Realtor.com finds short-sale activity accelerating, though the transactions represented just 0.6% of typical home sales in 2025
Short sales are increasing for the third consecutive year and now recover more of a property’s estimated value than foreclosures, according to a new Realtor.com report.Short-sale transactions increased 4% from 2023 to 2024, nearly 10% from 2024 to 2025 and approximately 16% ...
The lender group says mortgages below $100,000 routinely lose money, while LO compensation rules could prevent federal incentives from reaching originators
Direct payments to mortgage lenders represent the most effective — and perhaps the only — authority in the new housing law likely to measurably increase small-dollar FHA lending, according to the Community Home Lenders of America (CHLA).CHLA reached that conclusion after sev...
Oil shocks and geopolitical headlines are moving mortgage rates before the Fed acts, leaving originators little time to prepare borrowers and lock loans when opportunity returns