The mortgage rate lockdown premise holds that very few people will list their homes when mortgage…
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Republicans tell FHFA they oppose Freddie Mac’s closed-end second mortgage proposal
On Wednesday, the FHFA closed the comment period for the proposal, which was opened in April.…
‘Not HELOC. Not piggyback.’ Freddie Mac exec defends new product proposal amid resistance
“What we are bringing forward, called closed-end second lien, assuming a FHFA approval, will provide them…
What the new home sales report shows about labor market risk
When single-family permit demand collapsed in 2022, we still had a healthy backlog of homes that…
Expect the growth rate of existing home prices to cool down this year
From NAR: The median existing home price for all housing types in April was $407,600, an…
With elections ahead, housing policy analysts discuss the end of GSEs’ conservatorship
Isaac Boltansky, managing director and director of policy research at BTIG, said on Tuesday that he…
Chopra says he is ‘open to’ reviewing the LO comp rule
“As a general matter, we are taking a look at all the old rules, even the…
Keller Williams rescinds changes to its profit-sharing program
But the changes did provide an incentive for agents to return to Keller Williams. Former agents…
New listings data falls for third week in a row
Weekly housing inventory data For the third consecutive week, we haven’t quite reached my weekly target…
FOA’s Resch on the evolution of reverse mortgages for financial planning
Chris Clow/RMD: Comparing where we were in 2019 and 2020 when seeking conversations with financial planners,…