Finance of America is now offering home equity loans through a new agreement with Better Home and Finance. The reverse mortgage giant will offer HELOAN and home equity line of credit products for the first time using Better’s proprietary Tinman AI platform, the companies announced Tuesday. Better will also integrate Finance of America’s reverse mortgage […]
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The US is now collecting tariffs on imported timber, lumber, kitchen cabinets, bathroom vanities and upholstered furniture, duties that threaten to raise the cost of renovations and deter new home purchases. The import taxes — initially set at 25% for cabinets, vanities and upholstered wooden furniture — officially took effect on Tuesday at 12:01 a.m.
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Enjoy complimentary access to top ideas and insights — selected by our editors. The political conversation in Washington about credit scores has reached a new level of absurdity. This is hardly a surprise, however, since the Trump Administration has targeted housing affordability as a national priority. But the conversation about housing in the nation’s capital
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A key Republican housing regulator’s responses to an inquiry from Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., on the status of several Federal Home Loan Bank reforms suggests few are likely to move forward. Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte, who oversees the Federal Home Loan Banks, said in a letter to the senator posted on
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Douglas Lebda, the founder and chief executive officer of LendingTree Inc., died Sunday following an all-terrain vehicle accident. He was 55. “We are deeply saddened by the sudden passing of Doug,” LendingTree’s board of directors said in a statement. The accident occurred on his family farm in North Carolina. He is survived by his wife,
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There’s a trend taking hold in real estate right now: more buyers are choosing newly built homes. And it’s not just about getting the latest technology or modern floorplans. It’s because they may be able to get a better deal. Builders are offering serious incentives today, and people are jumping on them. In fact, new
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Housing inventory at one point this year showed 33% year-over-year growth, but that growth has since slowed to 17%, and we might already have seen the seasonal peak in inventory for the year in the first week of August. I didn’t believe we were witnessing the peak in August and I have been looking for
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Welcome back to Tech Pulse — HousingWire‘s weekly series rounding up the latest in technology news, including tools, integrations and trends that impact mortgage and real estate. Here’s what happened this week: Mortgage execs advise lenders to embrace technology or risk falling behind Lenders were urged to embrace technology and adapt to a changing mortgage market at HousingWire‘s 2025 Mortgage
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The Slocum Home Team, a three-generation family real estate business founded in 1949, has joined eXp Realty. Founded by George Slocum in Warwick, Rhode Island, the brokerage has been a fixture in local real estate for the better part of a century. The team is now led by Nick Slocum and includes 30 agents and
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Compass announced that the Salaverri Windsor Group. a Sarasota, Fla.-based real estate team, has joined the company. Led by Georgia Salaverri and Steven Windsor, the team has more than 30 years of combined experience in real estate. “We are thrilled to welcome the Salaverri Windsor Group to Compass,” said Jeff Polashuk, regional vice president of
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