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Arrive Home introduces new versions of its Earned Equity Program

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Arrive Home has launched two new iterations of its Earned Equity Program (EEP), which helps consumers achieve homeownership through a long-term purchase contract. The program is now available through two separate products designed for different groups of borrowers: EEP Pathway and EEP DocLight.  EEP Pathway is ideally suited for individual tax identification number (ITIN) holders and […]

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Georgia brokerage joins Century 21 network

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Century 21 Real Estate has expanded its presence in Georgia with the addition of Realty 1 Georgia, a brokerage led and founded by Angela Whitmire. The firm — which will now operate as Century 21 Realty 1 Professionals — has offices in Covington and Milledgeville, Georgia. It serves residential and commercial clients across the eastern

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DOJ: Former attorney pleads guilty to wire fraud tied to reverse mortgage misuse

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A former attorney in Washington state this week pleaded guilty in federal court to defrauding a disabled client out of an estimated $800,000 — in part through the misuse of a reverse mortgage, according to an announcement by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington. The

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CHLA offers support for Pulte’s position on FICO pricing

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After a statement made last week in condemning the credit-score pricing practices of Fair Isaac Corp. (FICO), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte is now being complimented for his position by the Community Home Lenders of America (CHLA). CHLA on Tuesday sent a letter to Pulte, saying that FICO “has a clear monopoly

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Supreme Lending to acquire Michigan Mutual: sources

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Dallas-based Supreme Lending has reached a deal to acquire Michigan Mutual, Inc. (MiMutual), adding a wholesale platform and a presence in Michigan to its operations, sources told HousingWire. Founded in 1999, Supreme Lending originated $3.8 billion over the past 12 months, with most of its volume concentrated in Texas, Florida and California, according to mortgage

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NAHREP’s top Latino loan officers closed $22B in volume in 2024

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The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP) on Wednesday released its annual Top 250 Latino Mortgage Originators Report, which recognizes the nation’s top-performing Latino mortgage professionals. NAHREP received nearly 5,000 nominations and is recognizing more than 600 Latino mortgage originators this year across various national and regional rankings. Even in a high interest

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New MISMO reference model includes reverse mortgages

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After embarking on an ambitious project designed to ease the technological processes and interfaces of the reverse mortgage industry compared to traditional mortgage workflows, the Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization (MISMO) announced this week that the latest version of its reference model includes reverse mortgage features. On Tuesday, MISMO announced that the new version has

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Washington state church completes affordable housing conversion

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A lack of affordable housing units in one of Washington state’s largest cities has pushed a community church into action as it seeks to convert some of its property holdings into as many as 60 affordable housing units. Shiloh Baptist Church in Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood is taking steps to convert two of its properties into

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Culture over commission: Building a top-producing team that lasts

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Some brokerages are what I sometimes think of as “Lily Pads” because they’re waystations where agents sometimes go—albeit briefly—to level up their commission splits. And then they move on. Lily Pad brokerages attract and recruit based on a higher split, but fail to retain a cohesive team because they don’t lead with a culture focused

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What implicit guarantee means for rates on GSEs’ release

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Will mortgage rates go higher if the government takes the GSEs out of conservatorship? Many people would say yes if there were no government backing of these two giants, but on Tuesday evening the calculus changed. In a social media post on Tuesday, President Trump expressed his intention to transition the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) out

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