While AI implementation can be a daunting task, acting thoughtfully and intentionally will set businesses up for maximum value, leading executives of leading AI software companies said during a panel at the ICE Experience conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday. Processing Content “It’s not just where we’re at today, it’s your roadmaps — how everybody […]
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UWM Holdings will likely have to increase its offer to get the agreed to purchase of Two Harbors over the finish line. Processing Content Two Harbors announced before the markets opened on March 19 it had received an unsolicited proposal to purchase all of the company’s stock at $10.77 per share, above its March 18
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Weekly jobless claims were reported to be 205,000 vs the expected 215,000, the Philly Fed Manufacturing Index 18.1 vs the expected 8.3, so both were considerably market negative. Processing Content Treasuries had already opened with bearish gaps, the largest by the 5-year yield which began the day at its highest yield since 8/1, but even
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For the past few years, affordability has been what’s stopped a lot of buyers in their tracks. Maybe it stopped you, too. At some point you probably did the math, looked at the monthly payment, and decided to pause your search and wait for things to get better. But here’s something you may have missed
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Over the past several months, former President Donald Trump has floated a number of ideas aimed at helping Americans buy homes again. Among them are proposals such as 50-year mortgages and other creative financing tools intended to lower monthly payments for buyers struggling with today’s interest rates. The intention behind these ideas are novel and
President Donald Trump: I have an idea to help first-time homebuyers Read More »
Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) moved Monday to formally separate access to its multiple listing service (MLS) from mandatory membership with the National Association of Realtors (NAR) — a change the organization’s leader said is aimed at expansion and risk management. MRED offers wholesale listing data and technology to roughly 40 partner Realtor associations and
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Following in the footsteps of an initial dataset for 2025, Reverse Market Insight (RMI) and HECMWorld published updated numbers this week for reverse mortgage broker and third-party originator activity. While the top Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) originators for January 2026 did not vary from 2025 as a whole, they offer insight into which companies
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New Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s first-year housing agenda delivered new money and new tools for affordable housing preservation, but it fell short on the package’s biggest supply-side proposal: a statewide push to allow multifamily housing by right in many commercially zoned areas. A pair of bills would have required local zoning codes to allow multifamily
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Compass is dismissing its antitrust lawsuit against Zillow over the listing portal giant’s listing access standards policy. The Robert Reffkin-helmed firm filed its motion to dismiss the lawsuit without prejudice, meaning that Compass could file another lawsuit against Zillow with similar claims in the future, in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New
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President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting mortgages addresses several concerns raised by banks and nonbanks, which have largely welcomed it as a road map for regulatory change. But it’s also receiving pushback from consumer advocates. Friday’s order on “promoting access to mortgage credit” aims to boost lending by community banks (with less than $30 billion
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