Deborah Kearns is an Editor with HousingWire who has nearly two decades of experience in editorial content and communications. She has spent 15 years covering the housing industry. Prior to HousingWire, she was director of communications with Finance of America Companies and was a managing editor with Finance of America Mortgage. She has worked as a mortgage/real estate writer and editor with Nerdwallet, Bankrate and LendingTree, and as a senior editor at RE/MAX World Headquarters. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, USA Today, Marketwatch, Yahoo! Finance, The Associated Press and numerous other media outlets. She got her start in news as a cops and courts reporter at The Gainesville (Florida) Sun. Deborah holds a master's degree in public relations from Ball State University and a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Florida.
