Housing

HUD rescinds appraisal review policies

Policies related to appraisal appeals, or reconsiderations of value (ROV), were rescinded Wednesday by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). “While the adoption of a standardized ROV...

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Build, baby, build: How the US can start fixing its housing supply crisis

Let’s start with the bad news: The U.S. housing deficit is currently between 1.5 million and 8 million homes (estimates among experts vary widely). And worse, the core reasons for such a shortage c...

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FOA appoints new board members, including former US senator

One of the nation’s leading reverse mortgage lenders, Finance of America (FOA), on Thursday announced the appointment of two new members to its board of directors — including a former U.S. senator....

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Top execs at Freddie Mac, FHFA fired: report

The top executives at Freddie Mac, along with a top HR official at the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), were fired Thursday, according to a report on SEMAFOR. The publication repor...

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First-time homebuyers becoming first-time home sellers

The surge in first-time homebuyers during 2020 has led to a new trend: first-time home sellers. Many who bought during the pandemic are now rethinking their decisions, citing changing li...

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Rocket is acquiring Redfin’s huge flow of purchase leads. Can the mortgage giant convert them?

Rocket Companies hopes to close a $1.75 billion deal to acquire resi brokerage and portal Redfin in Q2 or Q3 2025. It seems that everyone in mortgage and real estate has an opinion about Roc...

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eXp welcomes $70M Tim Stout Group team in Georgia

The Georgia-based Tim Stout Group is making the move to eXp Realty, according to an announcement on Wednesday. The team, which is named after its leader and founder Tim Stout, was previ...

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CHLA urges FHFA director to keep issues for small IMBs in mind

Given the current housing environment in the U.S., the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)’s new leader should prioritize the affordable housing footprint across the country, find ways to cut cos...

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How Senior Living Sales Teams Help Coach Prospects Through ‘I’m Not Ready’ Moments

“I’m not ready to move in” – it’s a common refrain among prospects going through the senior living sales journey. Often this is a result of the fact that older adults don’t know exactly what senior...

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Movers and Shakers: Jandris, Gardner Join Cushman & Wakefield; Former DaVinci Digital CEO Joins Kendal Corp.

Movers & Shakers is brought to you by the Senior Housing News Job Board. Browse and apply to management and executive senior living jobs and positions from leading professional firms serving th...

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Viva Senior Living Eyes Adding Up to 30 Communities in 2025 Growth Spurt

Viva Senior Living is on a fast growth pace in 2025, with plans to potentially bring on as many as 20 to 30 new communities this year alone. The Norwood, NJ-based company, now at 33 communi...

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Longbridge appoints new head of credit policy, underwriting and QC

Financial services veteran Patrick Halonen has joined reverse mortgage lender and servicer Longbridge Financial as the company’s new head of credit policy, underwriting and quality control. ...

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Mortgage industry veteran Tammy Richards takes on new role at Kind Lending

Chief operating officer Tammy Richards is taking on a new role at Kind Lending. Richards announced Tuesday on LinkedIn that she’s now the president of retail at Kind Lending, a move that comes a li...

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NRMLA supports Hawaii bill seeking state-run reverse mortgage program

After taking the time to digest elements of a proposal from lawmakers in Hawaii, the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA) has expressed support for a measure to establish a state-r...

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Harvard study suggests inflation, labor shortages threaten remodeling industry

The U.S. remodeling industry reached $600 billion in value following the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite recent softening in 2022 and 2023, it still remains 50% above pre-pandemic levels. Bu...

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Truework launches automated income verification platform

Truework bolstered its mortgage technology platform by creating a new tool, Truework Intelligence, the company announced on Thursday. The platform will give property managers and mortgage lenders a...

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Homebuilder confidence sinks on Trump’s tariff chaos

President Donald Trump’s ever-shifting tariff policy has homebuilders down in the dumps. The overall reading of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Marke...

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The rise and fall of great real estate brokerage firms

Paul Kennedy’s 1987 book The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers examined how dominant world powers reached extraordinary global influence, only to experience significant declines— often due to shift...

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Mortgage lenders emerge as CFPB defenders, with caveats

Since the inauguration of President Donald Trump, his administration has aggressively sought to curtail the functions of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). This has led to a coordinat...

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Ardley named winner of TMC’s Mortgage Tech Demo Day

The Mortgage Collaborative‘s (TMC) Emerging Technology Fund hosted its seventh annual Mortgage Tech Demo Day (MTD) on March 16 at the collaborative’s “Live Large, Think Big!” conference in Arlingto...

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Ohio Realtors’ President Michelle Billings on building client relationships

In this week’s episode of the RealTrending podcast, host Tracey Velt sits down with Ohio Realtors President Michelle Billings, an agent at Coldwell Banker Realty in Montgomery, Ohio. They e...

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