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January 2026

Trump to announce new Fed chair Friday, sending the 10-year yield higher

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President Donald Trump announced on Thursday evening that he will name his choice for the next Federal Reserve chair on Friday morning. At publication time, prediction sites Polymarket and Kalshi had Kevin Warsh as the frontrunner, putting his odds of being chosen at more than 85%, which sent the 10-year yield higher. CNBC reported that […]

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PennyMac reports Q4 profit of $107M as origination growth offsets MSR runoff

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PennyMac Financial Services reported its full-year and fourth-quarter 2025 earnings on Thursday, telling investors and analysts that higher mortgage production helped offset pressure on servicing income from increased prepayment activity. The California-based company posted a solid quarter and a strong 2025, but its growth in loan production is doing the heavy lifting. Servicing profitability is

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NVR’s Q4 and the value of staying land-light in a headwinds market

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A headwinds-meets-crosswinds housing market buffets homebuilding business leaders as 2026’s spring selling stretch lies just ahead. Almost in everything, everywhere and all at once, homebuilding firms are buying sales, trying not to be among those whose inventory ages on the vine. An outlying knack for sustaining a new-order pace, defined less by price discovery and

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RealTrends Verified ranked De Niro Team joins Brown Harris Stevens

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After over two decades at Douglas Elliman, Raphael De Niro and his team are making the move to Brown Harris Stevens.  The New York City-based De Niro Team, which consists of De Niro and eight other agents, closed 14 transaction sides for a total of $52.12 million in sales volume in 2024 according to RealTrends

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Rocket RESPA lawsuit is unique but faces early legal hurdles, attorneys say

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The class-action lawsuit filed this week against Rocket Companies and its subsidiaries, which alleges violations of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), has drawn heightened attention from the mortgage industry as a wave of mergers and acquisitions accelerates the push toward vertically integrated business models. Legal experts have described the case as “unique,” saying

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Why M/I Homes is spec-heavy ahead of the spring selling season

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M/I Homes’ Q4 2025 earnings call this week peeled back details on how one of the nation’s top-20 homebuilding enterprises will lean into a contrarian, spec-heavy strategy. Based on the firm’s geographical footprint, product set and construction operational efficiencies, M/I executives are betting a measured spec strategy will pay dividends as homebuilding’s spring selling season

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Propy secures $100 million for AI-powered closing platform

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Propy — a tech company using artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain to automate real estate closings — announced it has secured a $100 million credit facility from Metropolitan Partners Group. Financing will be used to consolidate title and escrow companies into an AI-powered, end-to-end closing platform. According to Propy, transaction costs can approach 10% of

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Paul Fiore on making HighTechLending a bigger mortgage player

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Paul Fiore enjoys taking on new challenges, something he’s done before during a lengthy stint at American Advisors Group (AAG) and pit stops at Finance of America and Smartfi Home Loans. Fiore’s reverse mortgage industry journey took another turn recently after he joined California-headquartered HighTechLending (HTL) as its vice president of sales and branch production.

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Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group hires Robyn Zacharias as CMO

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Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group on Thursday announced the appointment of Robyn Zacharias as chief marketing officer. Zacharias, who brings 30-plus years of marketing and advertising leadership to the company, will oversee the company’s marketing, brand and communications strategy. “Robyn is a proven leader who will elevate Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group’s marketing efforts and strengthen our

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CHLA: IMBs drive majority of single-family mortgages in 2025

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The Community Home Lenders of America (CHLA) on Thursday released its 2025 report on independent mortgage banks (IMBs), highlighting these companies as the “dominant” force in mortgage lending as they originated 84.1% of all U.S. single-family mortgages last year. CHLA cited data from the Urban Institute, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and Ginnie Mae in

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