Planning permission tumbles 19% in Q3: Home Builders Federation  

December 18, 2023by

New home planning permissions approved in the third quarter of the year fell by a record 19% to just...

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Metro Bank pulls £3bn mortgage portfolio sale 

December 18, 2023by

Metro Bank has scrapped its £3bn mortgage portfolio sale, citing market conditions.  ...

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Equity Release Council reappoints Burrowes as chair   

December 18, 2023by

The Equity Release Council has confirmed David Burrowes as its chair and made another board appointment to the industry...

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The Federal Reserve delivers lower rates for Christmas

December 17, 2023by

Mortgage rates and the 10-year yield What a crazy week! Not too long ago, on jobs Friday, I was on...

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Bipartisan bill on trigger leads wins industry support

December 16, 2023by

Multiple mortgage industry groups are backing the latest bill aimed at curtailing trigger leads, which Sen. Jack Reed, D.-R.I.,...

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Fannie Mae expands of attorney opinion letter use

December 16, 2023by

An influential government-related mortgage investor is expanding the use of a title insurance alternative for loans on condominium units...

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Real estate tech firm Prevu raises $6 million in Series A

December 16, 2023by

Real estate tech firm Prevu announced a Series A financing round Thursday of $6 million. Citi, RiverPark Ventures, Metropolis...

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Movement accuses Summit founder Todd Scrima of corporate espionage

December 16, 2023by

L. Scott Bruggemann, senior vice president and general counsel at Summit, wrote in an emailed response to HousingWire that,...

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PNC, U.S. Bank closed roughly one in 10 branches in 2023

December 16, 2023by

The overall pace of bank branch closures slowed in 2023, but certain banks still slashed the size of their...

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Success in 2024 depends on using 2023’s lessons

December 16, 2023by

The mortgage industry took it on the chin in 2023, with many of those same factors hurting it now...

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