According to the publication’s analysis of RealTrends Verified data, Compass’s proposed acquisition of Anywhere could create market share concentrations “well above presumptively illegal thresholds,” in at least a dozen states. The analysis... Read more »
After housing market cycles defined by extreme shortages, rapid price appreciation and frenetic buyer competition, this year delivered something closer to balance. Inventory climbed meaningfully, price growth flattened and homes took longer... Read more »
In response, NWMLS has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, claimed that it has “no duty to deal” with Compass, and it most recently indicated that it “intends to assert counterclaims,”... Read more »
“This case presents another opportunity for a court to assess purportedly anticompetitive agreements infecting the real-estate industry,” the filing states. For the first 11 months of this second Trump administration it appeared... Read more »
The Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 requires the FHFA to establish several annual housing goals for single-family and multifamily mortgages purchased by the enterprises. FHFA published a... Read more »
Founded in 2008, InstaMortgage has originated more than $4 billion in loans over the past five years. Mortgage technology platform RETR shows approximately $240 million in volume over the past 12 months... Read more »
ICE said that the increase largely reflects calendar effects rather than a broad deterioration in borrower performance. Similar calendar-driven increases occurred in 2014, 2008 and 2003, each of which produced larger November... Read more »
MBA economists Mike Fratantoni, Joel Kan and Judie Ricks wrote that the forecasts show 2025 GDP growth of 1.6% and a 35% chance of a recession over the next 12 months. Growth... Read more »
On an unadjusted basis, the index decreased 6% compared with the previous week. The refinance index decreased 6% from the previous week and was 110% higher than the same week one year... Read more »
The decline in rates in 2025 reflects a combination of Federal Reserve rate cuts, lower 10-year Treasury yields and a narrowing spread between those yields and the 30-year conventional mortgage rate —... Read more »