U.S. homeowners made an average profit of 49.9% on single-family home and condominium sales in the third quarter of 2025, according to ATTOM’s newest U.S. Home Sales Report. That’s up slightly from 49.3% in the second quarter but down from the 55.4% margin seen in the third quarter of last year. Sellers typically earned $123,100 […]
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Philadelphia-based Incenter Lender Services, which works with nonbank and depository mortgage lenders across the country, on Thursday announced the launch of the Incenter CRA Exchange Platform. The tool is billed as a unique, one-stop “matchmaking solution” for sellers of loans made under the Community Reinvestment Act. The exchange is offered free of charge to banks,
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WFG National Title Insurance Co. — a subsidiary of Williston Financial Group — on Thursday announced its expansion into New Mexico. “WFG continues to grow in ways that strengthen our national footprint while staying true to our mission of improving the real estate process for everyone involved,” said Patrick Stone, chairman and founder of Williston
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Leadership in mortgage origination is changing alongside shifting market conditions — but that’s a good thing, according to a panel of senior mortgage executives at The Sales Mastery event powered by Momentum Builder in Dallas this week. Bill Hart, national leadership coach at Movement Mortgage, Natalie Overturf, vice president and divisional sales leader at CMG
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In North Carolina, real estate agents are called brokers, and offices are managed by a broker-in-charge. To earn your license, you must complete 75 hours of prelicensing education, available online or in person through state-approved schools. We’ve evaluated dozens of courses to pinpoint the best real estate schools in North Carolina to help you pass
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Top-performing New York City agent and team leader Glenn Davis is joining SERHANT. where he will be forming a new team, The New York Collaborative. Davis is joining SERHANT. from Douglas Elliman, where he was a founding partner of Noble Black and Partners. In 2024, Noble Black and Partners closed $389.44 million in sales volume
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The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is seeking public feedback on its proposed strategic plan for 2026–2030, the agency announced Wednesday. The document, described as “consistent with its statutory requirements and President Trump’s executive orders,” marks a sharp shift from the Biden-era plan. It introduces new priorities such as fraud detection and deregulation, while scaling
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A Cleveland woman says her late mother’s home was sold more than a decade after her death through a forged property deed — one of a growing number of real estate fraud cases nationwide. Tangie Harris learned earlier this year that her mother, Priscilla Harris Norris, who died in 2014, appeared to have “signed” a
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Mortgage applications for new homes dipped in September from the previous month but remained higher than last year’s levels, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA)’s Builder Application Survey released Thursday. The data offers a snapshot of housing demand at a time when market watchers are seeking clues about new-home sales amid the federal government
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Executives from Longbridge Financial gathered last week at the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA)’s Annual Meeting to discuss the company’s suite of technology tools and lending products aimed at helping wholesale reverse mortgage partners grow their businesses and better serve older homeowners. Wholesale and correspondent manager Bill Nolan opened the company’s session at the event by
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