Mortgage rates declined in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.43% as of July 2, down from last week when it averaged 6.49%. A year ago at this time, it averaged 6.67%. The...
Compass International Holdings (NYSE: COMP) has unveiled Home Platform, a proprietary end-to-end AI-powered technology platform for real estate professionals that is being made available across the company-owned brokerage brands. According to the company, Home...
A Jewish real estate broker in Toronto was assaulted in an attack that police have classified as a hate crime. Joseph Bitton with Real Broker Ontario Ltd. said the attack happened on Tuesday while he was at a client’s commercial property. “I am visibly Jewish and the...
Mike Kortas, founder and CEO of the mortgage lender NEXA, has announced the launch of evoLend, a mortgage servicing company. The new company is being promoted with the pledge “to put loan officers back in control of the borrower relationship after closing.” Unlike...
A New York man who used deed theft to take over two Harlem brownstones with a combined value of $4.7 million was convicted after a seven-week trial. Joseph Makhani was found guilty of two counts of Criminal Possession of Stolen Property in the First Degree and one...
Casa Encantada, the historic 8.5-acre Los Angeles estate at the center of a prolonged foreclosure struggle, was sold at auction for $130 million. The Wall Street Journal reports the buyer was “a blond man dressed in black” who “declined to identify himself” the...
