MBA backs CFPB strategic plan, urges broader mortgage rule relief

Plus: Mortgage rates won’t drop to 3%

Down payments, not commissions, remain buyers’ biggest hurdles

Plus: Real estate 'finfluencer' gets jail time for $23M Ponzi scheme

🧑‍💻 Sellers are Googling for help

Mortgage applications rise as rates fall to one-month low

Plus: March existing home sales hit slowest pace since 2009

FBI: Real estate cyberfraud rises with more AI scams

Plus: New American Funding opens its first Nebraska branch

Washington state charges Newrez with mortgage servicing violations, seeks $4M fine

Plus: Purchase demand falls year-over-year for the first time since January 2025

💪 Your buyer just got the most leverage they've had since 2013

Americans want community, but barely know their neighbors

Plus: First American sues Novad, seeks to freeze assets over $1.6M

Rocket edges ahead in loans as UWM dominates volume

Plus: Office-to-apartment conversions hit another record

FICO tri-merge price jumped 1,500% in four years

Plus: PartnerOne closes acquisition of Mortgage Cadence

🏠 Your investor's flip isn't selling → Don't cut the price

Refi demand down 40% in a month as rates hit highest since August

Plus: Vought requests CFPB funding — but only under protest