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• CrossCountry Mortgage settles sexual harassment case in Georgia August 21, 2025
  CrossCountry Mortgage, a branch manager in Georgia and a former employee have reached a settlement in a sexual harassment lawsuit.
  Flávia Furlan Nunes
• Existing home sales surprise with positive growth in July August 21, 2025
  The NAR Existing home sales report in July exceeded monthly estimates and demonstrated year-over-year growth.
  Logan Mohtashami
• Survey: Job insecurity leading to home purchase delays August 21, 2025
  Two-in-three workers were somewhat or very confident in their job security, in line with 2024 findings from the Pew Research Center.
  Jonathan Delozier
• Existing-home sales rise in July after a rock-bottom June August 21, 2025
  Data from NAR shows that existing home sales rose 2.0% from June to July, while housing inventory was up 15.7% annually.
  Brooklee Han
• CHLA details IMB priorities for a Fannie-Freddie public offering August 21, 2025
  IMBs can sign on to the CHLA letter, which is set to be sent in September to FHFA Director Bill Pulte and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
  Sarah Wolak
• Sagent hires two execs to drive market share and Dara growth August 21, 2025
  Sagent appointed Art Calhoun as vice president of strategic partnerships and Kim Warnica as vice president of product marketing.
  Sarah Wolak
• Home prices may be about to turn negative August 21, 2025
  Home prices have defied the slow market and continued to climb, year after year. That may be, finally, about to change. 
  Mike Simonsen
• New Western CEO says the firm beat OpenDoor as nation’s largest homebuyer in Q2 2025 August 21, 2025
  The real estate investment marketplace surpassed Opendoor as the nation's largest homebuyer during the second quarter of 2025.
  Brooklee Han
• The real estate broker’s edge: Turning real estate education into your recruiting strategy August 21, 2025
  Change isn’t coming to real estate — it’s already here. We have a low barrier to entry, plus economic uncertainty, which means new agents have a multitude of options and the ability to be selective about who they partner with.
  HW Media Content Studio
• Open banking under pressure: What new data access models could mean for mortgage verification August 21, 2025
  Recently, JPMorgan Chase announced a shift in how it manages access to consumer banking data, introducing new data access fees for third-party aggregators. While the move focuses on infrastructure cost-sharing and consumer data stewardship, it reflects an evolving discussion about how financial institutions manage and fund access to their infrastructure, raising important questions about how […]
  Brian Francis