Top-35 mortgage lender New American Funding (NAF) is in negotiations to acquire Chicago-based retail shop Draper & Kramer Mortgage Corp. (DKMC), multiple sources told HousingWire.The sources said negotiations are in the late stages and remaining details are expected to be finalized this month. As pa

For several weeks, I’ve been reporting data that shows the housing market growing in 2024. Those metrics, specifically the pace of new listings and new sales contracts, slowed this week. Our immediate sales metric of homes that get offers within a couple days of listing also slowed. New listings and

Uniondale, New York-based Ranieri Solutions brought on Rob Lux as its CEO to spearhead the company’s go-to-market efforts for its cloud-native servicing platform. Lux joins the mortgage tech company from Cenlar FSB, the nation’s largest subservicer, where he served as executive vice president and ch

Right-to-list agreement firm MV Realty is no longer allowed to offer brokerage services in North Carolina. The ban was the result of a two-day hearing, during which the embattled real estate firm fought to maintain its ability to conduct business in the state.In the end, the court agreed with the st

Seniors largely want to remain in their own homes as they get older, and that preference could be remaking the housing market in the city of Chicago, according to a new report.Construction Coverage, a company that reviews construction software, insurance, and financial products in order to assist pr

Sagent, a fintech software company providing a servicing management platform for banks and lenders, appointed Chris Marshall as executive chairman. Marshall is vice chairman and president of Mr. Cooper, but announced plans to retire last year and will transition out of his role leading Mr. Cooper’s

The real estate industry is facing one less copycat commission lawsuit. On Thursday, Robert Friedman voluntarily dismissed without prejudice the lawsuit he filed in late December in U.S. District Court in New York against the Real Estate Board of New York and several brokerages, according to court f

Top-producing mega team PREMIERE Group is joining fast-growing firm The Real Brokerage, according to an announcement on Monday.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 team

Housing inventory, new listing data and mortgage rates are all rising, but the price cut data percentages are falling. Traditionally at this time of year purchase apps rise and the number of price cuts fall. However, at the current trend, we will break below the lows in the price cut percentage data

Just ahead of a deadline to avert a partial U.S. government shutdown, lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate unveiled the “Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024.” The proposal would increase the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, which housing groups say co

Country Club Mortgage, a home lender based in California, has decided to lay off over 100 employees due to “facility closures,” documents sent to state regulators show. “This letter serves to give you an amended 60-day notice of permanent layoffs and facility closures effective Feb. 6, 2024,” Sherry

Despite a documented preference that older Americans have to age in place, the current housing inventory is inadequate to support the needs of an aging population. This is according to a report from MarketWatch in collaboration with Columbia University’s Age Boom Academy.Homes in which people raise

Nonbank mortgage lender and servicer loanDepot has started to restore functionality to some of its technology systems impacted by an early January cyberattack. However, its operations remain impacted as it continues to investigate the incident.On Jan. 18, the company began to restore several impacte

Tennessee-based community bank Patriot Bank agreed to pay $1.9 million to resolve allegations from the Department of Justice (DOJ) that it engaged in redlining discriminatory practices.The DOJ alleged that from 2015 through at least 2020, Patriot avoided providing mortgage services to majority-Black

Today, we saw existing home sales slip a bit month to month, which isn’t surprising to me as purchase application data started its positive run in November. That data line typically looks out 30-90 days for sales — it doesn’t move as fast as some people think. Since making some holiday adjustments,

Real estate professionals in California are facing yet another commission lawsuit. Filed on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Sacramento by Willsim Latham, LLC., the copycat suit alleges that real estate industry players have colluded to artificially inflate real estate agent commissions.The lawsui

No set path exists for any professional to enter the reverse mortgage industry. People often find themselves in the business from various other professions. It’s the case for Finance of America Companies  (FOA) Chief Marketing Officer Chris Moschner.Arriving at FOA following its acquisition of Ameri

Fannie Mae has a rosy outlook for mortgage rates. The government sponsored enterprise is projecting that rates will drop below 6% by the end of 2024, which in turn will boost refi volumes and help thaw the existing home sales market. Following years of volatility in mortgage rates, the housing marke

The rash of recent mortgage and title industry data breaches serves as a sobering reminder of the paramount importance of cybersecurity. In this first installment of our reducing cyber risk series, let’s explore a crucial facet of cybersecurity: bolstering resilience in your critical systems and ser