If you’re still worried about having to deal with a bidding war when you buy a home, you may be able to let some of that fear go. While multiple-offer situations haven’t disappeared entirely, they’re not nearly as common as they used to be. In fact, a recent survey shows agents reported only 1 in […]
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With three of Donald Trump’s adversaries now under investigation for occupancy fraud, the practice of misstating a home’s intended use on mortgage applications is drawing fresh scrutiny. We asked experts how widespread the problem really is and what the renewed attention could mean for the industry. The type of fraud a government-sponsored enterprise regulator is
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Mortgage performance improved in July, signaling overall strength for the typical U.S. homeowner, but pockets of troubled borrowers are evident in the latest data, according to an Intercontinental Exchange report. The national delinquency rate came in at 3.27% in July, equivalent to 1.79 million loans, and fell 8 basis points from the previous month, ICE
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Stripping away decades of precedence and standardized regulation makes compliance a moving target — especially for lenders whose operations span state borders — yet this is exactly what happened earlier this summer. SCOTUS’ impact on the lending landscape The Supreme Court’s June 20th decision in McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corp. ruled that federal
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Older adults support changing zoning laws to make homebuilding easier, according to new surveys by AARP and the Pew Charitable Trusts. Older adults overwhelmingly want to age in place, but their homes are often unsuited to aging, while rising home prices and a shortage of housing inventory makes it difficult to move. The desire of
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Welcome back to Tech Pulse — HousingWire‘s weekly series rounding up the latest in technology news, including tools, integrations and trends that impact mortgage and real estate. Here’s what happened this week: eXp Realty embraces digital twin tech to transform workflows eXp Realty isn’t dabbling in AI — it’s making digital twins a companywide mandate. CEO Leo Pareja and eXp
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No one in the homebuilding business I know is sitting around waiting for things to get easier. That’s not how this works. Not in 2025. Not when mortgage rates, insurance shocks, permitting delays, capital costs and housing politics are all pulling in different directions. Not when builders are expected to do more with less, and
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Many in the real estate industry lauded President Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election as they anticipated his win would usher in a new wave of weaker antitrust scrutiny on an industry that had spent the past four years battling its fair share of antitrust suits. However, these hopes and dreams were put
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Pittsburgh and Cleveland rank as the world’s most affordable major housing markets, but a new report finds that not a single metro area among 95 studied actually qualifies as affordable. The annual Demographia International Housing Affordability report — released by Chapman University — measured affordability by dividing median home prices by median household incomes. Pittsburgh
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From business practice changes, to a slowing housing market, to rapidly advancing technology, real estate agents have had to adapt quite a bit over the past few years. Still, homebuyers find them more important than ever. Data from Cotality shows that while more than 500,000 agents have entered the industry over the past decade, home
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