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Do you get déjà vu? The PLS sues NAR — again
The PLS renewed its antitrust suit against NAR over the trade group’s Clear Cooperation Policy after a tolling agreement ended.
Housing industry cheers Senate passage of the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
Senate Republicans on Tuesday advanced President Donald Trump’s sprawling “Big Beautiful Bill” in a last-second flurry of votes.
With mortgage rates easing, will the summer housing market heat up?
Much of the recent movement in rates can be tied to the Trump administration’s political machinations at the Federal Reserve. The president has continued to point fingers at Fed Chair Jerome Powell for failing to lower rates more quickly, even as inflation nears the Fed’s goal of 2% per year and unemployment remains relatively low at 4.2%.
Credit reports will be at least 20% more expensive in 2025, frustrated mortgage execs say
Lenders have yet to see price increases from credit providers. However, in planning for 2025, many have already started factoring in higher credit reporting costs.
Credit data shows: There’s no housing crash coming
The updated New York Fed credit report shows why we won’t see a housing bubble crash anytime soon, despite what your crazy uncle thinks.
How Rocket Mortgage plans to win in 2025
Rocket Mortgage’s strategy for 2025 includes acquiring more mortgage servicing rights to capitalize on its eye-popping 85% recapture rate.
Mortgage rates climb as US yields hit highest level since 2008
Mortgage rates continued to climb this week as U.S. bond yields hit their highest level since 2008. Despite the turbulence, some analysts said a debt crisis is not imminent.
Housing starts tick back up in July in spite of headwinds
U.S. single-family homebuilding picked up significantly in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.452 million, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. But starts have been down 13 of the last 15 months on a year over year basis.
Gary Keller: Good agents will still thrive in a stormy market
Despite persistent inflation challenges, a volatile mortgage market and limited inventory, Keller Williams Keller said it was still a good time to buy a house.
