Less than a week after Move filed an amended motion for a preliminary injunction in its ongoing lawsuit against CoStar, the commercial listing giant has shot back. In a brief filed on Wednesday, CoStar claims Move is seeking the injunction because Move’s Realtor.com is losing market share to CoStar’s Homes.com.
The reverse mortgage industry is pressing ahead with a chance at lower interest rates later this month. While there were signs of weakness in performance metrics in August, there are also commensurate signs of encouragement, according to industry experts. Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsements fell by 3.3% from July
For more than two years, a storm has been brewing in the title insurance industry. Last week, the first raindrops began to fall when the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia (OAG) announced settlements with four title firms over alleged kickback schemes. As a result of
August’s gain of just 142,000 total nonfarm payroll jobs confirms that the job market is cooling, which all in all is good news for the Federal Reserve, which meets in a little under two weeks to discuss interest rates. But is it enough to justify a half-point cut? Data from the U.S.
Growth in the off-campus student housing market creates massive opportunities for property management companies. College enrollment is increasing for the first time since the pandemic, driving off-campus student housing revenue that outpaces multifamily rents in the same markets. Many property managers are looking to enter this market for the first
In an industry where managing a web of technology vendors to support LO’s sales and marketing needs has become overwhelmingly complex, inefficient and creates unnecessary security and compliance risks, CANDID is quickly becoming a leader in transforming how mortgage lenders operate. With its new partnership with Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group,
Declining mortgage rates have yet to break the dam on the stalled housing market, but the sweet spot on rates that would get the market moving again is about 5%. That’s according to a new survey from Mphasis Digital Risk, which revealed that 42% of prospective buyers said a 5%
The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) is calling for policy changes that would help alleviate the difficulties for homebuyers using Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans when competing in tight markets. Buyers using FHA loans often face stigmas and cannot use many of the competitive strategies commonly utilized by conventional borrowers
Dan Snyder rarely steps into the spotlight, but his name, strategic moves and execution are talked about frequently in mortgage banking circles. This changes on Oct. 1, 2024, when Snyder, the CEO of Lower, steps on to the main stage at the George W. Bush Presidential Library in Dallas for
A government-led effort to change the venue in a case brought by Texas Capital Bank (TCB) against Ginnie Mae over reverse mortgage-related collateral has been denied by presiding Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, according to a court filing reviewed by HousingWire’s Reverse Mortgage Daily (RMD). In June, attorneys representing the U.S. Department
In this executive conversation, Steven Katz, Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of Residential Financing at Arbor Realty Trust, shares his thoughts on the burgeoning build-to-rent (BTR) market. Katz discusses the contributing factors leading to higher occupancy rates in BTR properties, the advantages of BTR financing solutions for investors,
How do some firms grow regardless of the housing market dynamics? HousingWire Research looked at key performance metrics and interviewed owners and operators of the RealTrends Verified GameChangers to find out the strategies that led to their growth. From the pandemic-fueled frenzy to the sobering reality of a post-pandemic slowdown,,
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