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Homebuilder confidence inches up, but the outlook is not pretty
Donald Trump’s trade war has homebuilders down in the dumps, but they’ve become slightly more optimistic of late.
New Hampshire joins the pack of states to ban right-to-list agreements
New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed a bill into law this week that makes right-to-list agreements unenforceable.
Mortgage demand for new homes dropped in June but is still up annually
New-home mortgage applications fell in June, consistent with typical seasonal patterns, but remained ahead of last year’s pace.
Cardinal Financial unveils non-QM product suite
Cardinal Financial is launching a nonqualified mortgage product suite that offers flexible lending solutions for nontraditional borrowers.
Rocket makes a Super Bowl commercial comeback
The ad aired nationally during the second quarter and was set to a reimagined version of John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads.”
Vought shuts down most of the CFPB’s functions, cuts off funding, closes HQ
Russell Vought, the new acting director of the CFPB, has also closed the headquarters this week
‘Owning Manhattan’ becomes recruitment supertool for SERHANT.
SERHANT. has shot its brand to the top of every agent’s wishlist by making a hit Netflix show, “Owning Manhattan.”
CoStar changes two Homes.com ads after Move challenges traffic numbers
Move filed two Fast-Track SWIFT challenges asking the BBB’s NAD to examine Homes.com’s site traffic advertisements.
Owning Manhattan? How much business SERHANT.’s agents really do
Since launching in late June, Ryan Serhant’s latest reality TV venture “Owning Manhattan” on Netflix, has become quite the phenomenon. Despite debuting on June 28, the show cracked Netflix’s top-10 most streamed shows in the U.S. for the week ending on June 30. The show stars Serhant, who is no stranger to reality TV, having […]
