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AIME’s CEO Katie Sweeney to step down and take helm of Broker Action Coalition
Katie Sweeney, the chairman and CEO of AIME, is departing to lead its lobbying arm, Broker Action Coalition. A new CEO at AIME has not yet been selected.
Why the number of price cuts are dropping as housing inventory rises
With calmer mortgage rates, we can grow housing inventory from these depressed levels and get more demand.
Mortgage volumes collectively fell $138B at Wells, JPMorgan and BofA in 2023
Mortgage businesses at Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America are now only a fraction of what they were in 2022.
Inflation data still pointing toward rate cuts in 2024
Even though inflation came in hotter than expected on Thursday, we are still talking about rate cuts in 2024!
Guild asks judge to confirm $10.7M award in poaching dispute against ex-employees
Award resulted from an arbitration dispute against three ex-Guild employees accused of poaching when they transitioned to CrossCountry.
Exclusive: CrossCountry Mortgage CEO Ron Leonhardt talks AmCap acquisition, future targets
Ron Leonhardt, founder and CEO of CrossCountry Mortgage, explains how the deal for Texas-based Amcap came together, and what future acquisitions may look like.
Housing inventory defied all predictions in 2023
Going into 2023, people thought housing inventory would skyrocket, and home prices would crash. None of that happened.
The 2023 housing market bent, but didn’t break
The housing market took it on the chin for two years and bent with the lowest sales levels in history, but it didn’t break.
Existing home sales lay the path for the 2024 housing market
Logan Mohtashami says Wednesday’s existing home sales report gives us a playbook for the housing market in 2024.
HousingWire Magazine: The ‘Title and Escrow’ Issue
In both the TECH100 winners and this issue’s commentaries from the title space, the consumer is at the center of the conversation.
Opinion: The risk from Fannie Mae’s mission creep
Fannie Mae reportedly moving beyond their mission and into the title insurance business raises significant alarm bells.
2022 Rising Star Morgan Salama: The intersection of strategy and real estate
Strategy is the foundational element in building the future of the housing sector. And, if strategy is the foundation, we’d say that Morgan Salama is one of the key people building that foundation.
A property tax reckoning is coming
Property taxes are rising unevenly across the country, triggering concerns for affordability. We explore how it will all play out.
Senators grill HUD official over absent GSE appraisal data
One day after a HUD task force released its long-awaited report on appraisal bias, U.S. senators pushed staffers for greater data transparency to determine the scope of the problem.
Appraisal bias plan promises barrage of actions in the near term
A long-anticipated federal task force’s report on appraisal bias promises swift administrative actions, but lack of access to data continues to be a challenge, fair housing advocates, trade associations and researchers argued.
