Key Insight: Inflation showed signs of cooling in January, with the annual inflation rate dropping to 2.4%. Supporting data: Prices excluding food and fuel rose 0.3% in January, while food increased 0.2% and energy prices ticked down by 1.5%, the report found. Forward look: The January inflation reading remains slightly above the Fed’s longstanding 2% […]
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Featured in this episode: Dr. Lee Davenport MBA Professor & Executive Coach at HousingWire Zebulon Lowe Senior Director of the Content Studio at HousingWire Relevant Links: Open the door to the most powerful room in housing. Join us April 27th-30th at The Gathering by HousingWire. The AI Summit on August 11th The Builder’s Daily Summit on
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Mortgage lenders don’t have the luxury of waiting for AI regulations to settle. While states and Washington spar over who sets the rules, lenders remain fully accountable for how artificial intelligence is used in underwriting, servicing, marketing and fraud detection. The question is no longer if AI will be regulated; it’s whether lenders are ready
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Reverse mortgage professionals struggling with consumer hesitation may find their most effective entry point isn’t home equity, but rather Social Security. That was the message from Thomas Drapala, director of strategic partnerships at the National Association of Registered Social Security Analysts (NARSSA), who on Thursday led a webinar hosted by the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders
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Demand that is awakened — lit by a flame, chasing a well-deserved dream home — is fundamentally different from demand sparked by being a rental refugee, where the walls have closed in and every monthly payment feels like a frittered-away sum that could have done more. Serving both customers today increasingly looks like operating in
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Direct retail endorsements for Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs) don’t capture the full picture of origination activity in the federally insured reverse mortgage space. Reverse Market Insight (RMI) and HECMWorld are looking to change that. On Thursday, HECMWorld published an RMI dataset of HECM endorsements through brokers and third-party originators (TPOs). The initial report covers
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New York-based Tradeweb Markets Inc., operator of electronic trading platforms, has made a strategic investment in and finalized a commercial partnership with digital mortgage exchange MAXEX. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The collaboration is designed to broaden institutional access to the U.S. residential mortgage market, connecting Tradeweb’s global network of more than
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The Housing for the 21st Century Act — a sweeping housing reform package moving through Congress — is the boldest step yet in a broad federal push to increase housing supply and improve affordability. The legislation directs the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to publish “best practices” for states and local governments
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National mortgage lender Waterstone Mortgage Corp. announced on Thursday the promotion of four employees to leadership roles at its home office, elevating executives in capital markets, human resources, information security and financial planning. The promotions include Casey Seefeldt to vice president of capital markets, Melissa Wagner to vice president of human resources, Scott Howard to
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A federal judge this week refused to block a special purpose credit program (SPCP) designed to reduce the racial homeownership gap across Washington state, rejecting a constitutional challenge brought by nonprofit Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism (FAIR). U.S. District Court Judge John H. Chun denied FAIR’s request for a preliminary injunction to halt the Covenant
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