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August 2025

Arkansas, Idaho metros lead the pack for new-home construction

Arkansas, Construction, Data & Visuals, Homebuilders, Housing Market, HWmember, Idaho, New Home Sales, Realtor.com /

Realtor.com has released a report that ranks the leading U.S. metropolitan areas for new residential construction as the country faces an estimated shortage of 4 million homes. The analysis examined the 100 largest metros based on the new-home share of listings, pricing compared to existing homes, climate risk and buyer demand. Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Arkansas, topped the […]

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8 Steps to Creating a Real Estate Business Plan (+ Free Template)

Real Estate Agent Essentials, Vetted by HousingWire /

After teaching thousands of agents how to build a real estate business plan, I’ve seen one result consistently. The agents who put in the work and plan ahead are the ones who stay in business. Your notebook full of random thoughts jotted down isn’t going to cut it. You have to create a roadmap that

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How to guide real estate buyers through mortgage rate changes

Contributors, HWmember, Mortgage Rates, Real Estate, Real Estate Agents, Residential Real Estate /

Mortgage rates are a crucial factor in any real estate purchase, particularly given the significant rise in rates over the past few years. With the Fed meeting coming up in September, there is anticipation that they will drop, but rates are constantly shifting, presenting some potential difficulties for clients shopping near the top end of

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Alanna.ai wants to help title agents with the new FinCEN rules

Artificial Intelligence, Department of the Treasury, FinCEN, HWmember, Real Estate, Scott Bessent, Technology, Title, Title insurance, U.S. Department of the Treasury /

The title agent-focused artificial Intelligence technology firm Alanna.ai has launched a digital signing capability to help title agents and companies comply with Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN) new reporting requirements. In an announcement on Friday, the firm stated that it has made enhancements to its Smart Forms offering, which the company said will help users

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Fed found over 22,000 mortgages like those Pulte is now flagging

Federal Reserve, Mortgage Fraud /

President Donald Trump and his allies are demanding Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook resign over alleged owner-occupancy fraud — a practice the central bank itself has found to be “broad-based” across the US. Philadelphia Fed researchers in a 2023 report assessed the number of “fraudulent investors” in the mortgage market, which they defined as those who had

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Trump calls on Fed’s Cook to quit over mortgage probe

Federal Reserve, FHFA, Law and legal issues, Mortgage Fraud /

President Trump is demanding the resignation of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook after his housing chief accused her of lying on mortgage applications. The allegations, if true, could force a shake-up at the central bank and hand Trump another appointment. “Cook must resign, now!!!” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Wednesday, including a link

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ALTA adds seller impersonation coverage to its title policy

Fraud, LOAN PRODUCTS, Originations, Secondary markets, Underwriting /

The American Land Title Association has created two title insurance policy endorsements addressing the issue of seller-impersonation fraud. These endorsements will allow title insurers to cover any potential legal costs to correct public records if forged deeds or mortgages are recorded. The first, formally known as the ALTA 49 Endorsement, covers forgery in a new

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USDA invests in upgraded mortgage underwriting technology

LOAN PRODUCTS, Mortgage technology, Originations, Technology, Underwriting /

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a contract to technology services firm Phoenixteam as it seeks to upgrade its mortgage underwriting platform, whose capabilities have long lagged those of its peers.  The $49 million deal paves the way for the Arlington, Virginia-based firm to update the Guaranteed Underwriting System at USDA, which offers mortgage

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Trump, Pulte spotlight ‘Great American Mortgage’ plan

Fannie Mae, FHFA, Freddie Mac, Politics and policy, Secondary markets /

Housing regulator Bill Pulte has posted a video that sheds a little more light on the Great American Mortgage Corporation, an entity President Trump has hinted earlier could be headed toward a public offering this year. The video Pulte posted on X promotes President Trump’s housing role and alludes to his criticism of other policymakers’

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