Pending home sales posted their biggest annual gain in six weeks and new listings rose for a second consecutive week during the four weeks ending April 26, according to Redfin.
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Freddie Mac posted a strong start to 2026, reporting $3.6 billion in first-quarter net income as lower mortgage rates boosted refinancing activity and the government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) continued to build capital. Its profit rose from $2.5 billion in the fourth quarter of 2025. Speaking during the company’s earnings call on Thursday morning, Jim Whitlinger, the…
What a difference a year makes. A year into the job and fresh off Stone Point Capital’s strategic investment in Keller Williams, CEO Chris Czarnecki is still taking stock of what sets the residential brokerage business apart. On stage this week at HousingWire’s The Gathering in Austin, he described an industry defined less by structure…
Allen Price will quickly correct you if you call home equity investment (HEI) customers “borrowers” or the product a “loan.” “These are not borrowers because they are not borrowing money. This is not a loan but a contract,” said Price, head of sales at BSI Financial Services, which services HEI portfolios for top originators in…