Inflation Just Put Mortgage Rates Back in the Crosshairs

by John G. Stevens | Sep 11, 2026 | Mortgage Information

Consumer prices rose 0.4% in August as energy costs jumped and shelter inflation accelerated. For a housing market already dealing with mortgage rates around 7%, the bond market’s reaction may be the bigger story. Homebuyers looking for relief from mortgage rates...

FHA Sets Jan. 1 Start for VantageScore 4.0 and FICO 10T — and Lenders Have Work to Do

by John G. Stevens | Sep 11, 2026 | Mortgage Information

The agency has finally put a date on one of the biggest changes to FHA mortgage credit scoring in decades. Beginning Jan. 1, lenders will be able to use VantageScore 4.0 and FICO Score 10T alongside Classic FICO for eligible FHA loans, but the implementation rules...

Sellers Outnumber Buyers by a Record 58% — But There’s a Catch for Homebuyers

by John G. Stevens | Sep 11, 2026 | U.S. Housing Market

The gap between home sellers and buyers has never been wider in Redfin’s data. Across much of the Sun Belt, buyers have leverage that would have been difficult to imagine a few years ago. Affording the house is another matter. America has entered the strongest buyer’s...

FHA to Accept VantageScore 4.0 in January

by Phil Hall | Sep 11, 2026 | Mortgage Information, News/Current Events, Real Estate Agent Tools, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

VantageScore has announced the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) will begin accepting mortgage collateral backed by its VantageScore 4.0 credit scoring model starting on Jan. 1, 2027. The announcement follows this week’s declaration by Federal Housing Finance...

Fugitive Real Estate Fraudster Discovered Hiding Under His Mother’s Sink

by Phil Hall | Sep 11, 2026 | International Real Estate News, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

A Spanish fugitive real estate fraudster who been on the run since last December was apprehended in the unlikeliest of places: hiding under the kitchen sink in his mother’s apartment. El Pais reports Carlos García Roldán disappeared from Mallorca after being sentenced...