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Luxury home sales increased 2.9% year-over-year, while non-luxury sales rose 0.7%, as luxury inventory climbed 6.4% year-over-year, compared to a 9.5% increase in non-luxury inventory, posting their highest October levels in at least five years

Refi and HELOC activity inched upward in Q3, as homeowners capitalized on modest rate improvements and tapped into equity, but affordability constraints are still keeping purchase demand subdued

Post-purchase remorse declines from 2023, as today's buyers approach the market more deliberately, while the share who feel they overpaid for their home falls from 15% to 8% over the past two years

MISMO has released a new standardized servicing dataset — developed with the VA — that aims to modernize and streamline how federal housing agencies and servicers share data

Phil Brousseau, Toniey Williams, and Patrick Turner have joined Foundation Mortgage’s leadership team to meet growing demand from brokers nationwide in the Non-QM and traditional markets

Because settlement agents often lack mandated insurance, and coverage gaps are common, lenders must actively verify and monitor agent insurance and bonds to protect themselves from fraud-related losses

Rural homebuyers need to earn at least $75,000 to afford the typical home, up from $36,000 before the pandemic, with the median home sale price in rural areas up 61% from before the pandemic

New in-person electronic notarization (IPEN) option strengthens the company’s eNotary offering, while supporting diverse borrower and settlement agent preferences

Despite housing affordability, industry costs, and local economic conditions, real estate firms project their profitability to increase

The number of U.S. homebuyers dropped 1.7% to the lowest level on record, aside from the start of the pandemic, amid high housing costs and economic uncertainty, while the number of sellers dropped 0.5% as sellers retreated in response to low buyer demand