Texas home sellers are facing a slower fall market as listings spend longer on the market and inventory rises across the state. More than 137,000 single-family homes are now active statewide, equal to about 3.7 months of supply. Prices and inventory The median list price in Texas is $377,558, with new listings entering slightly lower […]
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Fifth Third and Comerica announced on Monday that they have signed a definitive merger agreement in an all-stock transaction valued at $10.9 billion, creating the nation’s ninth-largest bank with approximately $288 billion in assets. Comerica’s website detailed that shareholders will receive 1.8663 Fifth Third shares for each Comerica share, valuing the deal at $82.88 per
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Verification of title (VOT) and real estate data intelligence provider Flueid has launched a redesigned Flueid Pro — an all-in-one intelligence platform that turns property data into actionable insight for title companies, underwriters, real estate agents and loan officers. The enhanced Flueid Pro integrates nationwide property and ownership data, farm creation tools and advanced analytics
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Mortgage rates have remained relatively stable in the past few days amid political turbulence, as the U.S. Congress has struggled to pass proposals to fund the government and end the shutdown, now in its seventh day. On Tuesday, HousingWire’s Mortgage Rates Center, which tracks locked loans, showed that 30-year conforming loan locks averaged 6.38%—four basis
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Homeowners in California might be facing a steep increase in their insurance costs. The California FAIR Plan, the state’s insurer of last resort, is seeking an average rate hike of 35.8%. If granted, this would be the largest hike recorded by the FAIR Plan in several years. This proposed rate hike would be the largest
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As the mortgage banking landscape evolves, industry leaders shared their approaches to playing offense as they try to balance new technology and a complex lending environment. At HousingWire’s Mortgage Banking Summit on Tuesday, Misti Snow, SVP of operations at Better and Sasha Stair, Xactus‘ chief marketing officer, shared that as the mortgage sector is experiencing
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With mortgage rates lingering above 6%, buyers with ready cash continue to dominate both the lowest and highest ends of the housing market. Roughly one-third of all home sales in the first half of 2025 were completed entirely with cash, according to a new report from Realtor.com. That figure represents only a 0.6% decline from
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It’s hard to overstate how dramatically real estate software has changed over the last few years. We went from clunky, slow, and expensive CRMs to AI-powered video apps — seemingly overnight. While we focused on building our brands and trying to make sense of social media trends, the companies that make the software we use
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Mortgage rates have been in a very narrow range for nearly 3 weeks with the last major move seen on September 17th and 18th following the Fed rate cut. Paradoxically but not surprisingly, rates actually moved higher after the Fed cut the Fed Funds Rate. Contrary to popular belief, Fed comments and policy changes are
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With the market favoring buyers, more home sales are falling through as minor disagreements can lead to deals being called off. Nearly 60,000 home-purchase agreements were canceled in August, according to a new report from Redfin, a subsidiary of Rocket Cos. That’s 15.1% of homes that went under contract, up from 14.3% a year earlier
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