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November 2025

Real Brokerage teams up with MAXA designs to automate marketing for agents

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The Real Brokerage is teaming up with MAXA Designs as it looks to automate marketing for its agents nationwide.  The partnership was unveiled on Wednesday at RISE, Real’s national agent conference. Through this partnership and the new MAXA x Real platform, agents will gain access to over 400 real estate specific templates, MLS integration and […]

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Q2 2025 company earnings in mortgage and real estate

Brokerage, Compass, Earnings, eXp Realty, HWmember, Lenders, Mortgage, Real Estate, Rocket Mortgage, United Wholesale Mortgage /

HousingWire reports on the quarterly earnings of publicly traded mortgage and real estate companies, offering a glimpse into the financial performance of key players in the housing market. As earnings results begin to be released for the third quarter of 2025, here’s a rundown of what’s happening at the major lenders, brokerages, listing portals and

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Mortgage Rates Near 2-Month Highs After Today’s Econ Data

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A common recent refrain is that the bond market (which dictates interest rates) is having to make do without many of the most important regularly-scheduled economic reports due to the government shutdown. While this means rates must “fly blind” on many of the days that would normally coincide with these government economic reports, there are

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Guild’s profits and originations jump ahead of privatization

Earnings, M&A, Originations /

Guild Mortgage reported higher profits and loan volume in the third quarter, likely marking its final earnings release as a public company before its merger with Bayview Asset Management. The company reported net income of $33.3 million in the third quarter, up significantly from a loss of $66.9 million during the same period a year

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Octaura adds CFO, Cristina Kim, in continued expansion bid

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Octaura, an electronic trading platform for syndicated loans and collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) has appointed Cristina Kim as chief financial officer, to oversee the company’s financial strategy following a major fund raise earlier this year. “Cristina’s deep market and investment expertise will be instrumental as we expand Octaura’s platform and partnerships, and continue to modernize

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BofA projects financial gains, but investors want even more

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Key Insight: At its first investor day since 2011, Bank of America expressed optimism on a number of financial fronts, but it wasn’t enough to stop its stock from dropping slightly on Wednesday. Supporting Data: The bank issued new guidance on its return on tangible common equity, saying ROTCE would reach 16%-18% over the next

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HUD opens bidding for latest vacant-loan sale

Affordable housing, Housing markets, HUD, Industry News /

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced a December vacant-loan auction for properties secured by Home Equity Conversion mortgages. HVLS 2026-1 goes on sale on Dec. 9 and consists of first liens secured by Federal Housing Administration-backed HECMs, where borrowers and their spouses are deceased.  Total unpaid balance for the pool of loans

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Fair housing complaints stay near historic peak in 2024

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Housing discrimination complaints were close to their two-decade high in 2024, alarming advocates concerned about a pull-back in enforcement, the National Fair Housing Alliance said. Its 2025 Fair Housing Trends Report found 32,321 discrimination complaints were filed in the prior year. While this was lower than the 34,150 complaints received for 2023, it is still

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Fed’s Miran says ADP jobs data slightly better than expected

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Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran on Wednesday described data that showed employment at US companies increased in October as “a welcome surprise,” though he reiterated interest rates need to be lower. Private-sector payrolls increased by 42,000 after a revised 29,000 decline a month earlier, according to ADP Research data released Wednesday. The median estimate in

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Treasuries fall as supply outlook compounds anxiety about Fed

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Treasuries fell after the US government signaled that larger auction sizes are on the horizon, while signs of economic resilience hurt the odds a Federal Reserve interest-rate cut in December. Treasury Department officials, unveiling their plans for financing the US government deficit over the November-to-January period, said they’d begun “to preliminarily consider future increases,” even

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