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Stockton Mortgage denies accessing former employees’ email accounts

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Kentucky-based Stockton Mortgage fired back against two former employees’ claims that the company accessed their personal email accounts multiple times in 2025 and used the messages in separate litigation. Two former loan officers, Christopher Hoehn and Ashley Hoehn, filed a complaint last week in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. The […]

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Rep. Swalwell drops privacy lawsuit against FHFA’s Pulte

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U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) has dropped a lawsuit that accused Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte of violating federal privacy laws. The parties agreed to the “dismissal of this action without prejudice, with each side bearing its own fees and costs,” according to court filings. The move means that Swalwell could refile

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Fidelity study shows delayed retirement amid inflation

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Rising costs of living and debt are pushing many Americans to rethink retirement as a flexible, phased transition, with 72% now expecting to retire on their own terms, according to Fidelity Investments’ 2026 State of Retirement Planning Study. The study, released last week and conducted annually since 2019, finds the majority of Americans are considering

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Indiana Regional MLS taps REcore for AI compliance platform

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Indiana Regional MLS (IRMLS) has signed an agreement with REcore to deploy Navigator by Lundy, an AI-powered knowledge and compliance platform, across its MLS and shareholder associations. In a move aimed at standardizing support and compliance across its footprint, IRMLS will provide Navigator access not only to its internal staff but also to its shareholder

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Housing demand still growing as mortgage rates reach inflection point

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Despite higher oil and gas prices, higher mortgage rates and no indication that the conflict in Iran is ending, existing home sales still posted another positive week. However, with every week that goes by with mortgage rates above 6.25% and heading higher, it gets harder to maintain that growth, and housing data in the past

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What a visit to NAR revealed about leadership change

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I’ll be honest with you — I’m not always the most charitable voice when it comes to the National Association of Realtors. Those of you who follow me know I say what’s on my mind, and for a while, my mind hasn’t been particularly generous toward NAR leadership. So, when I received an invitation to

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The housing blind spot: Why the Senate’s housing bill is a start, not a solution

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The passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act felt like a rare event in Washington: genuine, overwhelming bipartisanship. In a political climate defined by caustic friction, an 89-10 vote in the Senate isn’t a legislative victory; it is a confession. It is an admission by both parties that housing affordability has reached a

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Ex-employees accuse Stockton Mortgage of accessing personal emails

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Two former loan officers have sued Stockton Mortgage Corp., alleging the company illegally accessed their personal email accounts and used private messages in separate litigation against them. Christopher Hoehn and Ashley Hoehn filed the complaint on Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. They claim that Stockton and unidentified employees

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Judge denies NWMLS bid to dismiss Compass antitrust suit

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Compass’s antitrust lawsuit against Northwest MLS (NWMLS) is that much closer to heading to court.  On Thursday, Judge Jamal Whitehead of U.S. District Court in Seattle denied NWMLS’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit for failure to state a claim. Originally filed in late April 2025, the lawsuit centers around NWMLS’s listing policy. As a non-Realtor-association

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Mortgage rates are breaking higher — and things can get worse with Iran conflict

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The Iran conflict finally pushed the 10-year yield above a key level on Friday morning and if this move sticks and the conflict escalates further, mortgage rates are at risk of heading much higher during the spring season, something that wasn’t the case even a few weeks ago. Even some doves at the Federal Reserve

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