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Reverse mortgage vet says an end to HUD counseling risks senior protections

December 19, 2025  |  Sarah Wolak

A proposal to remove housing counseling as a front-end requirement for borrowers seeking government-insured reve...

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November existing home sales edge up while inventory falls

December 19, 2025  |  Brooklee Han

The pace of existing home sales rose yet again in November, buoyed by lower mortgage rates during the fall, acco...

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What two months of TSA data tells us about security at DIA

December 19, 2025

There was a time, not long ago, when the lines to get into Denver International Airport looked like a Disney Wor...

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Distressed property auctions outperform traditional REO sales

December 18, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

Auction.com released its 2025 Disposition Strategy Report on Wednesday, showing that distressed property sales a...

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Su Teatro’s ‘Westside Oratorio’ tells the story of Auraria’s displaced residents through song 

December 18, 2025

When Anthony “Tony” J. Garcia was growing up in Denver, he lived in the city’s oldest neighborhood. Today, that ...

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Inflation cooled in November after September peak

December 18, 2025  |  Brooklee Han

The pace of annual inflation slowed in November, after hitting its highest level of the year in September, accor...

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Off the Beaten Path: Unique places to visit in Denver this December

December 18, 2025

By Cassidy Ritter for Denverite Welcome back to our monthly series highlighting hidden gems across the Denver me...

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Zillow was right to kill Climate RiskScores

December 18, 2025  |  Anthony V. Mannino Esq.

Four row houses in South Philadelphia share a wall. Their flood risk scores: 6, 4, 1, 3. This is real data from ...

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Equity Union Real Estate expands in California

December 17, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

Equity Union Real Estate has expanded into California’s Central Coast by adding Team Sweasey, a San Luis Obispo-...

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Lifestyle priorities overtake luxury in 2025 home searches

December 17, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

Americans searching for homes in 2025 placed greater emphasis on lifestyle features and everyday comfort than on...

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Patrick Ferry departs family firm to join KW MAPS Coaching

December 17, 2025  |  Brooklee Han

Real estate coach Patrick Ferry is the newest member of Keller Williams’ MAPS Coaching team. The firm announced ...

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Mortgage demand drops, but refi share reaches highest level since September

December 17, 2025  |  Sarah Wolak

Mortgage applications decreased 3.8% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Associat...

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A beloved Denver taproom closes next week. It did everything right

December 17, 2025

By Eric Gorski for Denverite The sky was still dark when Chris Bell unlocked the back door of his taproom and fl...

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Midwest dominates Zillow’s most popular housing markets of 2025

December 16, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

Home shoppers in 2025 gravitated toward more affordable, midsized U.S. cities, with Midwestern markets accountin...

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Why the Fed isn’t worried about the jobs data

December 16, 2025  |  Logan Mohtashami

The unemployment rate reached 4.6% today! Nevertheless, the Federal Reserve perceives current conditions as stab...

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Mortgage rates in limbo as Fed officials debate inflation, jobs data

December 16, 2025  |  Neil Pierson

The latest in a string of Federal Reserve interest rate cuts appears to have done little to impact mortgage rate...

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The will to solve problems

December 16, 2025  |  Mark Milam

Foreword: I wish solving housing affordability fit into a 30-second TikTok or Instagram reel. It just doesn’t. B...

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4 key takeaways from our investigation into the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce

December 16, 2025

The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce is facing a big moment. It is a preeminent voice of business and industry i...

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Denver’s top business group has lost half its staff. Many blame the CEO

December 16, 2025  |  Andrew Kenney

J.J. Ament was socializing at the end of a holiday party at Stanley Marketplace when he made a comment that shoc...

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Homebuilder confidence ticks up but remains low

December 15, 2025  |  Tyler Williams

Homebuilding executives remain downbeat, citing a range of current conditions marked by buyer hesitancy, economi...

