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Keller Williams welcomes large Arkansas-based team
Curtis Realty Group is joining Keller Williams Market Pro Realty, bringing 31 agents and eight staff members with it.
Lower rates spur refis at UWM, hit MSR valuations in Q1
United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), the largest originator in America, produced $32.4 billion in mortgages in the first quarter of 2025.
FTC investigates the Zillow-Redfin multifamily rentals deal
Late last week The Capitol Forum reported that the FTC was investigating the $100 million rental deal between Zillow and Redfin
Mortgage stocks are in free fall. So what’s next?
The six nonbank lenders that went public during the pandemic have lost around $36 billion in combined value since Rocket debuted on the NYSE in August 2020, according to an analysis by HousingWire.
Rising interest rates trigger an exuberant MSR market
“On average, historically, we’d be selling $100 billion to $125 billion [in MSRs] annually,” Incenter Mortgage Advisors’ Tom Piercy said. “And now we just did over $110 billion for the month of January.”
