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Fairway Independent Mortgage buys itself a new Midwest division
Investors Selling Homes Fast—and Getting Picky About Where They Buy New Ones
In a new report from Realtor.com®, real estate investors were found to have sold homes at a record pace in 2024, while choosing carefully which states they valued when deciding to buy new ones. Looking at the raw sales numbers, investors offloaded about 509,000 properties last year, which was fewer than in 2021 and 2022,…
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3rd indictment adds new charge against Alexander brothers
Consumer Housing Sentiment Bounces Back in May: Fannie Mae Survey
Consumer confidence in the housing market climbed to its highest level this year as Americans relay feeling more hopeful about real estate and the direction of mortgage rates, according to Fannie Mae’s latest National Housing Survey released Monday. Five of six factors included in Fannie Mae’s Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI) improved in May; only…
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Consumer Price Index—Including Housing Costs—Inches Up
The ongoing back-and-forth over tariffs has caused concerns about costs of imported goods, passed onto U.S. consumers, spiking inflation. The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, one of the key measures of inflation, looks at inflation data as of May 2025 and was seen by some economists—including Bright MLS…
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How Trump’s Slimmed-Down CFPB Might Impact Fair Housing, Consumer Protections
The Trump administration has made sweeping changes at all levels of the federal government, slashing spending, cutting staffing and revamping policies to fit its agenda. There’s no place where this is more evident than at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). This week, multiple media outlets reported that a CFPB Enforcement Director Cara Petersen resigned,…
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May CPI misses projections even as tariff effects hold off
Mortgage Applications Surge This Week
While the state of the economy may still be experiencing some uncertainty, it appears that increasing inventory in some areas is having an overall positive impact on loan application volume, which economists report this week was 20% ahead of last year at this time. According to the latest Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey from the Mortgage…
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CFPB enforcement chief resigns, saying mission ‘under attack’
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