New-home sales off to a roaring start in 2024

Plus: NAR runs out of liability insurance coverage

Builder sentiment posts third consecutive gain

Plus: Mortgage rates rise

Subject Line: High Hopes for Mortgage Rates in 2024: Insights Inside!

Inflation rose by a bigger-than-expected 3.1%

Plus: Guild Mortgage announces acquisition of competitor Academy Mortgage

Most and least affordable major housing markets

Plus: Mortgage credit availability increased in January

Mortgage rate optimism hits survey high

Plus: Judge dismisses lawsuit against UWM's "All-In", CoStar to spend a billion on marketing Homes.com

Mortgage rate lock volume increased by 14% in December

Plus: Banks report tightened lending standards

A jobs report stunner

Plus: FHA removes mandatory mortgage branch registration requirement

Fed signals cuts are possible but not imminent as it holds rates steady

Plus: Keller Williams settles the Sitzer/Burnett commission lawsuit for $70 million

Charted: Homebuyer assistance programs in 2023

Plus: UWM sues broker shop over ‘the ultimatum’

Pending home sales climbed 8.3% in December

Plus: Composition of homeownership by age

Fannie Mae unveils $2,500 homebuying credit

Plus: LoanSnap receives cease and desist over unlicensed originators