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Weekly housing demand reaches multiyear high

December 14, 2025  |  Logan Mohtashami

As mortgage rates stay near 6%, our weekly housing demand data lines have improved so much that we are at multiy...

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3 forces shaping the housing market in 2026

December 12, 2025  |  Odeta Kushi

For the past several years, the housing market has been defined more by what didn’t happen than what did. Homeow...

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Why housing affordability will improve in 2026

December 12, 2025  |  Mike Simonsen

The U.S. housing market is entering a new era. After four years of slow sales, rising prices and relentless affo...

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Housing affordability challenges steepen in Q3

December 11, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

The housing market showed faint signs of near-term affordability improvement in late 2025, but it remains dramat...

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Boston emerges as hottest large metro market entering 2026

December 11, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

Boston has emerged as HousingWire’s hottest major metropolitan housing market heading into 2026 — fueled by chro...

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Guaranteed Rate Affinity promotes Lacey Sullivan to regional manager

December 11, 2025  |  Sarah Wolak

Guaranteed Rate Affinity, a joint venture between Guaranteed Rate Inc. and Anywhere Integrated Services, announc...

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Denver Summit FC stadium back on track to stay in Denver

December 10, 2025

The future home of Denver’s women’s soccer team took a step closer to staying in the city. Denver City Council’s...

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Walters | Plaxen Group joins Sotheby’s International Realty

December 10, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

Shauna Walters and Nicole Plaxen, the broker duo behind the Walters | Plaxen Group, have joined Sotheby’s Intern...

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Why 2026 policy debates will center on housing supply, not mortgage rates

December 10, 2025  |  John Toohig

The following information has haunted me since last year. “According to Fannie Mae calculations, it would take o...

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The best 6 online real estate schools in Virginia for 2026

December 10, 2025  |  Gina Baker

We know searching for the perfect real estate school in Virginia can be overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be....

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VA lending took a sharp upturn in 2025

December 10, 2025  |  Sarah Wolak

The U.S Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) home loan program rebounded sharply in 2025, according to a new anal...

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Refinance surge boosts mortgage application activity

December 10, 2025  |  Sarah Wolak

Mortgage applications increased 4.8% from one week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA...

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Regis University’s big plan for Federal Boulevard gets unanimous city approval

December 9, 2025

A mostly vacant strip mall, a McDonald’s and parking lots near Regis University are set to transform into a mixe...

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Mortgage rates could move higher despite a Fed cut

December 9, 2025  |  Neil Pierson

While the Federal Reserve is expected to deliver another interest rate cut on Wednesday, mortgage rates aren’t l...

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She won a $56M fight for a Westwood rec center. Here’s what it looks like

December 9, 2025  |  Kevin Beaty

A decade ago, Westwood resident Norma Brambila set out to convince the city to finally bring a recreation center...

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Why U.S. home insurance costs have leapt in the past decade  

December 9, 2025  |  Intercontinental Exchange Inc.

The cost of home insurance in the United States rose by ~89% between 2014 and 2025, as rapidly climbing home pri...

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NRMLA speaks out on the future of federal reverse mortgage programs

December 8, 2025  |  Neil Pierson

After federal housing leaders issued a request for information in October about the future of two key reverse mo...

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RTD broke federal disability law with transit changes, lawsuit alleges

December 8, 2025  |  Andrew Kenney

Updated at 1:35 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025 A disability-rights group sued the Regional Transportation Distric...

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Average buyer’s agent commission ticks up under settlement rules

December 8, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

The average U.S. buyer’s agent commission rose modestly in the third quarter, according to a new report from Red...

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Two men, a bar and a sketch: How the DIA ‘tent’ came to be

December 8, 2025

Most people who have traveled through Denver International Airport will remember the tent-like structure that en...

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A $10,000 theft and $800,000 of lost funding have a Black LGBTQ group reeling

December 5, 2025

Tara Jae had something to celebrate last week. Community members had donated in droves over Thanksgiving to the ...

