Fannie Mae is adding a new layer of credit-score information to its single-family mortgage-backed securities disclosures, giving investors more visibility into the models used to assess and price loans as the housing-finance system moves deeper into a multi-score...
HomeSmart is expanding its Southeastern brokerage footprint through a strategic merger with NorthGroup Real Estate, a deal the companies say will bring nearly 2,000 agents into the HomeSmart network and push its national agent count above 27,000.The transaction...
One of the country’s largest local Realtor associations is giving 18,000 Chicagoland members a new way to publish what buyers want before a matching home necessarily reaches the market.Mainstreet REALTORS and proptech company Gitcha announced Tuesday that Gitcha’s...
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte scrutinized mortgage records connected to Attorney General Todd Blanche while the two officials were at odds over mortgage-fraud referrals involving political figures, according to a Wall Street Journal report...
Mortgage rates moved higher again Tuesday, extending a sharp September reversal that is putting fresh pressure on homebuyers just as the fall housing market gets underway.Bankrate’s national survey put the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate at 7.15% on Sept....
Optimal Blue Buys Usherpa, Bringing Borrower Outreach Into Mortgage Pricing…
