What’s next for housing: 7%, 8% or 9% mortgage rates?

Mortgage rates are at 7.57% and demand softened more last week

View Homes CEO Gandhi rebuilds builder operating platform

Leadership changes, standardized concessions, and a 12–18 month systems rollout are central to the plan

‘Lawfare is now the norm’: MLS leaders brace for more legal battles

MLS legal experts at CMLS Open House urged scenario planning around cooperation, participation, and data access as lawsuits and demand letters increase

Why real estate agents are mentoring college athletes — and getting referrals

Student-athletes receive mentoring and complete requirements to become licensed real estate referral agents

Your best producer is the hardest person in the building to read

The operational signals that show strain before the leaderboard does

Private listing ecosystems could deepen the housing affordability crisis

Rising prices alongside weaker sales and closed listing ecosystems are reducing consumer visibility and competition

HECM originations sink to lowest level since 2020, HMBS issuance down 17% in September

September endorsements dropped to 1,790 — the lowest figure since April 2020 — while HMBS issuance fell to $446 million

Even a missed jobs report and the Fed talking dovish aren’t keeping yields lower

A jobs miss sent the 10-year yield to as low as 5.17% before yields rose higher toward 5.28%

Mortgage Banking Summit: ‘Street fight’ market concentrates growth toward nondelegated lenders

Data shows a small fraction of lenders capturing most new production as LOs shift to brokerage and correspondent platforms

Christie’s International Real Estate SoCal adds $180M in agent production with Pasadena expansion

New team additions posted $180 million in the past 12 months, the RealTrends Verified brokerage reported

FHA launches optional transition period to UAD 3.6  

Lenders can begin sending FHA appraisals in UAD 3.6

Before your borrower’s AI agent calls mine: Three questions mortgage servicers aren’t asking yet

A framework for disclosure, authentication and ongoing fitness in a world where the caller might not be a person at all

Pending home sales are falling, but the slowdown isn’t hitting every market

Falling pending sales are revealing a more uneven housing market

A Super El Niño is brewing — what it could mean for housing

California and the Gulf Coast are projected to be the main, but not only, impact areas

CHLA backs Pulte plan for GSE credit score disclosures

Letter to FHFA says the added data could improve MBS transparency and reduce recurring credit score cost increases

Compass’s Reffkin gives MLSs an ultimatum: Change listing rules or face lawsuits

Exclusive HousingWire coverage from CMLS: Reffkin said Compass could file antitrust suits by mid-October and set an October 6 deadline

Archwest Capital closes $300M rated RTL securitization

Deal is backed by 218 loans, plus a $98.5M accumulation account and a two-year revolving structure

Zillow’s Samuelson: Undermining the MLS could bring regulators knocking

Exclusive coverage from CMLS: Samuelson cited Hill scrutiny of Compass and MRED and warned data restrictions could invite regulation

Texas Mortgage Source: Reverse is the ‘largest underserved market in the business right now’

At AIME Fuse in Austin, Mark Hairston and Shara Parker shared successful borrower scenarios for unlocking nearly $15 trillion in U.S. senior home equity

When pricing power disappears, builders have to find margin upstream

As incentives and input costs squeeze homebuilder margins, controlling product complexity earlier can create another lever for protecting profitability