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November 2025

A rising threat to homeownership: How heirs’ property undermines affordable housing

Affordable housing, Black Homeownership, Contributors, Homeownership, HWmember, Opinion /

A 2021 NPR podcast segment painted a picture of the American Dream turned Nightmare: a Louisiana family faced the loss of their five-generation-home that had been owned by the family’s great, great, great grandfather, Jacob Loud, who was formerly enslaved.   That segment from four years ago is still relevant today. And the Loud family’s story […]

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Why 2025 might be the year of the mortgage ETF

Bonds, ETFs, Industry News, MBS, Secondary markets /

The pairing of exchange-traded funds to residential mortgage-backed securities is no new concept, but 2025 looks like it is turning into a renaissance year for RMBS ETFs, based on recent trends.  Since November 2024, the bond market has seen at least four new issuances from investment banks, including the likes of JPMorganChase, Charles Schwab, Regan

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Figure unveils industry-first blockchain stock offering

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Figure Technologies, HWmember, LendingLife, Mike Cagney, Mortgage, Stock Market, Technology /

Figure Technology Solutions Inc. filed a registration statement on Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a proposed public offering of its Series A Blockchain Common Stock, marking the launch of the first blockchain-native public equity security. Figure‘s offering introduces several industry firsts, which could make it a model for future issuances. The

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Beazer Homes shifts to move-up buyers, bets on energy efficiency

Earnings, homebuilder, Homebuilders, Leadership, The Builder's Daily /

As major builders like D.R. Horton and Tri Pointe Homes trim new home starts to protect margins, Beazer Homes is taking a page out of Lennar’s playbook. Beazer’s Q4 earnings call reveals a builder determined to sustain a robust sales pace, even as it navigates a lower-margin reality driven by a spec-heavy approach and increased

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PHH Mortgage will halt reverse originations, sell MSRs to Finance of America

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Onity Group — the parent company of PHH Mortgage Corp. and its reverse mortgage arm, Liberty Reverse Mortgage — announced on Tuesday that the company has entered into a “strategic relationship” with Finance of America (FOA) to sell $9.6 billion in mortgage servicing rights (MSRs), among other agreements. A press release said that PHH/Liberty will

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When land strategy meets AI: homebuilders gain a new edge

Acres, Land, Proptech, Sponsored, The Builder's Daily /

Strategic paralysis in a buyer-stuck market If land is the lifeblood of homebuilding, then today’s land strategy is a pressure test of a company’s core strength. But how do you act when the market offers no clear signal? After a chaotic four-year stretch of feast, famine, and fiscal policy shockwaves, new-home selling has slowed into

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Bright MLS to integrate ICE’s Paragon Connect platform

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ICE Mortgage Technology and Bright MLS, the nation’s largest multiple listing service (MLS), announced that Bright will integrate ICE’s Paragon Connect MLS platform into its technology ecosystem as part of its long-term growth strategy. Paragon Connect is a mobile-first MLS platform designed to let real estate professionals research listings, collaborate with clients and manage their

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Foreclosure activity up nearly 20% in October

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ATTOM released its October 2025 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, showing 36,766 properties with foreclosure filings — including default notices, scheduled auctions or bank repossessions — a 3% increase from September and more than a 19% increase from a year ago. October marked the eighth straight month of year-over-year foreclosure activity increases, with completed foreclosures up

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Is NAR’s move to allow non-Realtors MLS access a nothing burger?

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Starting in January, local MLSs will have a lot more control over things like disciplinary actions and even who can access the MLS. These changes are the result of an 18-policy update approved by the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) executive committee during the trade group’s NXT conference this past weekend in Houston.  The 18

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Senate Democrats demand GAO investigation into Pulte

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A group of Senate Democrats has asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte and other employees over criminal referrals against several public figures as they seek to determine whether federal authority and resources were misused. In a letter sent Monday to Gene Dodaro, the Comptroller General

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