Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Despite 2025 housing market predictions changing fast , there are still key themes and trends for real estate leaders to watch to best serve their clients and business. HW: What housing trends do you think will continue in 2025 and why? Home building is expected to increase in 2025.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 26, 2024

Reverse mortgage industry leader Finance of America (FOA) announced this week that it has restructured its unsecured debt into new, secured debt that will come due beyond the original 2025 maturity date. FOA added that more than 90% of the parties to the 2025 unsecured debt agreement agreed with the restructuring.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Real estate website design is evolving fast. In 2025, effective websites leverage beautiful imagery, videography, graphics, copywriting, captivating typography and user experience design (UX) to educate buyers and sellers and sell you as a hyper-local market expert and trusted advisor. Think again.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In this HousingWire executive conversation, Chris Kennedy , Director of Sales and Business Development at RiskSpan , explores the key recapture strategies that lenders can follow to maximize profit in the 2025 real estate market. In 2025, we could see a huge booming refinance market.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 11, 2024

is Realtor.coms Top Housing Market for 2025 , a list of the top 100 housing markets that are forecast to see increased sales in the coming year. Rounding out the top 10 markets are Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Fla.; These are markets that are primed and ready for growth in the year ahead, the firm says.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Required under separate regulatory frameworks, the FHFA submitted the plans as part of the 2025-2027 Duty to Serve (DTS) requirements and the 2025-2027 Equitable Housing Finance Plans (EHFPs). And Fannie Mae “will focus on enabling rural Community Development Financial Institutions to access secondary markets,” the FHFA explained.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

People seeking more space to accommodate working from home led to a minor outflow of residents that put the housing market on pause. The regional housing market was slower to recover from the financial crisis of the late 2000s than other parts of the country, and it had been reeling from a general decline of the region for years before that.

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Inman

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Chris Pollinger and designer Samantha Senia share the top 2025 design trends redefining luxury homes — from sustainable reclaimed wood tables to statement lounge chairs.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

As 2025 approaches, state-funded down payment assistance (DPA) programs are helping veterans , service members and surviving spouses achieve their dreams of homeownership. This comes from a new survey by Down Payment Resource — a nationwide database designed to connect prospective homebuyers to financial assistance opportunities.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2024

A private planning firm in California is launching a new tool to help local governments there prepare for a pending law designed to spur more construction of accessory dwelling units (ADUs). The prefabricated units, which span 361 square feet, are designed to reduce construction costs and minimize environmental impacts.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 23, 2024

The proposed goals for 2025 through 2027 are designed to ensure that the GSEs purchase mortgages that “responsibly promote equitable access to affordable housing that reaches low- and moderate-income families, minority communities, and other underserved populations,” according to information released this week by the agency.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Industry-leading reverse mortgage lender Finance of America (FOA) on Tuesday announced updates and new details for a previously announced exchange offer , which would swap current investor bonds due in 2025 with new bonds due one to four years later. 25, when the deal is set to expire, the company said.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Finance of America (FOA), the leading reverse mortgage lender, presented a robust outlook last week in its third-quarter 2024 earnings and is aiming to hit the ground running with business in 2025. This represents a significant opportunity for us as our products are specifically designed to serve this demographic.”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2024

These upgrades are available through Hive Solutions, a suite of real estate technology products designed for widespread use across several sectors of the industry. Hive MLS compares its platform to a bee hive, where worker bees — referring to agents — work together to gather resources and keep the hive, or the housing market, alive.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Over the next few months, sellers will have the opportunity to opt in for the full year 2025. The program is designed to be based on the UPB (unpaid principal balance), or the loan deliveries we receive in a specific quarter from the lenders, and the corresponding NAQ rate, which is the non-acceptable quality rate.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2024

Founded in 2017 in Greensboro, North Carolina by David Keener, the PREMIERE Group operates as a teamerage , providing agents with marketing and operations resources. The teamerage was previously brokered at eXp Realty. The Real Brokerage currently has over 13,000 agents across all 50 states. million, but it still recorded a net loss of $4.0

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The company has an aggressive marketing goal to reach the No. Citis previous use of the URL was to redirect to learning center content within the home lending pages on the Citi domain, according to Head of Mortgage Marketing at Citi, Chip Burgard. Market share and brand authority Why launch this site now?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) this week announced a new final rule establishing affordable housing goals for the loan purchases of government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from 2025 through 2027. 27, 2025, or 60 days following its publication in the Federal Register.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

With a membership comprising more than 90% of the mortgage servicing market, the NMSA is a nonpartisan organization driven by senior executive representation from the nation’s leading mortgage servicing organizations, formed to effect progress and change on the key challenges that face the mortgage servicing industry.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Amerivest brings experienced agents and a suite of technology and education tools — covering marketing , business management, customer relationship management (CRM) and document management solutions — that will integrate into Real’s platform. The acquisition is designed to better position Real as a leader in the digital brokerage space.

