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• What ICE’s Encompass bombshell means for the mortgage industry September 11, 2024
  The sunsetting of Encompass SDK should modernize the mortgage space, but it will cost some vendors serious money to move to the API platform.
  James Kleimann
• UWM will use AI to tap into refi pools  September 11, 2024
  United Wholesale Mortgage launched KEEP, which uses artificial intelligence to send pre-validated refinance opportunities to consumers.
  Connie Kim
• Mortgage rates drop to another new low for 2024 September 11, 2024
  On this crazy day with the bond market, mortgage rates dropped to another yearly low after the CPI inflation print.
  Logan Mohtashami
• HUD issues ’extensive’ update to manufactured housing safety standards September 11, 2024
  HUD's new manufactured housing safety standards are designed to allow for more modern construction and greater amounts of supply.
  Chris Clow
• loanDepot hires Nancy Smith to oversee Colorado, Wyoming markets September 11, 2024
  Smith has extensive prior sales leadership experience, most recently at Homeowners Financial Group USA.
  Connie Kim
• CMG’s Sean Kirksey on building out the reverse mortgage division September 11, 2024
  CMG Home Loans’ Sean Kirksey sits down to discuss building the company’s reverse division and its plans as it heads into 2025.
  Chris Clow
• Aging in place could become ‘big business’ for homebuilders September 11, 2024
  An article from Kiplinger says that builders are in the unique position to benefit from an increasingly common desire to age in place.
  Chris Clow
• Atlanta’s real estate elite: Top agents in a trillion-dollar market September 11, 2024
  Atlanta is the No. 1 market for millennial homebuyers, with over 83,000 annual millennial-driven home purchases. 
  HW Media Content Studio
• Mortgage rates are plummeting, but will sales grow? September 11, 2024
  The affordability crisis isn't one easily solved. We look at the housing market conditions needed to see real home sales growth in the fall and winter.
  Mike Simonsen
• Refinance demand is up, but most borrowers lack incentive September 11, 2024
  The refi market isn’t expected to get much bigger as 76.1% of homeowners have a mortgage with a rate below 5%, according to a recent Redfin analysis.
  Connie Kim