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Mortgage applications mostly flat from last week

January 22, 2025  |  Sarah Wolak

Data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending Jan. ...

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If Your House’s Price Is Not Compelling, It’s Not Selling

January 22, 2025  |  KCM Crew

There’s one big mistake you need to avoid when you sell your house this year: setting your price too high.

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Prisoners fight wildfires, but they can’t get hired in Denver

January 22, 2025  |  Paolo Zialcita

More than 1,000 incarcerated people are among the ranks of firefighters battling the California wildfires, recei...

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Evernest acquires Poplar Homes and $15M in tech-focused funding

January 22, 2025  |  Kennedy Edgerton

Property management company Evernest announced on Wednesday its largest acquisition to date. The company will ac...

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Denver mayor says the city will help ICE deport ‘violent criminals,’ but could sue to stop school raids

January 22, 2025  |  Alejandro A. Alonso Galva

The city of Denver will work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Trump administration to...

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Mayor Johnston says city will cooperate with ICE, but won’t allow arrests in schools and churches

January 22, 2025

Mayor Mike Johnston says the city will work with Immigration and U.S. Custom Enforcement (ICE) and the Trump Adm...

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217 new cameras will watch Denver airport parking lots

January 21, 2025

Denver International Airport is responding to a recent wave of auto thefts by installing a $7 million network of...

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Education and problem solving are keys to reverse for purchase business, agents say

January 21, 2025  |  Chris Clow

The Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) for Purchase (H4P) program has long been positioned by reverse mortga...

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RE/MAX hires Travis Saxton as EVP of strategy

January 21, 2025  |  Brooklee Han

The executive changes at RE/MAX continue. On Tuesday, RE/MAX Holdings, the parent company of RE/MAX and Motto Mo...

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Nosalek plaintiffs seek preliminary approval of MLS PIN settlement

January 21, 2025  |  Brooklee Han

The National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement agreement — as well as settlements rea...

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How Trump’s executive orders impact homebuilders

January 21, 2025  |  Jeff Andrews

President Donald Trump wasted no time implementing his agenda after taking the oath of office on Monday. He sign...

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After sentencing of reverse mortgage scammer, Illinois activists seek home preservation program

January 21, 2025  |  Chris Clow

Last week, Mark Steven Diamond — who was found guilty of bilking older homeowners in the Chicago area out of mon...

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MBA teams with Cleveland State University on mortgage banking education program

January 21, 2025  |  Sarah Wolak

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA)’s education division, MBA Education, recently launched its Mortgage Banki...

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Real Estate Negotiation: 8 Effective Strategies from a KW Mega Broker & Master Negotiator

January 21, 2025  |  Sean Moudry, Meghan Thibault

Negotiation is not just a skill — it’s an art. In real estate, knowing the keys to a successful negotiation is e...

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Bay Area brokerage buys back independence to ‘make meaning, not money’

January 21, 2025  |  Kennedy Edgerton

The moment felt surreal and inspiring for Chris Trapani and Ryan Iwanaga, co-founders of the Christie’s Internat...

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Trump administration initiates federal hiring freeze, return-to-office mandate

January 21, 2025  |  Chris Clow

As he has promised for months, President Donald Trump spent his first day back in the Oval Office signing a flur...

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Trump’s path to lower housing costs has to navigate local concerns

January 21, 2025  |  Brooklee Han

President Trump has made it clear that he wants to address housing challenges, including the lack of housing sup...

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Trump’s order to end DEI initiatives will impact federal housing agencies

January 21, 2025  |  Neil Pierson

President Donald Trump did not waste any time Monday after his inauguration as he signed dozens of executive ord...

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Trump’s regulatory freeze brings uncertainty to the housing market

January 21, 2025  |  Sarah Wolak

Shortly after taking the oath of office on Monday, President Donald Trump signed several executive orders to fre...

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The FICS advantage: Leveraging automation for smarter mortgage servicing in 2025

January 21, 2025  |  Kennedy Edgerton

After years of high interest rates, and price spikes, mortgage lenders are optimistic heading into 2025. Fannie ...

