The top-producing Suarez Team is joining real estate firm The Real Brokerage, according to a company announcement on Wednesday. Powered by James and Roxanne Suarez, the 10-person team serves the greater Los Angeles market, including Silicon Beach, Beverly Hills, Hollywood Hills and the South Bay. Before joining Real, the team was affiliated with Keller Williams […]
Data from the American Land Title Association’s (ALTA) Title & Settlement Agent Registry (ALTA Registry) will be integrated with the platform of closing software provider Qualia, according to an announcement on Wednesday. The data will be provided to Qualia under a licensing agreement with the ALTA Registry, which is a national database of title and […]
The top-ranked brokerage in the country by transaction sides, eXp Realty, is now under fire from the New York State Comptroller. In a letter sent to eXp Realty and eXp World Holdings CEO Glenn Sanford, Thomas DiNapoli asked the brokerage to open an independent investigation into the sexual harassment and assault allegations that have been raised against the […]
Mortgage rates stayed below 7% for the second week in a row, a welcome relief after a 17-week streak of above-7% rates. This week’s dip
HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Kathryn Amor, senior vice president and head of enterprise products at Guaranteed Rate, to talk about
First American is the latest real estate firm to suffer a cybersecurity incident. Sources told HousingWire the incident occurred Wednesday afternoon, with First American confirming
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sued the developer and lender Colony Ridge on Wednesday, alleging the company operated an illegal land sales scheme and made
There’s no higher honor than serving in the United States Military, which I deeply understand as a former Army sergeant. And, like many of my
It was late 2022 and Mike was feeling the pressure. Mortgage rates had climbed close to the 7% range and he was determined to remain
Dovenmuehle Mortgage, a mortgage sub-servicing company, has informed authorities in Illinois that it will impose a layoff affecting hundreds of employees next year. The company has decided to cut 212 jobs in its Lake Zurich site starting on Feb. 16, 2024, per a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN)
Mortgage rates stayed below 7% for the second week in a row, a welcome relief after a 17-week streak of above-7% rates. This week’s dip is the largest weekly drop since November 2022. The 30-year, fixed mortgage rate averaged 6.67% for the week ending Dec. 21, according to Freddie Mac‘s
HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Kathryn Amor, senior vice president and head of enterprise products at Guaranteed Rate, to talk about the intersection of product and technology. Sarah Wheeler: You joined Guaranteed Rate in January of 2023. What drew you to that role? Kathryn Amor: Their
First American is the latest real estate firm to suffer a cybersecurity incident. Sources told HousingWire the incident occurred Wednesday afternoon, with First American confirming the incident Thursday morning. In a statement on the title company’s website it notes that First American has “taken certain systems offline” and that it
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sued the developer and lender Colony Ridge on Wednesday, alleging the company operated an illegal land sales scheme and made false statements targeting tens of thousands of Hispanic borrowers in Texas. That’s the first predatory mortgage lending case brought by the DOJ. It’s also CFPB’s
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