Housing Wire
MARCH 30, 2025
Homeowner delinquency rates are rising from record low levels but arent even back to pre-COVID-19 levels yet. This weekend, there has been a lot of discussion on social media surrounding homeowners’ delinquency data. This situation has prompted me to write this article and bring some reality into this discussion because the narrative being pushed is simply not true.
Eye on Housing
MARCH 31, 2025
NAHB recently released its 2025 Priced-Out Analysis, highlighting the housing affordability challenge. While previous posts discussed the impacts of rising home prices and interest rates on affordability, this post focuses on the related U.S. housing affordability pyramid. The pyramid reveals that 70% of households (94 million) cannot afford a $400,000 home, while the estimated median.
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Inman
MARCH 31, 2025
A new website soliciting plaintiffs for a possible class-action suit against the Washington MLS asks homeowners if they've sold in the state and seen "a price drop or significant days on market.
Real Estate News
MARCH 31, 2025
Rocket makes $9.4 billion deal to buy Mr. Cooper and bring together the homeownership experience at scale posing a bigger threat to Zillows super app.
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Housing Wire
MARCH 31, 2025
Rocket Companies is buying Mr. Cooper , America’s largest mortgage servicer, in a market-shattering deal that could reshape the mortgage industry for years to come. The Detroit-based fintech , which is also in the midst of acquiring real estate brokerage and home search portal Redfin for $1.75 billion , is paying an equity value of $9.4 billion in stock, the companies said in a statement early Monday morning.
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Inman
MARCH 31, 2025
Coach Melanie Klein profiles title industry executive Shauna Skarin and learns how she leveraged the power of real estate to create a space for herself in industry leadership.
Real Estate News
MARCH 31, 2025
Members will make the final call, and if approved, the move will create a unified voice in North Texas at a time when our industry demands it.
Housing Wire
MARCH 31, 2025
There are three big trends in the spring 2025 housing market: Supply continues to build. This is measurable in both the total unsold inventory and the number of new listings each week. Because each week we have 815% more sellers than last year, the total inventory will continue to build unless and until demand shifts dramatically, which would require notably lower mortgage rates.
Brownstoner
MARCH 31, 2025
In the News Teen Charged With Hate Crimes in Assault on Black Teen [NYT] Driver Charged in Midwood Crash That Killed Woman, Children [NYT] Salty Suburban Roads Cloud Future of NYC Drinking Water [NYT] Boy, 13, Stabbed in Brooklyn Bridge Park Amid Huge Fights [Eagle] Tesla Vandalized With Hate Symbols in Bed Stuy: Cops [BP] Commuters… Read More > The post Daily Links: Landlords Rebut Rent Stabilization Data Showing Profits as Vote Nears appeared first on Brownstoner.
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Inman
MARCH 29, 2025
Coach Melanie Klein profiles this Charlotte, North Carolina, Realtor who empowers herself and others through mentorship and professional collaboration.
RIS Media
MARCH 31, 2025
The COURT REPORT is RISMedias weekly look at current and upcoming lawsuits, investigations and other legal developments around real estate. Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company joins push for Judge Bough recusal Judge Stephen Boughthe federal court judge who is overseeing the Burnett and Gibson lawsuitshas been called to recuse himself from the Gibson case by Hanna… The post COURT REPORT: Berkshire Hathaway Pushes for Judge Recusal appeared first on RISMedia.
Housing Wire
MARCH 31, 2025
Rocket Companies industry-shaking plan to acquire Mr. Cooper in a $9.4 billion deal comes just weeks after the Detroit-based lender announced its acquisition of real estate brokerage Redfin for $1.75 billion. Rocket CEO Varun Krishna and Mr. Cooper CEO Jay Bray who is slated to report to Krishna as the president and CEO of Rocket Mortgage told HousingWire in an interview that the merger is expected to generate $100 million in revenue synergies and $400 million in expense savings.
Toronto Realty Blog
MARCH 31, 2025
TorontoRealtyBlog Sometimes I have absolutely nothing to write about on TRB. I still find a way, but there are times when my queue is simply empty. Then other times, I have so much to say that my queue contains topics that need to be explored for fear of them growing stale! In fact, most two-part blog stories start with the intention being one , but after you hit a certain length, that alarm bell goes off that says, “Hey, this feels like a ‘Part II’ is going to be needed.”
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Inman
MARCH 29, 2025
The National Association of Realtors weighed in with its change to the Clear Cooperation Policy. Is it too little, too much or just right?
Fancy Pants Homes
MARCH 31, 2025
One of the sleek contemporary mansions that line the waterfronts of Miami Beach’s desirable Venetian Islands is looking for new owners. Located on Rivo Alto Island, the property is listed for $18,950,000 — right on par with comparable homes on the man-made island, where contemporary mansions with waterfront access are currently asking as much as $38 million.
Housing Wire
MARCH 31, 2025
Baltimore-based private mortgage lender Dominion Financial is joining the AI movement. On Monday, the company announced the addition of two artificial intelligence-powered assistants to help real estate investors and mortgage brokers. The digital assistants, dubbed “Harvey” and “Donna,” were built internally under the leadership of John McClelland, who heads the company’s artificial intelligence division.
Real Estate News
MARCH 31, 2025
Countering criticism from Compass Robert Reffkin, the CEO of the Washington-based MLS said private networks are designed to benefit brokerages, not consumers.
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Inman
MARCH 31, 2025
According to the complaint, developers and brothers Arthur and William Lie Zeckendorf of Zeckendorf Development, LLC allegedly rushed to close the deal before news broke about a planned 37-story skyscraper next door that would erase the penthouse's premium-priced park view.
Keeping Current Matters
APRIL 1, 2025
Recession talk is all over the news, and the odds of a recession are rising this year.
Housing Wire
MARCH 31, 2025
As much of the nation continues to reckon with critical shortages to housing inventory that exacerbate affordability woes, housing advocates in California are seeking to exempt homebuilding projects in urban areas from being subjected to a key climate law that critics say has slowed construction. Last week, a group of bipartisan lawmakers unveiled a robust package of 22 bills seeking to address the states housing woes.
Real Estate News
APRIL 1, 2025
The $3.95 million settlement aligns with NAR math, but unlike NARs agreement, allows the Massachusetts MLS to continue displaying offers of compensation.
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Inman
MARCH 31, 2025
A federal judge in Georgia has rejected a bid to transfer a case against eXp Realty and Weichert to a federal court in Missouri over allegations the companies negotiated a sweetheart deal to resolve commission-related antitrust claims against them nationwide.
Marco Santarelli
MARCH 31, 2025
Thinking about buying a home or refinancing? Let's talk about today's mortgage rates for March 31, 2025. The big news is that rates have seen a small decrease. The average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage is currently sitting at 6.59%, down just slightly from previous days. While it might not seem like a huge drop, even small changes can make a difference, and with the spring home-buying season just warming up, now might present a window of opportunity before competition really heats up.
Housing Wire
MARCH 31, 2025
Following a rise to an all-time high in the second quarter, senior-held home equity saw a modest decline in the third quarter and endured a more severe drop in the fourth quarter. Homeowners 62 and older saw their collective home equity levels drop by 1% in Q4 2024 to a total of $13.95 trillion. That’s according to the latest edition of the Reverse Mortgage Market Index (RMMI), a quarterly report compiled by the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA) in conjunction with data
Real Estate News
MARCH 31, 2025
The judge in Georgias Hooper case said the Missouri home sellers can file objections but cant intervene to stop the settlement process from moving forward.
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