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Trump names acting HUD secretary as Turner awaits confirmation

January 21, 2025  |  Chris Clow

Among a flurry of executive orders he signed upon his return to the presidency on Monday, President Donald Trump...

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Anywhere Real Estate’s Charlotte Simonelli on navigating 2025 with financial discipline and the help o...

January 21, 2025  |  Lesley Collins

The HousingWire award spotlight series highlights the individuals and organizations that have been recognized th...

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Mortgage rates fall after Trump’s executive orders

January 21, 2025  |  Logan Mohtashami

President Trump’s actions on his first day in office had two effects on the housing market. First, mortgage rate...

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Why More People Are Buying Multi-Generational Homes Today

January 21, 2025  |  KCM Crew

Today, 17% of homebuyers are choosing multi-generational homes — that’s when you buy a house with your parents, ...

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Inside the very slow (and very intentional) reopening of an iconic Denver restaurant

January 21, 2025  |  Kevin Beaty

It’s taken a while for Fathima Dickerson to admit that her family’s business has really reopened. Welton Street...

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‘We are a hearty people’: Hundreds attend Denver Marade in near-zero temperatures

January 20, 2025

Despite the thermometer hovering between -3 and 5 degrees on Monday morning, hundreds of people gathered in Denv...

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Home sales are stalled with 7% mortgages

January 20, 2025  |  Mike Simonsen

New contracts for home purchases are coming in very low this month. We counted 10% fewer home sales for the week...

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Trump’s executive orders and the policies that could affect housing

January 20, 2025  |  Sarah Wheeler

What are President Trump’s priorities for housing in his second term? That’s the burning question for profession...

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Treasury outlines rising cost of homeowners insurance

January 20, 2025  |  Chris Clow

A comprehensive report on homeowners insurance released by the Treasury Department this week outlined the cost o...

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Risks and opportunities for real estate in Trump’s second term

January 20, 2025  |  Sairah Burki, David McCarthy

Voters delivered a Republican trifecta in Washington, D.C., but a razor-thin House majority and the Senate filib...

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How gen AI is making real estate cybercrime easier than ever

January 20, 2025  |  Brooklee Han

Cybercrime losses rose to a record high of $12.8 billion in 2023, according to the  FBI’s Internet Crime Report,...

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Lower CEO Dan Snyder explores acquisitions, technology and growth plans

January 20, 2025  |  Kennedy Edgerton

In this week’s episode of the PowerHouse podcast, HousingWire President Diego Sanchez talks with Lower CEO Dan S...

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Moment of truth: 2025 RealTrends Verified rankings are open for submission

January 20, 2025  |  Kennedy Edgerton

The time has come to highlight game-changing real estate professionals who adhered to the gold standard of brill...

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When Is the Perfect Time To Move?

January 20, 2025  |  KCM Crew

It’s easy to get caught up in the idea of waiting for the perfect moment to make your move – especially in today...

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Capitulation: Why buyers and sellers are ready to move

January 20, 2025  |  David P. Wickert

Inaction is easy. It’s quiet; unwritten; immune from critique. It sits undone; confidently static. But if buyers...

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They arrived in Denver’s immigration wave. Here’s how they’re preparing for the next four years

January 20, 2025

By Arlo Pérez Esquivel The future of more than 150,000 immigrants without legal status in Colorado hangs in the...

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All the ways the wildfires could make LA housing more expensive

January 19, 2025  |  Jeff Andrews

The sight of beautiful houses in Los Angeles transports you to an idyllic version of the city found in classic H...

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In D.C., Mayor Johnston says he’s waiting to see what Trump really does on immigration

January 18, 2025

With the second Trump administration right around the corner, American mayors are wondering how they’ll navigate...

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Mortgage rates fell last week. Can they go lower?

January 18, 2025  |  Logan Mohtashami

Mortgage rates fell last week after a brutal few months of rising rates. The question now is whether rates can k...

