by Beth McGuire | Feb 3, 2025 | Agents, Best Practices, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has ordered a widespread shutdown of operations Monday at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) following his appointment as acting director Monday after President Donald Trump fired the agency’s previous leader Rohit Chopra...
by Beth McGuire | Jan 31, 2025 | Best Practices, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
Editor’s Note: The Mortgage Mix is RISMedia’s biweekly highlight reel of need-to-know mortgage-industry happenings. Watch for it every other Friday afternoon. Eleventh Circuit vacates one-to-one consent rule on robocalls This past week in a robocalls case, “Insurance...
by Beth McGuire | Jan 30, 2025 | Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
Mortgage rates inched lower this week, still hovering below 7% but showing little change since earlier this month. The latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®) released by Freddie Mac Thursday shows the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaging 6.95%, down...
by Beth McGuire | Jan 29, 2025 | Industry News, Latest News, National, News |
United Country Real Estate has announced that it has reached 100 years in business, marking a century of innovation and dedicated service in lifestyle, land and rural real estate. Founded in 1925 as United Farm Agency in Kansas City, United Country Real Estate emerged...
by Beth McGuire | Jan 29, 2025 | Agents, Best Practices, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier |
Mortgage industry experts pointed to a drop in refinance activity as the overall driver of home purchase applications decreasing this week, although it was only slightly and also indicative of persistently elevated mortgage rates hovering near 7%. According to the...