HousingWire

• ’Where the rubber meets the road’: New Hampshire brokers reflect on the NAR settlement September 17, 2024
  Brokers in New Hampshire weigh in on how agents in their markets have adapted to recently implemented business practice changes.
  Brooklee Han
• Fed policy is set to change. How will mortgage rates respond? September 17, 2024
  Federal Reserve policymakers are expected to lower the benchmark interest rate on Wednesday for the first time in more than four years. But it appears to be anyone's guess as to how large the cut will be.
  Neil Pierson
• Curbio settles fraud case; NAR partnership remains in place September 17, 2024
  Curbio, a home renovation startup that specializes in pre-sale work, has agreed to settle fraud allegations made by the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia. As part of the settlement, Curbio agreed to pay $7.5 million. 
  Jeff Andrews
• Carlyle to buy up to $300M of equity sharing home loans from Unison September 17, 2024
  Global investment firm Carlyle agreed to purchase up to $300 million of equity sharing home loans from home equity solutions provider Unison. 
  Connie Kim
• FOA announces amendment and update for bond exchange offer September 17, 2024
  Finance of America announced an update for a previous exchange offer, the latest in a series of moves aimed at shoring up its finances.
  Chris Clow
• Canada is funding research on tech’s role for aging in place September 17, 2024
  The government of Canada will federally fund research into ways that smart-home tech could help seniors remain in their homes as they age.
  Chris Clow
• Lone Wolf launches new tools designed to help buyer agents September 17, 2024
  The software company is launching a “Buyer’s Agent Club” designed to help navigate an uncertain time in the real estate industry.
  Jeff Andrews
• Could Kamala Harris’ ambitious housing plan actually pass? Maaaybe September 17, 2024
  A historic rise in home prices and nearly three years of high mortgage rates have put housing issues front and center in the 2024 presidential campaign. Kamala Harris has outlined an ambitious vision for housing that would involve the construction of 3 million new homes in four years.
  James Kleimann
• Fannie and Freddie aren’t going private anytime soon, Mark Calabria says September 17, 2024
  The former FHFA director said that Donald Trump will try to privatize the GSEs if he’s reelected, but the move won’t happen in 2025.
  James Kleimann
• To expand housing counseling services, HUD taps Zillow September 17, 2024
  HUD published a final rule expanding accepted counseling modalities, and will enlist Zillow to inform more people about counseling services.
  Chris Clow