October 2025

5 best real estate classes in Washington for 2025

We’ve researched the best real estate classes in Washington State for every budget, schedule, and learning style to help you choose the ideal course package for your needs. From Seattle to Spokane to Redmond, our guide will help you find the best schools to quickly knock out your required courses — with convenient online, mobile […]

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Coldwell Banker affiliate changes ownership in West Virginia

Coldwell Banker Yost — a longtime real estate firm serving southern West Virginia — has been acquired by Nathan Hendrick and will operate under the new name Coldwell Banker Hendrick Real Estate. The acquired company has operated in West Virginia for more than 25 years and was previously owned by Steve Yost, who will remain

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Fed prepares to pivot balance sheet, with potential ripple effects for mortgages

A growing number of economists believe that the Federal Reserve is close to announcing the end of its quantitative tightening (QT) program — a move that could have wide-reaching implications for the mortgage industry. Over the past few weeks, central bank officials have signaled they are prepared to wind down the policy aimed at shrinking

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Optimal Blue comes out swinging on price-fixing lawsuit

Optimal Blue has responded to a class action lawsuit filed against it and 26 mortgage lenders, calling the claims “baseless” and “frivolous” and vowing to fight the lawsuit “all the way through.” “Optimal Blue is aware of the complaint filed against it, Black Knight, Inc., and many of the largest mortgage lenders, alleging a purported

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Sexual assault lawsuit plaintiffs accuse eXp of fraudulent misrepresentation

Roughly two and a half years since filing their initial complaint, the Acevedo sexual assault plaintiffs are back with their third amended complaint.  In the latest rendition of the complaint, eXp World Holdings, eXp Realty, eXp founder and CEO Glenn Sanford, suspended eXp agent David Golden, now-former eXp agent Michael Bjorkman and eXp agent Brent

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PartnerOne to acquire Mortgage Cadence

Software group PartnerOne announced on Tuesday that it has entered into an agreement with Accenture to acquire Mortgage Cadence, a provider of cloud-based digital lending solutions. PartnerOne said in its press release that it focuses on acquiring firms for the long term and investing to strengthen their operations and performance. “This agreement represents a powerful

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Will the Fed ruin the lowest mortgage rates of 2025?

Happy lowest-mortgage-rate-of-the-year day on this Halloween week! Mortgage rates are currently at a yearly low right before the Fed meets so the question is: will Fed Chair Jerome Powell ruin the good news right before Halloween festivities? Whatever Powell says tomorrow, mortgage rates are behaving differently than they did last year at this time. Last

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5 Best Arizona Real Estate Schools for 2025

Are you looking to get licensed as a real estate agent in Arizona? We’ve reviewed countless online options to determine the best Arizona real estate schools to help you get licensed quickly and efficiently. These state-approved, online Arizona real estate school programs offer something for every timeframe, learning style and budget — with podcast-style audio

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Lowest Rates in a Year. Tomorrow’s Fed Announcement Could Push Them in EITHER Direction

Lowest Rates in a Year. Tomorrow’s Fed Announcement Could Push Them in EITHER Direction Rates have been flirting with long term lows over the past 2 weeks, but today made it official.  Today’s average top tier 30yr fixed rate perfectly matched that seen on September 16th, 2025.  That’s the lowest it’s been since September 2024,

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GM Financial readies a $925 million auto ABS deal

GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust is preparing to raise $925 million pool of asset-backed securities, collateralized by a pool of retail installment loan contracts. The deal will sell notes to investors through eight tranches of class A, B and C notes, according to Moody’s Ratings. There are five class A tranches, and they have

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