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Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2024

Its plan takes aim at liquidity, budget authority, pay scales and other potential flexibilities to more closely align with the value it brings to the government and the broader mortgage market. This undermines Ginnie Mae’s ability to run a market-driven program.”

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

We’ll also share best practices for developing and sending real estate newsletters and recommend some essential tools to make your email marketing stand out. Save time with pre-written newsletters from Market Leader Don’t have time to write three or more newsletters every month? Lets dive in!

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Appraisal Buzz

JUNE 11, 2024

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has issued a Request for Input (RFI) on the proposed 2025-2027 Underserved Markets Plans submitted by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the GSEs) under the Duty to Serve (DTS) program. The proposed Plans cover the period from January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2027. Thompson. “I

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

in 2025, according to a quarterly survey of housing experts conducted by government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) Fannie Mae. home-price growth is predicted to finish this year at 4.7% before slowing to 3.1%

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Housing Wire

JULY 10, 2024

Credit rating agency Fitch announced this week that its long-term issuer default rating (IDR) for Finance of America , the reverse mortgage industry’s leading lender, has been downgraded from “CCC+” to “C” following the announcement of a debt restructuring plan that staves off maturity risk beyond 2025.

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Housing Wire

JULY 11, 2024

historic credit data, a step that is designed to ease the transition to new credit reporting requirements by the end of next year. Earlier this year, the FHFA announced that it would transition away from the current tri-merge credit reporting system to a bi-merge system by fourth-quarter 2025.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Velocity 2025 will provide targeted content, niche industry insight, and networking opportunities within a relaxed environment designed to support the asset managers, vendors, and agents who specialize in the REO marketplace. Click here to view Early-Bird Registration opportunities for Velocity 2025. What’s in Store?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The reverse mortgage division of Rate formerly known as Guaranteed Rate recently announced the hiring of reverse industry veteran Jesse Allen as the president for Rates reverse lending division as the company heads into 2025. These efforts could be center on product expertise, marketing materials, sales strategies and more, Allen said.

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Housing Wire

JULY 3, 2024

In mid-June, an FOA filing with the SEC indicating that the company was preparing to perform a reverse stock split at a 10-to-1 ratio in a move designed to boost the company’s stock price. The company and noteholders agreed to “an exchange of any and all of the outstanding 2025 unsecured notes” into two new secured tranches.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 14, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, payments, insurance and proptech. market for homeowners’ insurance. StreamLoan is just one player in a burgeoning market. Register for the FinLedger Daily Newsletter.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Its the perfect inspiration for agents looking to level-up their branding and marketing. A post shared by Tatiana Londono (@tatlondono) Actionable Insights Share motivational content to inspire your audience and build your reputation as a mentor Be bold and authentic in your messaging to stand out in a crowded market 8.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

If an uptick in housing inventory and more favorable interest rates materialize in 2025, you’ll still need to find creative ways to generate buzz for your listings and expand your client network. Listing and marketing properties is a complicated process. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Nominations for HousingWire’s 2025 Tech100 Award are open now through December 16, 2024. Whether customers prefer to explore the open market for additional offers or sell on their own timeline without the hassle of showings, there’s a solution that suits their needs—all backed by the certainty of an Opendoor cash offer.”

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2024

So, they considerably added market share to the Guild platform. Sanchez: How does Guild differentiate itself in the markets that you’re trying to gain share in? This coaching program is designed and run by our own successful loan officers. How has that deal positioned your company for growth? AI is a huge part of that.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

David Bernard: The market events in early 2023 impacted the entire banking industry, creating a need for swift adaptation within the banking environment. These business lines provide built-in resilience by diversifying our deposit channels — an intentional design that has proven more crucial now than ever.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 10, 2023

“We’re driving adoption and utilization growth of our value-add features, maintaining strong retention, and growing mortgage market share – all while continuing to set the foundation for our next-generation mortgage products on our Blend Builder platform,” Ghamsari told analysts. The company posted $42.8 million and $41 million.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The bond market moves 50 basis points on Monday, and now everything’s out of date. So we built a flyer with a QR code on it that points to a library search where the customer can put in whatever they want and the way its designed is specific to that listing. SW: What are you looking forward to in 2025?

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