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City met with a lobbyist before scaling back Alameda road narrowing project, public records show

December 4, 2025

Updated Friday at 4:38 p.m. In a cozy room of the Washington Street Community Center, Denver transportation off...

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Gypsy House Cafe ordered to pay $122,000 to its former landlord

December 4, 2025

South Broadway’s Gypsy House Cafe has been shuttered since March, but the funky, well-loved coffee shop hasn’t b...

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Mortgage applications jump nearly 10% as rates drop across the board

September 10, 2025  |  Sarah Wolak

Lower mortgage rates prompted mortgage applications to increase 9.2% from one week earlier, according to data fr...

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Pam Grier will headline the East High Film Festival later this month

September 10, 2025

Did you know that a Denverite is the main star of a Quentin Tarantino movie? Or that a different Denverite was t...

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What happens to Broncos season tickets if the team moves stadiums?

September 10, 2025

There are more than 100,000 people waiting for the chance to buy Denver Broncos season tickets. But the planned...

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Fannie Mae: Consumer housing sentiment slips in August

September 9, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

Americans grew slightly less confident about the housing market in August, as more consumers expressed concerns ...

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Tech that builds trust: Insights from Tech Trendsetter Simon Moir

September 9, 2025  |  Lesley Collins

HousingWire’s Tech Trendsetters award was created to recognize the visionaries behind the technology that powers...

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Lower mortgage rates are ‘potential turning point’ for homebuyers

September 9, 2025  |  Neil Pierson

With the next interest rate decision from Federal Reserve monetary policymakers just over a week away, mortgage ...

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Broncos plan to build new stadium at Denver’s Burnham Yard

September 9, 2025

Updated at 11:13 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept 9, 2025 The stadium sweepstakes may be over. The Denver Broncos announc...

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911,000 jobs cut in latest revisions. Is the Fed already too late?

September 9, 2025  |  Logan Mohtashami

The annual job revisions data was released today, which showed that 911,000 jobs that were supposedly created fr...

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Consumers are increasingly self-reporting rent payments, TransUnion says

September 9, 2025  |  Sarah Wolak

The number of consumers whose rent payments are reported to credit reporting agencies rose to 13% in 2025, accor...

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Why this top 1% agent still spends $9500 a month mailing a newsletter

September 9, 2025  |  Emile L'Eplattenier, Gina Baker

Real estate agents, can we talk? No, I don’t want to know how much my home is worth, but thank you for asking. I...

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From the NFL to the closing table: Peyton Thompson’s 7 best motivation hacks

September 9, 2025  |  Emile L'Eplattenier, Gina Baker

Do you ever have days where everything seems to just… work? You breeze through two dozen cold calls before lunch...

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US housing market value hits record $55T, but growth is slowing

September 8, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

The total value of U.S. homes has climbed to a record $55.1 trillion, although growth has cooled in the past yea...

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Rising insurance costs deepen homeownership strain

September 8, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

Homeowners are spending a growing share of their mortgage payments on property insurance, which is now rising fa...

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10 levers the Trump Admin may pull to attack housing affordability

September 8, 2025  |  Tim and Julie Harris

The Trump Administration is signaling that it intends to attack the affordability crisis and chronic undersupply...

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The Colfax café where everyone eats with dignity, whether they can pay or not

September 8, 2025

At SAME Café off Colfax, you can pay for a meal three different ways: Volunteer, pay what you can, or donate fr...

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Can mortgage rates get below 6% with this Federal Reserve?

September 7, 2025  |  Logan Mohtashami

Now that jobs week is over, we are all left with one truth: it really is about the labor market over inflation d...

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Lift parties and hashtags are the latest boost to businesses bogged by BRT

September 5, 2025

Bus rapid transit construction on Colfax is chugging along — and so is the effort to save the businesses affecte...

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The big rhino is here, but what’s next for Denargo Market?

September 5, 2025

City leaders and developers gathered at the feet of a giant rhino sculpture on Thursday to celebrate the opening...

