Compass Inc. (NYSE: COMP) expanded its presence in the North Carolina market with the addition of Cottingham Chalk, an independent brokerage based in Charlotte. Co-founded by Dan Cottingham and John D. Chalk in 1983, Cottingham Chalk’s 70 agents closed $589 million in...
Sunstone Two Tree, a developer and operator of rental housing communities in high-growth markets, announced that it has opened an office in Phoenix. Based in The Promenade office park in North Scottsdale, the new space will support the company’s operations in...
Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) has introduced a bill to codify the directive made by Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, that would allow cryptocurrency to be considered as an asset for mortgages delivered to the government-sponsored enterprises...
Pending home sales in June were down by 0.8% from the prior month and were also down 2.8% year-over-year, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Month-over-month and year-over-year pending sales declined in the Midwest, South, and West. The Northeast...
Fair Isaac Corp. (NYSE: FICO) has hired a new lobbying expert to strengthen its position in Washington following a series of attacks against the FICO score provider by Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). Politico reports that John...
Fewer prospective homebuyers were filling out mortgage applications during the week ending July 25, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 3.8% on a...
