Zillow announced new listing access standards that require listings to be posted in the Multiple Listing Service within one day of publicly marketing to consumers. The new standards come after the National Association of Realtors announced its “Multiple Listing Options for Sellers” policy, which permits a seller to delay marketing a listing.
Patrick Stone, chairman and founder of Williston Financial Group, shared a wide swath of economic data and predictions for this year during the “Q2 Economic Outlook” complimentary October Research webinar.
Mortgage credit availability increased in March, driven by growth in cash-out refinance programs, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Mortgage Credit Availability Index.
As state attorneys general continue ramping up supervisory and enforcement activities in the consumer financial protection space, Ballard Spahr assembled a team of attorneys whose specialties include helping navigate firms through increasingly complex state-level regulatory waters.
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte said over 100 Fannie Mae employees have been fired since he was sworn in as chairman of the board of directors of the government-sponsored enterprise.
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is extending existing foreclosure moratoriums on FHA-insured single-family mortgages affected by Hurricanes Helene and Milton for another 90 days.
Refinances made up a quarter of all rate lock activity in March, according to Optimal Blue’s latest Market Advantage mortgage data report. That was the highest level seen since September 2024.
A recent paper by the Urban Institute encourages policymakers to consider leveraging the tax code to help improve housing affordability, as more spending on housing is done through the tax code than through housing programs administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner sent a letter to HUD grantees and stakeholders reinforcing the directive that federal housing assistance will no longer be granted to undocumented immigrants or sanctuary cities.
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) announced a new application programming interface testing platform designed to streamline digital interactions and improve the efficiency of FHA’s loan origination processes.
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