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Housing market risk steepest in southern, western areas

September 5, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

A growing number of U.S. housing markets face elevated risks from high foreclosure rates, underwater mortgages a...

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Compass’s exclusive inventory is on the rise

September 5, 2025  |  Brooklee Han

Despite the threat of having their listings banned from Zillow, it appears that more and more Compass home selle...

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Westcor CEO Mary O’Donnell dies

September 5, 2025  |  Brooklee Han

Ardán Family of Companies, the parent company of Westcor Land Title Insurance Company, has announced the sudden ...

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Shocking jobs report sends mortgage rates falling to new yearly lows

September 5, 2025  |  Logan Mohtashami

The Federal Reserve has been saying for months that the labor market is solid, claiming there are no issues and ...

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Job growth continues to slow, signaling a cooling economy

September 5, 2025  |  Brooklee Han

Job growth in August came in far below expectations, according to employment data released Friday by the U.S. Bu...

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One Book One Denver resumes this fall with a Pulitzer-Prize winning adult title

September 5, 2025

Updated Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. If you’ve dropped by a public library in Denver recently and, like more than a t...

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Denver’s Auraria Campus breaks ground on $36M police center, could double force

September 4, 2025

The Auraria Campus police force will move into a new headquarters sometime next year and could more than double ...

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MTV host Nēv Schulman joins Coldwell Banker Warburg as agent

September 4, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

Nēv Schulman, known for hosting MTV reality show “Catfish,” has joined Coldwell Banker Warburg (CBW) as a real e...

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Migration slows under pressure of rate lock-in, cooling job market

September 4, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

Americans are moving less in 2025, with overall migration still well below pre-pandemic levels, according to a n...

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Mortgage rates drop to 11-month low after weak ADP jobs print

September 4, 2025  |  Logan Mohtashami

Mortgage rates reached another new low for 2025 on Thursday morning after a weak ADP jobs report caused bond yie...

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Will HUD’s new guidelines transform reverse mortgage counseling?

September 4, 2025  |  Neil Pierson

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has issued regulatory guidance in the past year that ...

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NEO Home Loans powered by Better lands high-producing Gustafson Team

September 4, 2025  |  Sarah Wolak

NEO Home Loans powered by Better announced on Thursday that the Gustafson Team, a top-producing group that close...

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Compass acquires Colorado Home Realty, expands in Denver metro

September 4, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

Compass has acquired Colorado Home Realty, an independent firm based in Littleton, Colo. Colorado Home Realty c...

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Blue Sage unveils AI sales agent to optimize mortgage processes

September 4, 2025  |  Neil Pierson

Blue Sage Solutions, a New Jersey-based provider of digital mortgage lending technology, on Thursday launched a ...

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Tara Smith is First American’s latest executive vice president

September 4, 2025  |  Brooklee Han

First American Title Insurance Company has named Tara Smith as its new executive vice president of enterprise gr...

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DOJ launches probe into Fed’s Lisa Cook over mortgage fraud claims

September 4, 2025  |  Flávia Furlan Nunes

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) over allegatio...

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Mr. Cooper stockholders approve Rocket deal

September 4, 2025  |  Flávia Furlan Nunes

Mr. Cooper Group’s stockholders approved the company’s $9.4 billion proposed acquisition by Rocket Companies dur...

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28 housing groups urge Senate to advance ROAD to Housing Act

September 4, 2025  |  Sarah Wolak

A group of 28 affordable housing leaders and housing industry trade organizations joined together to urge Senate...

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Compass delivers accelerated share consideration in @properties merger

September 4, 2025  |  Brooklee Han

Compass has delivered an accelerated share consideration relating to its acquisition of @properties Christie’s I...

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Rithm Capital adds $17B in assets with Crestline acquisition

September 4, 2025  |  Flávia Furlan Nunes

Rithm Capital Corp., parent company of multichannel lender Newrez, has struck a deal to acquire alternative inve...

