The single-family rental (SFR) market is no longer a niche corner of real estate. It now makes up a significant share of the rental housing sector, fueled by years of steady growth. While institutional investors have entered the space with purpose-built communities and large portfolios, the majority of these properties are still owned by individual […]
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President Donald Trump fired Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook Monday evening after calling for her resignation last week over allegations of mortgage fraud. The move further consolidates Trump’s power at the Fed, which has traditionally been an independent organization shielded from overtly political actions. Cook, who was appointee to the seven-member Federal Reserve Board by
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The latest mortgage interest rate drop didn’t change refinancing incentives in the conventional securitized market, but a subsequent decline could, a new FHN Financial report shows. Primary mortgage rates’ dropped roughly 20 basis points in the past month to around 6.6%. The largest range of loans bucketed together in the securitized market and exposed to
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Led by financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald who also served as initial purchaser of the bonds, the issuance is expected to help Knock deliver $900 million worth of additional originations of its bridge loan product. The deal closed on Aug. 14 and was 75% pre-funded, garnering strong demand from institutional investors operating in residential mortgage-backed
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Bloomberg News President Donald Trump fired Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook from her post in a Monday night social media post, the first time a Federal Reserve Governor has ever been removed by a president. In a move that is all but certain to ignite an unprecedented legal fight over the Fed’s independence, Trump posted
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Vitalii Vodolazskyi – stock.adob Banks are coming out in support of the Trump administration’s move to repeal Community Reinvestment Act regulations finalized in 2023, despite known flaws with the decades-old status quo. They argue that a flawed but manageable rule is preferable to a flawed and unmanageable one. In a recent comment letter submitted to
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When Rishard Rameez, co-founder and CEO of Canadian-based real estate brokerage Zown, bought and sold a home within the same year, the inefficiencies of the process left him frustrated. “I couldn’t wrap my head around the fact that I had to pay [almost] all of my down payment towards covering the real estate agent’s fees,
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On-time rent payments improved in August 2025, offering a rare positive note in a year marked by declining performance, according to new data from Chandan Economics. Preliminary estimates for August show that 83.2% of tenants at independently operated units paid their rent on time — up 34 basis points (bps) from July. July’s figure was
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Fannie Mae‘s latest Mortgage Lender Sentiment Survey points to a growing trend of lenders that want to make the mortgage process and its various components as efficient as possible. In 2025, lenders ranked streamlined business processes, reduced costs and consumer-facing technology as their leading priorities. Every touch point in a mortgage’s life cycle — from
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The nation’s top brokerage by transaction side count continues to expand. On Monday, eXp Realty announced that it was welcoming back San Antonio-based The Victorica Group. The group was formed at eXp, but went on to briefly operate as an independent brokerage. It ultimately decided to return to eXp after being courted by several other
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