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November 2025

Lender Price integrates FOA’s reverse products into marketplace

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California-based Lender Price has added its first reverse mortgage partner to its pricing and product eligibility (PPE) platform through an agreement with Finance of America (FOA). Lender Price Marketplace will provide brokers and lenders with live pricing for FOA’s Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) and HomeSafe proprietary reverse mortgage products. FOA — the second-largest HECM […]

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eXp takes a step toward increased referral fee transparency 

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National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) leadership may still have a divided view on the disclosure of referral fees, but one national real estate brokerage has come to a firm decision on where it stands. On Tuesday, eXp Realty announced that starting next Monday, Dec. 1, it will be implementing enhanced disclosure standards and a new “Consumer

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Mortgage prepayments hit 3.5-year high as rates fall in October

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Mortgage prepayments climbed to their highest level in three and a half years in October as lower interest rates prompted more borrowers to refinance, according to ICE Mortgage Technology’s First Look report. The single-month mortality rate, which measures prepayments, rose to 1.01%, up 16 basis points from a year earlier, when mortgage rates were at

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FHFA raises conforming loan limit to $832,750 for 2026

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The baseline conforming loan limit is set to increase by 3.25% in 2026, with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac now authorized to purchase mortgages up to $832,750 for one-unit properties in most parts of the country, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). The new limit, aligned with home-price trends, indicates a weaker housing

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Swalwell claims Pulte abused power to target Trump critics

Mortgage Fraud, Politics and policy /

Representative Eric Swalwell, a California Democrat who has been a frequent critic of Donald Trump, filed a lawsuit on Tuesday claiming Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte abused his power to retaliate against one of the president’s political opponents. Swalwell alleges Pulte obtained and used the lawmaker’s personal mortgage records in violation of US privacy laws

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U.S. Federal Housing raises 2026 conforming limits over 3%

Home Prices, Housing markets, LOAN PRODUCTS, Originations, Secondary markets, Underwriting /

U.S. Federal Housing is boosting the conforming loan limits by 3.26% for 2026 based on the annual change in home prices using an expanded data set. The new limit of $832,750, is an increase of $26,250 from the 2025 limit of $806,500. The high-cost ceiling for one-unit properties will be $1,249,125, which is 150% of

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Regulators finalize revised leverage rule for big banks

FDIC, Politics and policy, Regulation and compliance /

Key Insight: The enhanced supplemental leverage ratio was adjusted to be half of a bank’s Global Systemically Important Bank surcharge, cutting headline capital requirements while reaffirming risk-based capital rules as the primary binding constraint for banks. Supporting data: The new rule cuts banks’ Tier 1 capital needs by less than 2% for the GSIBs, but

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Bessent calls for simplified Fed as he ends candidate interviews

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that a key theme of his interviews for the next chair of the Federal Reserve has been simplifying the US central bank, which he indicated has become too complex in how it manages money markets. “One of the things in terms of the criteria that I’ve been looking for” has

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US homesellers pull stale listings off market as interest fades

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Homesellers in the US are yanking listings off the market, as the nation’s real estate sector stagnates.  Nearly 85,000 sellers removed their properties in September, the highest number for that month in eight years, according to Redfin. The number of stale listings — those sitting on the market for 60 days or more — jumped

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