A stagnant housing market hasn’t held back Zillow’s mortgage business. On its third-quarter earnings call Wednesday evening, the real estate portal giant reported that its mortgage revenue rose 63% year over year, driven by an 80% jump in purchase origination volume to $812 million. Compared to the

Guild Holdings Co., the parent company of Guild Mortgage, sustained a $66.9 million loss in the third quarter of 2024 after delivering a profit of $37 million in the prior quarter. Meanwhile, its origination volume increased to $6.9 billion, up 6% from the second quarter and 49% higher than the same

Fair Isaac Corp. (FICO), the company that retains the rights to the market’s widely adopted consumer credit-risk assessment methodology, announced on Wednesday that it has increased its wholesale royalty from $3.50 to $4.95 per score for mortgage originations. The mortgage industry is now bracing fo

Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election and will become the 47th President of the United States. But what could a change in administration mean for the real estate industry that is keeping a close eye on Nov. 26, when the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) commission lawsuit settlem