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...
CoStar Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CSGP) filed a lawsuit in New York federal court that accuses Zillow Group (NASDAQ: Z, ZG) of copyright infringement. CoStar alleged that Zillow published over 46,000 of its copyright protected images, with many still bearing the CoStar...
The Washington, DC metro area has a growing surplus number of homes for sale, according to new data from Redfin. Last month, the DC market’s total number of homes for sale were up 22.7% year-over-over, marking the third-biggest jump in records dating back to 2012....
A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order against the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) with the demand that it resume distributing Fair Housing Initiative Program (FHIP) funds to state- and city-level nonprofits tasked with...
RE/MAX Holdings (NYSE: RMAX) has added Hawaii’s Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Advantage Realty into its network, effective Aug. 1. The conversion will bring six offices and 170 agents under the RE/MAX Hawaii banner. The brokerage, founded and led by Myron...