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Lawmakers, housing groups react to Scott Turner’s HUD confirmation hearing

January 18, 2025  |  Chris Clow

As the dust settles from the confirmation hearing of Scott Turner to serve as the new secretary of the U.S. Depa...

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Why this former kindergarten teacher is opening a romance bookstore (with a twist)

January 17, 2025

Sydney Ivey thinks romance books get a bad rap.  “I’ve been reading romance since I was young and I loved it, bu...

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Reverse mortgage servicing safeguard might help LA borrowers

January 17, 2025  |  Chris Clow

A notice implemented into the reverse mortgage servicing process that is designed to flag potential foreclosures...

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‘Flash freeze’ possible as Colorado’s Front Range prepares for arctic blast

January 17, 2025

An ocean of cold air pushing south from Canada will plunge Denver into bitterly cold temperatures from Friday ni...

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Mortgage applications for new homes are 9% higher than a year ago

January 17, 2025  |  Kennedy Edgerton

Purchase mortgage applications for new homes rose 8.9% year over year in December 2024, according to a report re...

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Chicago-area contractor sentenced to 17 years in prison over reverse mortgage scam

January 17, 2025  |  Chris Clow

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced this week that Mark Steven Diamond, who was accused of “bilking e...

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Compass attracts top Connecticut team

January 17, 2025  |  Brooklee Han

Compass is strengthening its presence in the Nutmeg State. On Friday, the largest brokerage in the country by sa...

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Rising mortgage rates zap builder confidence

January 17, 2025  |  Logan Mohtashami

Today’s housing starts data exceeded estimates; however, a closer examination of the report with the builder con...

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FHA updates loss-mitigation waterfall in new mortgage servicing guidance

January 17, 2025  |  Chris Clow

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) this week published Mortgagee Letter (ML) 2025-06, which codifies “upda...

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What previous California wildfires can teach us about rebuilding LA

January 17, 2025  |  Jeff Andrews

The wildfires ripping through Los Angeles are on pace to be the most destructive in U.S. history, as one estimat...

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WaFd Bank exits home mortgage lending, says model is ‘unsustainable’

January 17, 2025  |  Neil Pierson

Seattle-based WaFd Bank, which has offered home loans for more than 100 years, announced Thursday in an earning...

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A&D Mortgage acquires Mr. Cooper’s wholesale, correspondent businesses

January 17, 2025  |  Neil Pierson

Florida-based non-QM lender A&D Mortgage announced Friday that it has acquired the wholesale and nondelegated co...

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GSEs delay proposed ‘bi-merge’ credit transition

January 17, 2025  |  Chris Clow

Government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac announced this week that the planned transiti...

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Coldwell Banker expands in New England, adds The Kevin Lewis Group

January 17, 2025  |  Kennedy Edgerton

Leading brokerage Coldwell Banker Realty announced this week a major addition to it’s New England-based offices....

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Housing completions were up in 2024, a bright spot for builders

January 17, 2025  |  Brooklee Han

Looking back at 2024, housing completions appear to be a bright spot for builders. According to data released Fr...

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Supreme Court sides against TikTok, upholds U.S. ban

January 17, 2025  |  Sarah Wolak

The Supreme Court ruled Friday that a controversial ban on TikTok can take effect on Sunday, upholding a law tha...

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RealScout co-founder Andrew Flachner makes a return as president and CEO

January 17, 2025  |  Kennedy Edgerton

San Francisco-based real estate technology company RealScout on Thursday announced that Andrew Flachner will tak...

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MoxiWorks secures additional funding, names new CRO

January 17, 2025  |  Brooklee Han

MoxiWorks is looking to up its game. The real estate technology company will be aided on this journey by additio...

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Southern Nevada real estate outlook: 2025 predictions

January 17, 2025  |  Troy Reierson

As we head into 2025, I’m optimistic about the Southern Nevada real estate market and the opportunities it prese...

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Outsourcing for efficiency: How SitusAMC is enhancing primary market origination with third-party res...

January 17, 2025  |  HW Media Content Studio

In a changing real estate market, mortgage lenders face increasing demand. If high mortgage rates and increased ...

