether it’s refining your business model, mastering new technologies, or discovering strategies to capitalize on the next market surge, Inman Connect New York will prepare you to take bold steps forward. The Next Chapter is about to begin. Be part of it. Join us and thousands of real estate leaders Jan. 22-24, 2025. Each week on The Download, Inman’s Christy Murdock takes a deeper look at the top-read stories of the week to give you what you’ll need to meet Monday head-on. This week: Minnesota’s AG…

The list identifies companies in technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, fintech and energy tech fields. Whether it’s refining your business model, mastering new technologies, or discovering strategies to capitalize on the next market surge, Inman Connect New York will prepare you to take bold steps forward. The Next Chapter is about to begin. Be part of it. Join us and thousands of real estate leaders Jan. 22-24, 2025. The Real Brokerage earned notable recognition outside of the industry by landing at No. 38 on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 list, which identifies companies in technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, fintech…

Texas-based franchisor Keller Williams has promoted longtime team leader and MAPS coach Shanan Steere to director of growth operations, according to an announcement on Thursday. Whether it’s refining your business model, mastering new technologies, or discovering strategies to capitalize on the next market surge, Inman Connect New York will prepare you to take bold steps forward. The Next Chapter is about to begin. Be part of it. Join us and thousands of real estate leaders Jan. 22-24, 2025. Texas-based franchisor Keller Williams has promoted longtime team leader and MAPS coach Shanan Steere to director of growth operations, according to an announcement on Thursday. Steere…

A recent Redfin analysis reveals that Americans are increasingly factoring natural disaster risk into their homebuying decisions, with homes in low-risk areas appreciating in value more quickly during the past year than those in high-risk areas. This marks the first time in over a decade that such a shift has occurred. Whether it’s refining your business model, mastering new technologies, or discovering strategies to capitalize on the next market surge, Inman Connect New York will prepare you to take bold steps forward. The Next Chapter is about to begin. Be part of it. Join us and thousands of real estate leaders Jan. 22-24, 2025.…

In this week’s episode of the Power House podcast, HousingWire President Diego Sanchez sits down with Chad Smith, president and chief operating officer at Better. The duo discuss Smith’s decision to join Better, the company’s new platform and AI loan assistant, and its growth strategies going into 2025. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. To start the conversation, Sanchez dives into Smith’s decision to join Better following the company’s recent struggles. Diego Sanchez: Better has had a little bit of a difficult time with PR over the past few years. Why did you decide to take the president’s…

Applications for purchase mortgages were up 2 percent last week when compared to the week before but down 1 percent from a year ago, according to a weekly survey by the Mortgage Bankers Association. Whether it’s refining your business model, mastering new technologies, or discovering strategies to capitalize on the next market surge, Inman Connect New York will prepare you to take bold steps forward. The Next Chapter is about to begin. Be part of it. Join us and thousands of real estate leaders Jan. 22-24, 2025. Homebuyer demand for mortgages picked up last week as borrowers took advantage of…

White-label brokerage Side has accused Official Partners and the Alexander brothers of defaulting on a loan. The brothers say Side manufactured the default. In their first court filing in the case, Official, Oren Alexander and Tal Alexander claim that Side broke the terms on the loan by unilaterally dissociating their real estate licenses, which resulted in one of the alleged events of default. The Alexander brothers say they’ve repeatedly asked Side to reinstate their licenses. They also claim they’ve pushed Side for almost two months to exercise the mandatory arbitration clause in the loan, but Side hasn’t responded. “We are…