Real estate investor sentiment fell to its lowest level in at least three years in the first quarter, in large part due to the Iran war, a new report found. Processing Content The RCN Capital/CJ Patrick Investor Sentiment Index dropped 14 basis points to 87 last quarter, the lowest score recorded in the 11-quarter history […]
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Last year’s update in the Federal Housing Administration’s “waterfall” of actions servicers must take when borrowers go delinquent is creating a surge in trial modifications that presents a particular concern for less sizable players. Processing Content Under the previous pandemic rules, distressed FHA-insured borrowers could repeatedly request assistance with partial claims that reduce payment size
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Union Home Mortgage made another major hire this year, appointing a new chief information officer Tuesday. Processing Content Dino Lack, a 21-year veteran in the mortgage technology space, will lead Union Home’s efforts to improve the lending experience through advanced workflow automation and artificial intelligence integration, the company said in a press release. “We believe
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UWM Holdings, locked in a battle with CrossCountry for Two Harbors Investment, had a banner first quarter, with GAAP net earnings of $170.4 million. Processing Content This compared with $165.5 million in the fourth quarter, and a net loss of $247 million for the first quarter of 2025. Addressing the transaction, Chairman, CEO and President
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Key insight: Anthropic, a company that was designated a supply chain risk by the Pentagon a little over a month ago, has been embraced by large banks and their vendors. Expert quote: “The largest institutions have the ability to explore this space at a scale and with a degree of experimentation that a mid-market bank
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The US Treasury signaled it’s still comfortable issuing the shortest-dated debt to meet escalating government borrowing needs — even as warnings emerge about the strategy’s risks. Processing Content The Treasury anticipates keeping nominal note and bond sale sizes unchanged “for at least the next several quarters,” the department said in a quarterly statement on debt
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When you put your house on the market, you don’t just want it to sell. You want it to sell fast. But the thing is, nationally, it’s taking a little longer to sell lately. And that slowdown can feel frustrating if you want a fast process. Here’s what you need to realize. In every market
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Rising inventory has often meant homes are taking longer to sell. That may be starting to shift in 2026. New HousingWire data suggests the 2026 housing market is becoming more capable of processing available inventory, even as more homes come online nationally. National inventory was up 2.3% year over year in the latest weekly data,
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Luxury Presence has introduced a new technology platform designed to consolidate marketing, customer management and advertising tools into a single system for real estate agents. The product — called the Presence Platform — brings together several functions typically handled across multiple vendors, including customer relationship management (CRM), social media marketing, listing advertising and client engagement
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For years, multifamily underwriting has treated population growth as a constant factor. However, that assumption has masked an important distinction: not all demand is created equal. Workforce housing demand and Class A housing demand are increasingly being driven by different forces. This divergence is becoming more visible in current data. First-quarter data point to a