REAL ESTATE

Mortgage rates plummet to new 2025 low on anemic jobs report

Investors who fund most home loans are no longer wondering whether the Federal Reserve will cut rates this month, but…

9 months ago

‘If our nurses, firefighters, and teachers can’t live here, then our community stops functioning’

Workforce housing initiatives offer one part of the affordability solution for discouraged buyers, but still fall short of the need.…

9 months ago

Court punts on Trump’s move to remove Fed Governor Lisa Cook

A judge gave attorneys for the Fed governor until Sept. 2 to bolster their argument that she should keep her…

9 months ago

Sellers outnumber buyers by 36% — but that figure is starting to shrink

In the past two months, the total number of homesellers in the market has fallen from a peak of 1.96…

9 months ago

A bitter pill: More US consumers swallow higher rates, eye homes

For years, high home prices and mortgage rates have driven consumers from the housing market. That intimidation factor might be…

9 months ago

Trump tells Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook to ‘resign now’

The president asked Cook to resign from her post after FHFA Director Bill Pulte accused her of mortgage fraud. Pulte…

9 months ago

Newrez pays $2.3M to settle Caliber overcharge allegations

California regulators collect $1.8 million fine after accusing Caliber Home Loans of overcharging nearly 5,000 borrowers for interest that accrued…

9 months ago

HGTV who? TikTok, not reality TV, took this broker’s business to another level

Landing a role on HGTV shortly after launching her own brokerage was great for Tatiana Londono. But she credits TikTok…

9 months ago

Rocket hires Viral Nation as first social media agency of record

After amplifying Rocket's Super Bowl ad with a social campaign that generated 247 million views, Viral Nation is now tasked…

10 months ago

If Fannie and Freddie go public, what happens to mortgage rates?

Impact on rates depends on the structure of rumored IPO. Whatever the plan turns out to be, the Trump administration…

10 months ago