Rogers Healy and Associates merges with Compass as a RealTrends Verified brokerage.
Rogers Healy and Associates merges with Compass, with founder Rogers Healy transitioning to venture capital, signaling a shift in industry dynamics.
New Jersey reverse mortgage counseling bill may hinder senior home equity access.
NRMLA expresses opposition to a New Jersey proposal altering reverse mortgage counseling requirements, highlighting concerns for private lenders in the region.
Millrose Achieves Disciplined Growth Through Strong Partnerships
The 2025 homebuilding landscape sees slowed new construction and increased cancellations, while Millrose Properties innovates in land banking and development.
Managing Interest Reserve Risks During Economic Downturns
When economic conditions tighten, interest reserves on private mortgage notes can deplete faster than projected - exposing note holders before borrowers can resume payments. Learn how downturns stress reserve structures, what proactive servicing looks like during volatility, and the underwriting and monitoring practices that protect performing notes.
What Happens When Your Private Lending Business Fails an Audit?
A failed audit triggers immediate regulatory penalties, investor capital flight, and operational disruption. Here is what private mortgage lenders face and how to recover.
State Usury Caps: Navigating Profitability in Private Mortgage Servicing
State usury laws cap the maximum interest rate on a private mortgage note and govern how fees, points, and late charges count toward that ceiling. Learn how multi-state rate caps compress yield, create ongoing servicing compliance obligations, and what expert loan servicing does to absorb the burden.
Hovnanian adjusts strategy to focus on higher-margin offerings.
Hovnanian's Q1 earnings reveal a net income of $20.9M amid rising incentives, but a decline in gross margin to 13.4% may signal future challenges.
Affordability Emerges as a Key Focus in the Housing Market
Explore the evolving Spring Market as affordability takes center stage. With price escalations receding, buyers seek strong incentives to make home purchases.
Is the Compass-Rocket alliance challenging NAR’s Clear Cooperation rules?
Reffkin suggests that resources from Compass, Rocket, and Redfin may lead MLSs to reconsider CCP enforcement as Coming Soon syndication launches.
Private Mortgage Servicing Compliance: Myths Debunked for New Lenders
Three compliance myths trip up new private mortgage lenders. Learn the facts behind regulatory scope, servicer accountability, and the full life-cycle compliance obligation that runs from closing through final payoff.