Scaling from Freelancer to Business Owner

Pending sales of previously owned US homes rose in March by the most in more than a year as a brief dip in mortgage rates and a rising supply of houses brought out spring shoppers. View the full article

The real estate industry is at the forefront of a lobbying blitz to sway Congress to preserve the carried interest tax break that President Donald The President wants to abolish in a giant tax bill pending in Congress. View the full article

While the nation's largest housing markets in New York and Chicago enjoyed greater annual home price appreciation, home values fell 1.5% in Tampa. View the full article

The "Sell America" trade that gripped markets this month has left a potentially lasting dent in investors' willingness to hold the US government's longest-maturity debt, a mainstay of its deficit-financing toolkit. View the full article

Doug Duncan may be retired from Fannie Mae, but not from the housing market—his new firm is ramping up with writing, speaking, and advisory work. View the full article

A large share of each generation, baby boomers, Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z, said another age group is the reason why homeownership is unaffordable, Clever found. View the full article

Equifax Inc.'s first-quarter profit beat estimates, although the credit-reporting agency declined to raise its guidance, citing the tariff-induced uncertainty in the economy and falling consumer confidence. View the full article

The record-settting fixed-rate nonrecourse financing potentially opens up a new opportunity for nonbank mortgage companies with large MSR portfolios. View the full article

Large mortgage companies are targeting mergers and acquisitions as well as home equity lending in their 2025 business plans, Boston Consulting Group said. View the full article

Deregulation at the federal and state levels could open the door to a potential boom in housing supply, HUD Secretary Scott Turner said Tuesday. View the full article

Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte is the new chair for both and he has removed several members while adding a few new names at each. View the full article

Duncan announced the launch of a new company in a social media post in early April after retiring from the government-sponsored enterprise at the end of 2024. View the full article

Inflation cooled faster than expected last month, giving the Federal Reserve room to ease monetary policy if the economy weakens suddenly. But tariffs and other policy changes still cloud the outlook for monetary policy. View the full article

Freddie Mac reported a 2 basis point drop in mortgage rates, but other timelier measurements had the 30-year fixed close to or above the 7% mark. View the full article

A recent American Bankers Association survey showed improvement since 2022, but overall scores are still lower than in 2020 and gaps widened between providers. View the full article

The Federal Housing Finance Agency ended comments on expanded suspended counterparties list criteria in December and has done nothing with it since. View the full article

Bad actors use generative AI to create automated threats that are more sophisticated than earlier generations of malicious bots, and they are going after banks' APIs. View the full article

Small business owners will be given the option to tap into anywhere from $50,000 to $500,000 in financing. View the full article

The Irvine, California-based firm had a net loss of $40.7 million in the first quarter of 2025, a rebound from a net loss of $67.5 million in the previous period. View the full article

Fitch says large nonbank lenders are positioned to gain share as they manage debt maturities and outlast smaller rivals hit harder by market volatility. View the full article

With prices possibly rising over 4% through next year, respondents to a Fall 2024 survey said they would turn to their investment portfolios to fund the down and monthly payments. View the full article

The Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency took a measured approach to developing the international capital standards, according to a Government Accountability Office report. View the full article

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is laying off more than 1,400 employees just days after a panel of judges said the bureau couldn't fire employees without an assessment of whether the workers are unnecessary to perform the bureau's legally mandated duties. View the full article