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2025 Housing Market Forecasts

January 17, 2025  |  KCM Crew

Wondering what to expect when you buy or sell a home this year? Here’s what the experts say lies ahead.

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Things to do in Denver, Jan. 17 to 19

January 17, 2025

By Christen Aldridge, Special to Denverite Denver may be facing arctic temperatures this long weekend, but that...

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Denver is giving away free radon test kits next week

January 17, 2025

Radon — the radioactive gas that Denver public health officials call a “silent killer.” Inhaling the colorless, ...

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Biden administration’s parting gift to real estate is a lawsuit against Greystar

January 16, 2025  |  Jeff Andrews

President Joe Biden is mere days away from leaving office, but his administration is taking one more shot at the...

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Foreclosure activity subsided in 2024. Is it a sign of housing market stability?

January 16, 2025  |  Sarah Wolak

Attom‘s year-end 2024 foreclosure report revealed that 322,103 properties in the U.S. had some type of foreclos...

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Longbridge files to remove ads from website in case against Mutual

January 16, 2025  |  Chris Clow

Longbridge Financial, one of the largest reverse mortgage lenders in the country, is currently embroiled in a la...

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Realtor.com: HOA fees are on the rise among all home types

January 16, 2025  |  Kennedy Edgerton

Mortgage and property tax payments are not the only expenses that prospective homeowners need to consider. Homeo...

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Habitat for Humanity sees success with aging in place program

January 16, 2025  |  Chris Clow

A dedicated aging in place (AIP) program offered by the Oswego County Habitat for Humanity (OCHFH) in New York s...

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Trump’s HUD pick will aim to ‘maximize’ HUD budget if confirmed

January 16, 2025  |  Chris Clow

Many housing insiders often characterize the topic of housing as a bipartisan one that is somewhat insulated fro...

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CoreLogic puts property damage from two fires at up to $45B

January 16, 2025  |  Sarah Wolak

CoreLogic today announced preliminary residential and commercial loss estimates for the Eaton and Palisades Fire...

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The Southern housing markets poised to become boomtowns

January 16, 2025  |  Sarah Wolak

Southern housing markets have dominated growth lists over the last few years, and a report by CoreLogic today sh...

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NAR again looks to have Michigan antitrust suit dismissed

January 16, 2025  |  Brooklee Han

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) and several other defendants are making another attempt at having the...

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Mortgage rates fall after remarks by Fed President Waller

January 16, 2025  |  Logan Mohtashami

The 10-year yield and mortgage rates have been on a wild ride lately, even testing my top-end forecast at 7.25%,...

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Trump to nominate Bill Pulte as FHFA director

January 16, 2025  |  Neil Pierson

Bill Pulte, a private equity professional, philanthropist and grandson of the late homebuilding icon William Pu...

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Arctic forecast means some changes for the Marade this year

January 16, 2025

With Monday is slated to be very cold — like, single-digit-if-you’re-lucky cold — organizers of the Marade, Denv...

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Home-price growth is cooling, leading to appraisal challenges

January 16, 2025  |  Neil Pierson

Cleveland-based Corporate Settlement Solutions (CSS) released an analysis Thursday that highlights a growing gap...

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FCC warns of mortgage relief scam impersonating 400 lenders

January 16, 2025  |  Sarah Wolak

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) this week warned consumers in all 50 states that fraudsters are posi...

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Turn that frown upside down: Homebuilders are optimistic heading into 2025

January 16, 2025  |  Brooklee Han

After a month of no movement, homebuilder confidence is back on its upward trajectory. The National Association ...

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Tough Calls: Lessons from Volcker, inflation, and the Fed’s crossroads

January 16, 2025  |  Mark Milam

“The standard of living of the average American has to decline,” he said. “I don’t think you can escape  that.” ...

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One Homebuying Step You Don’t Want To Skip: Pre-Approval

January 16, 2025  |  KCM Crew

There’s one essential step in the homebuying process you may not know a whole lot about and that’s pre-approval.

