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Douglas Elliman adds mortgage unit to real estate sales

Douglas Elliman adds mortgage unit to real estate sales

Douglas Elliman, the nation’s sixth-largest real estate brokerage, is the latest firm to unite home sales and financing under one...

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FCA guidance opens door to more execution-only home loans    – Mortgage Strategy

FCA guidance opens door to more execution-only home loans    – Mortgage Strategy

Borrowers will be able to remortgage their homes without seeking advice from a broker, saving them “time and money,” says...

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UWM Launches Borrower-Paid Temporary Buydown for Refinances

UWM Launches Borrower-Paid Temporary Buydown for Refinances

The nation’s top mortgage lender has launched a new borrower-paid temporary buydown to drum up refinance business. It appears they’re...

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Industry veterans urge small brokers to prepare now for refinance surge

Industry veterans urge small brokers to prepare now for refinance surge

Perlman said the biggest difference between the refinance boom in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and whenever the next...

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Stagnant home sales likely to be a drag on US economy

Stagnant home sales likely to be a drag on US economy

The ongoing slump in existing home sales is quite likely to curb consumer spending in the U.S. in the not-too-distant...

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MPs launch inquiry into barriers to FTB homeownership    – Mortgage Strategy

MPs launch inquiry into barriers to FTB homeownership    – Mortgage Strategy

MPs have launched an inquiry into the barriers to homeownership for first-time buyers, particularly those on lower incomes.   The...

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Firing Jerome Powell Won’t Benefit Mortgage Rates

Firing Jerome Powell Won’t Benefit Mortgage Rates

Once again, there have been reports of President Trump threatening to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell. But like the last...

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How brokers can shift homebuyer attention away from Federal Reserve rate drama

How brokers can shift homebuyer attention away from Federal Reserve rate drama

“I think that sentiment is putting a lot of people on the sidelines and saying, ‘Well, if (Trump is) pressuring...

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OCC rolls back disparate impact oversight

OCC rolls back disparate impact oversight

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is rolling back disparate impact supervision for banks, it announced Monday. As...

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Rogue Monkey returns – Mortgage Strategy

Rogue Monkey returns – Mortgage Strategy

Mortgage brokers who missed out on tickets to Oasis have the chance to see another rock reunion as Rogue Monkey...

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