Travis Kessler to Retire as Chief Executive at Texas Realtors
Texas Realtors announced that President and CEO Travis Kessler will retire on March 31, 2025, from the position he has held since 2010. Mike Barnett, who has served as the 155,000-member organization’s executive vice president for the past 12 years, will assume...
MBA Proposes Ginnie Mae Early-Buyout Securitization
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) is proposing the creation of a new Ginnie Mae securitization that would bring more private capital sources of liquidity to support Ginnie Mae issuers in the event of excessive market tumult. Under MBA’s proposal, an Early-Buyout...
Bascom Group Acquires Seattle Multifamily Community
The Bascom Group LLC, an Irvine, California-headquartered private equity firm, has acquired 2300 Elliott, a 92-unit multifamily community in Seattle. Built in 1992, the property features a five-story residential building situated above two levels of structured...
Mortgage Rates Take Another Drop
Mortgage rates continued to decline in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.60% as of Dec. 12, down from last week when it averaged 6.69%. A year ago at this time, it averaged...
Home Flipping Activity and Profits Down in Q3
A total of 74,618 single-family homes and condominiums were flipped in the third quarter, according to new data from ATTOM. This accounted for 7.2%, or one of every 14 home sales, during that period. The third quarter total is down slightly from 7.6% of all sales in...
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CMBS DELINQUENCY RATE DROPS BY FIVE BASIS POINTS. Learn more at https://wrenews.com/cmbs-delinquency-rate-drops-by-five-basis-points/
JEF CONN NAMED 2024 BOARD CHAIRMAN OF TEXAS REALTORS. Learn more at https://wrenews.com/jef-conn-named-2024-board-chairman-of-texas-realtors/
MBA’S BROEKSMIT EXPRESSES ‘SIGNIFICANT CONCERN’ OVER PAUSING FORECLOSURES ON VA-GUARANTEED LOANS. Learn more at https://wrenews.com/mbas-broeksmit-expresses-significant-concern-over-pausing-foreclosures-on-va-guaranteed-loans/