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Denver to close $10M-a-year hotel shelter as mayor redraws homelessness strategy

January 16, 2025

The city of Denver will offer fewer hotel rooms for people experiencing homelessness, scaling back a significant...

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NAR names Jarrod Grasso to new industry relations post

January 15, 2025  |  Jeff Andrews

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) announced Wednesday that it has appointed Jarrod Grasso as its senior...

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2nd victim identified in 16th Street Mall stabbing spree

January 15, 2025  |  Paolo Zialcita

The Denver coroner’s office has identified the second person killed in a series of stabbings on the 16th Street ...

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Alexander brothers denied bail on federal sex trafficking charges

January 15, 2025  |  Jeff Andrews

Tal and Oren Alexander are staying in jail. Along with Oren’s twin brother Alon, the two former luxury real esta...

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Mutual of Omaha denies Longbridge allegations, files counterclaim

January 15, 2025  |  Chris Clow

Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, which rose to the No. 1 position on the reverse mortgage industry leaderboard for Home...

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Howard Hanna closes third acquisition in three months

January 15, 2025  |  Brooklee Han

It may be a new year, but Howard Hanna Real Estate Services is picking up right where it left off. On Wednesday,...

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Younger generations are more likely to pursue home renovations this year

January 15, 2025  |  Kennedy Edgerton

As high home prices continue to impact the market, many homeowners are deciding to stay put in their homes. But ...

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AARP study highlights how tech can help with aging in place

January 15, 2025  |  Chris Clow

Technology has a lot of potential to assist older people with the goal of aging in place. A new study from AARP ...

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First American’s Xander Snyder on LA housing supply after the fires

January 15, 2025  |  Sarah Wolak

What will happen to housing supply in the wake of the fires still burning in the LA area? Firefighters continue ...

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HUD voucher recipient in Indiana will lose benefits after disclosing marijuana use

January 15, 2025  |  Chris Clow

An Elkhart, Indiana, resident who is a beneficiary of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as...

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School may be canceled in Aurora amid 3-day internet outage at all campuses

January 15, 2025

Internet access remains out at all Aurora Public Schools campuses and offices for a third day, and the school di...

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FTC seeks feedback on the largest single-family rental investors

January 15, 2025  |  Neil Pierson

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Wednesday issued a request for public comment about the largest owners and...

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RE/MAX hires Chris Lim as EVP and chief growth officer

January 15, 2025  |  Kennedy Edgerton

RE/MAX on Wednesday announced that it has hired Chris Lim as executive vice president and chief growth officer. ...

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After years of Denver drama, Park Hill Golf Course to become a public park this summer

January 15, 2025

Former Denver Mayor Michael Hancock said it couldn’t be done. The developer Westside Investment Partners said it...

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Natural disasters like the LA fires will deepen the U.S. housing crisis

January 15, 2025  |  Neil Pierson

Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) released an in-depth study this week in which they a...

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Georgia looks to protect residents from title theft with new law

January 15, 2025  |  Brooklee Han

Georgia has upped its defenses against deed fraud and title theft. Gov. Brian Kemp signed a new law, which went ...

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First American Title has a new direct division president

January 15, 2025  |  Brooklee Han

First American Title’s direct division is starting the new year off with a new division president. The big four ...

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Inflation report offers a mixed bag for the housing industry

January 15, 2025  |  Jeff Andrews

Wednesday’s inflation report offers mixed news for those in housing. On one hand, housing markets across the cou...

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Mortgage applications up 33.3% from holiday week

January 15, 2025  |  Sarah Wolak

With an adjustment for the New Year’s holiday, mortgage applications increased 33.3% from one week earlier, acco...

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Roughly 11,000 Homes Will Sell Today – Will Yours Be One of Them?

January 15, 2025  |  KCM Crew

Are you hesitant to sell your house because you’re worried no one’s buying with rates and prices where they are ...

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This week, the Denver Coliseum is the center of the rodeo world

January 15, 2025

Tyler Ferguson, of Deer Trail, Colorado, was 14 when he lost his front teeth in a rodeo accident. It didn’t stop...

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