A path to sub-7% mortgage rates is back on the table
As rates have fallen, housing demand has stabilized the last two weeks
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Exclusive: CrossCountry Mortgage demands payment from former LOs, invokes 2-year non-solicitation
Documents show the company is demanding 75 bps for each refinanced loan on former customers
Silvio Tavares steps down as VantageScore CEO, Anthony Hutchinson named interim leader
Hutchinson has spent four years at VantageScore, holding prior roles at Fannie, Freddie and NAR
Q3 2026 earnings for publicly traded mortgage, real estate and homebuilder companies
As earnings results wrap up for Q3 2026, here’s a rundown of what’s happened for major lenders, brokerages, homebuilders, listing portals and title firms.
Op-Ed: MLSs can build what brokers want or brokers will do it
With a vendor not expected until early 2027, brokers are pressing for rule changes on data use, IDX and distribution
Pennymac posts $29M profit amid expense cuts, upcoming leadership changes
Company announces pending retirement of president Doug Jones, while CSO Kevin Ryan will replace Dan Perotti as CFO
First Horizon, Nations Lending and Planet announce leadership moves
This week’s mortgage industry appointments include a new SVP of valuations, a president and COO restructure, plus a bank board addition
Rocket posts $709M profit in Q3 despite tougher mortgage market
Rocket guided Q4 adjusted revenue to range of $2.1 billion to $2.3 billion while noting that refis could drop nearly 50% from Q3
Why Howard Hanna was missing from Open Real Estate launch list
CEO Hoby Hanna says founders have contacted him, he wants clarity on governance, funding and end goals before committing
RealTrends Verified brokerage Howard Hanna enters Alabama with ARC, Capstone deal
The partnership adds 875 agents across 12 offices in Birmingham, Montgomery and Huntsville