B Office Tower Proposal Aimed at Entertainment Industry

$1B Office Tower Proposal Aimed at Entertainment Industry

The owner of the property at 6601 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles investor and developer Maggie Miracle, has doubled down on an earlier $500-million proposal for the site near Gower Street with a... Read more »
Tane Cabe talks reverse mortgage industry challenges, software development

Tane Cabe talks reverse mortgage industry challenges, software development

Reverse mortgage industry veteran Tane Cabe recently left his position at Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp.’s reverse division to transition back into a role as a reverse mortgage broker. He joined C2 Financial’s... Read more »
Tane Cabe talks reverse mortgage industry challenges, software development

Mortgage industry excitement is subsiding about expected Fed rate cuts in 2024

One of the major takeaways from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s Wednesday news conference was that officials still expect interest rates to come down three times this year, indicating that recent higher-than-expected... Read more »
Panic! at the brokerage: Industry leaders plan next steps after NAR settlement

Panic! at the brokerage: Industry leaders plan next steps after NAR settlement

“I am sensing that there is some kind of disappointment that they got the settlement, but then they didn’t give a road map of how this is most likely going to play... Read more »
Tane Cabe talks reverse mortgage industry challenges, software development

Chaos, consolidation and opportunity: Experts weigh in on what NAR’s settlement means for the industry

“We have tremendous confidence in all these settlements and the benefits they are bringing to the class members,” Ketchmark said. “So, we have no concerns about gaining approval.” While Ketchmark said he... Read more »
‘Find buyers before agents!’ Mortgage industry reacts to the NAR settlement

‘Find buyers before agents!’ Mortgage industry reacts to the NAR settlement

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) settlement of commission lawsuits nationwide is expected to force mortgage lenders and loan officers to find new ways of approaching listing agents and borrowers, give LOs... Read more »
German house price decline 'not the end of the world' for industry, analyst says

German house price decline 'not the end of the world' for industry, analyst says

Arnaud Girod, head of economics and cross-asset strategy at Kepler Cheuvreux, discusses the outlook for equity markets and the real estate sector. Source link Read more »
Commentary: What an industry pro learned after helping his parents get a reverse mortgage

Commentary: What an industry pro learned after helping his parents get a reverse mortgage

I have been in the mortgage industry for more than two decades and have been working with reverse mortgages for about 12 of those years. Working in this space for so long,... Read more »
Why California shouldn’t bail out the home insurance industry

Why California shouldn’t bail out the home insurance industry

Insurance companies collected more than $150 billion in premiums from California homeowners over the last 25 years and enjoyed profits at four times the national average. Now they’re demanding an unprecedented bailout... Read more »
Title waiver pilot program will have little impact on the industry: Fitch Ratings

Title waiver pilot program will have little impact on the industry: Fitch Ratings

Despite the protests of the title insurance industry, Fitch Ratings does not believe the lender title insurance waiver pilot program for certain refinance transactions announced by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)... Read more »