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Insellerate appoints Christopher Meerschaert as director of customer success

September 4, 2025  |  Sarah Wolak

Insellerate, a software and technology company that offers a customer relationship management (CRM) platform for...

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Builder Incentives Reach 5-Year High

September 4, 2025  |   KCM Crew

Even with more homes on the market right now, some buyers are still having a tough time finding the right one at...

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Denver’s favorite genre video store has a new home in the Casa Bonita shopping center

September 4, 2025

The friendly neighborhood video store is a thing of the past. Vinegar Syndrome Denver — on West Colfax Avenue — ...

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The end-to-end Advantage: How ICE Mortgage Technology Is redefining mortgage innovation

September 4, 2025  |  ICE Mortgage Technology

ICE Mortgage Technology is building the future of housing finance with an integrated solution suite powered by a...

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Click n’ Close pairs 5/1 ARM with down payment assistance for new homes

September 3, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

Mortgage lender Click n’ Close has rolled out a new financing product that pairs an adjustable-rate mortgage wit...

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Rocket pushes back debt exchange deadline amid Mr. Cooper deal

September 3, 2025  |  Flávia Furlan Nunes

Rocket Companies has extended the deadline for investors to exchange debt issued by a Mr. Cooper Group subsidiar...

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RealTrends Verified mega team Noble Black & Partners returns to Corcoran

September 3, 2025  |  Brooklee Han

One of the nation’s top mega teams is returning to Corcoran. New York City-based Noble Black & Partners is retur...

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$12.7 trillion in US homes face severe climate risks

September 3, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

More than one in four U.S. homes — valued at $12.7 trillion — are exposed to severe or extreme climate risks, ac...

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Reverse mortgage production metrics took a tumble in August

September 3, 2025  |  Sarah Wolak

Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsements fell sharply in August, even as a handful of reverse mortgag...

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The 25-year housing surge and why the boom is just beginning

September 3, 2025  |  Tim and Julie Harris

For years, doom-and-gloom headlines have hyped a looming “housing crash.” But the data, demographics, and long-t...

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Is Zillow Premier Agent worth the cost?

September 3, 2025  |  Amy Fridhi, Gina Baker

As agents, Zillow is our best friend and worst enemy. Generally, it provides easy access to listings and gives o...

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Mortgage rates hit a new 2025 low after soft job opening report

September 3, 2025  |  Logan Mohtashami

Mortgage rates decreased slightly on Wednesday morning to a year-to-date low of 6.49% after the job openings dat...

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Where to celebrate Oktoberfest in the Denver metro

September 3, 2025

By Cassidy Ritter, Special to Denverite Fall is nearly upon us and so are Oktoberfest celebrations. From Stein...

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ALTA throws support behind Fidelity in FinCEN lawsuit

September 3, 2025  |  Brooklee Han

The American Land Title Association (ALTA) is taking a stand in Fidelity National Financial’s (FNF) lawsuit agai...

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U.S. homeowner count drops for first time since 2016

September 3, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

The number of U.S. households that own their homes fell in the second quarter for the first time in nearly a dec...

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Colorado seeks to convert parking lot next to governor’s mansion into housing

September 3, 2025  |  Paolo Zialcita

One day, the residents of a proposed housing project could cross the street to ask the governor for a cup of sug...

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Mat Ishbia on CFPB cuts, Trump’s fraud allegations against Cook

September 3, 2025  |  Flávia Furlan Nunes

Mat Ishbia, president and CEO of United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), weighed in this week on recent moves by Presid...

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NEXA Mortgage names Geri Farr as chief growth officer

September 3, 2025  |  Sarah Wolak

NEXA Mortgage on Wednesday announced the appointment of Geri Farr as its chief growth officer, effective immedia...

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Restb.ai enhances MLS Tools with compliance solution to adhere to NAR commission settlement

September 3, 2025  |  Brooklee Han

Digital compliance firm Restb.ai has added another tool to its suite of products to help MLSs ensure real estate...

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