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The 2025 Exhibit Awards winners: Celebrating innovation at The Gathering

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At The Gathering this past April, HousingWire and MAXA Designs recognized the companies redefining what strong branding looks like in today’s housing market during the 2025 Exhibit Awards. Now in its fourth year, the Exhibit Awards program celebrates the marketing, branding and business development teams shaping the mortgage and real estate industry. Through a new […]

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Real estate agents hope Kevin Warsh can calm roller coaster housing market

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The Senate’s confirmation of Kevin Warsh as chairman of the Federal Reserve is already reshaping conversations across the housing industry — particularly among real estate agents watching mortgage rates, affordability and transaction volume. Warsh is set to officially succeed Jerome Powell after a contentious confirmation process held against a backdrop of elevated inflation, geopolitical instability

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A tale of two M&As: DFH’s hostile bid sharpens homebuilder tiers

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While Wall Street waits to see if and when Dream Finders Homes returns with a sweeter bid after Beazer Homes’ board rejected its third unsolicited takeover proposal, another provocative question may be lurking across the sector. What if Dream Finders’ hostile move this week did more than put Beazer in play? What if it exposed

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The Clarity Act is coming: How real estate tokenization unlocks $40 trillion in dead equity

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The real estate industry is preparing for the wrong disruption. For two years, brokerages, MLSs and trade groups have been consumed by the AI conversation. What tools to buy. Which workflows to automate. How to compete with ChatGPT-native upstarts. It’s a legitimate conversation, but it isn’t the one that’s about to redefine the business. The

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Reverse mortgage originator shares sales mindset tips

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At last week’s Reverse Mastermind Summit in Tennessee, Bruce Simmons of American Liberty Mortgage shared some of the secrets behind his successful career as a reverse mortgage originator. His motivational message to the audience centered around helping them answer a key question: What is my why? Simmons, who’s based in Denver, outlined three key steps

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Fed’s Barr warns of tradeoffs in shrinking balance sheet

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Key takeaway: Federal Reserve Gov. Michael Barr said shrinking the central bank’s balance sheet could have unintended consequences, including increasing the Fed’s footprint in financial markets.  Expert quote: “I think shrinking the balance sheet is the wrong objective, and many of the proposals to meet this objective would undermine bank resilience, impede money market functioning

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CrossCountry ups TWO offer in bidding war with UWM

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CrossCountry Mortgage is sweetening its deal for Two Harbors as it continues to best United Wholesale Mortgage’s offer. Processing Content The retail player Thursday said TWO stockholders will receive a pro-rated dividend for the quarter in which CrossCountry’s acquisition closes, subject to funds being legally available. The move would provide additional cash value of up

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Foreclosure filings up 18% from a year ago

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Foreclosures fell in April compared with March, but still posted an annual gain for the 14th straight month, Attom reported Thursday. Processing Content Foreclosure filings, which include default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions, were reported on 42,430 properties in the United States last month, down 8% from the month prior but up 18% from

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