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Social Security planning could open the door for reverse mortgage conversations

HWmember, National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association, Retirement, Reverse, Social Security /

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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Taylor Morrison’s 2026 rebalance: romance over discounts

Homebuilders, Leadership, Real Estate Marketing, Residential Real Estate, The Builder's Daily /

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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Here are the nation’s top reverse mortgage brokers for 2025

HECM, HWmember, Mortgage, Reverse, Reverse Market Insight, Reverse Mortgage Daily /

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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Tradeweb makes investment in digital mortgage exchange MAXEX

HWmember, Institutional investors, MAXEX, Mortgage, private-label securities, Secondary market, Technology /

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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What the Housing for the 21st Century Act means for real estate agents, lenders

Affordable housing, ALTA, Congress, Donald Trump, Homebuilders, House of Representatives, Housing Inventory, HUD, HWmember, Lenders, Mortgage, National Association of Realtors, National Housing Conference, Real Estate, Regulatory Compliance, Trump administration, Zoning /

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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Judge upholds Washington state’s special purpose credit program

Discrimination, Fair Housing, Fair Lending, HWmember, Lawsuit, Legal, Mortgage, National Fair Housing Alliance, Origination, Redlining, Washington /

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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Waterstone Mortgage announces four leadership promotions

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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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Arizona Regional MLS CEO Matthew Consalvo plans 2027 exit

Arizona, MLS, MLS/Associations, People Movers, Real Estate /

After 14 years at the helm, Matthew Consalvo has announced that he will be retiring from his role as Arizona Regional MLS’s (ARMLS) CEO in the spring of 2027. ARMLS announced Consalvo’s decision to retire earlier this week.  According to the MLS, during his time at ARMLS, Consalvo has helped to modernize the MLS, advance

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Hundreds may join E Mortgage Capital wage lawsuit

CAREER & COMPENSATION, Law and legal issues /

Hundreds of E Mortgage Capital employees could join a wage lawsuit against the brokerage, after a federal judge granted conditional approval to certify a class.  Processing Content The federal complaint in Arizona accuses the lender of failing to pay overtime to numerous workers, from loan officers to processors to managers. An attorney for plaintiffs told

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