Mortgage rates continue to rise, serving as a bucket of cold water for lenders and consumers that were warming to lower borrowing costs just a few months ago. According to HousingWire‘s Mortgage Rates Center, the average 30-year conforming rate was 6.61% on Tuesday. That was up 15 basis points (bps)

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) this week announced two temporary policy waivers as the response to hurricanes Helene and Milton continues. The FHA’s 203(k) rehabilitation mortgage program currently has a requirement that “when a repair is considered ‘major,’ it becomes ineligible to be fin

The Real Brokerage is keeping attendees of RISE, its third annual agent conference, on their toes. From the RISE stage in Las Vegas, Real unveiled three new products for agents and clients on Tuesday. The first product launched is an upgrade to Leo, the AI assistant the firm first debuted during the

If there’s one word that best encapsulates the current political climate, it might be “polarized.” People who are active in the political process are often tribal about their beliefs on how the country should be run, and that tribalism has manifested into political polarization that seems to be stri