The firm recorded 10,478 transaction sides, placing it at No. 40 nationwide. That volume signals meaningful scale in the housing transaction ecosystem, reflecting considerable agent productivity, lead-generation capacity and geographic reach. Transaction sides are a core operational metric for brokerages and lenders, and a [...]
HousingWire data show the 10-year Treasury trading near 5%, and locked 30-year fixed mortgage rates have increased by roughly 22 basis points recently. Because mortgage pricing remains tightly linked to Treasury yields, the move translated into higher consumer rates and compressed borrower purchasing power, [...]
Edgerton has assumed the chief executive role at CMLS, succeeding long‑time leader Denee Evans. The leadership change marks a pivotal management transition for the mortgage services firm, with immediate implications for strategic direction, board alignment and market confidence. Observers will watch how the new [...]
Company extended its 50-bps pricing promo; private lenders should evaluate margin effects, capacity impacts and underwriting implications for loan pricing.
Kowalczyk warns that converging demographic shifts and ongoing market volatility are precipitating the largest ownership handoff the mortgage industry has experienced. Rising numbers of aging owner-operators, pressure on margins and uneven origination volumes are prompting more principals to evaluate exit strategies, from sales to [...]
HOA governing documents are increasingly outpaced by the adoption of Flock and similar automated surveillance systems, creating a governance and legal gray zone for associations. These technologies—often camera-based license-plate readers and analytics platforms—raise questions about consent, data ownership, retention, and law‑enforcement access that many [...]
Camden says apartment operations are tracking to guidance; occupancy and rent trends show stable cash flow and collateral performance for private lenders. (153 characters)
A lender has extended a promotional discount to both new purchase and refinance loans, broadening the incentive beyond a single product channel. That dual-eligibility approach is aimed at capturing demand from incoming homebuyers and existing homeowners simultaneously, simplifying pricing conversations for originators and brokers [...]
The newly appointed chief executive frames technology as the primary catalyst reshaping reverse lending, pointing to a major reduction in quality-control exceptions at South River as evidence of early success. By layering automation, machine learning and centralized data analytics into origination and servicing workflows, [...]
Geopolitical tensions tied to the Iran conflict have added renewed volatility to fixed‑income markets, yet mortgage spreads have played a decisive role in tempering the fallout for borrowers. Rather than a direct transmission of higher sovereign yields into headline mortgage rates, compression in MBS [...]
