Baltimore-headquartered First Home Mortgage has promoted Matt Nader to president. Nader joined First Home Mortgage in 2018 as a loan officer and served as the company’s director of sales since February 2023. He replaces Tim Whittier, who was appointed president in May...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) told the US Supreme Court that it never committed not to reopen its investigation into the National Association of Realtors (NAR) despite its 2020 consent decree that settled a probe of the organization. According to a Law360 report,...
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...
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...
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 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...
