Former President Donald Trump made a rare acknowledgment of the challenges to homeownership affordability but offered no specific strategies to addressing the matter except to seek voter support. In an interview on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle,” host Laura Ingraham...
Provident Bank, the Jersey City, New Jersey-based subsidiary of Provident Financial Services Inc. (NYSE:PFS), announced the appointment of Leonardo Ramos as vice president and Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) officer. In his new job, Ramos will be in charge of the...
United Real Estate announced the merger of its Dallas-based division with REAL Dallas Properties & Management, a union that will add 70 agents to United’s Dallas operations and expanding its North Texas presence to more than 800 agents. According to the...
The total origination volume for open-ended home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) and closed-end home equity loans in 2023 were up 1.5% year-over-year while debt outstandings increased 8.3%, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) 2024 Home Equity Lending...
SmartRent Inc. (NYSE: SMRT), a Scottsdale, Arizona-based provider of smart communities and smart operations solutions for the rental housing industry, announced a transition plan impacting the company’s leadership. CEO Lucas Haldeman has stepped down from his position...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered state and municipal agencies to being the dismantling thousands of homeless encampments across his state, where an estimated 180,000 people are unhoused. Newsom’s order follows last month’s Supreme Court ruling that...
