Watchdog: Beef up referral fee disclosure or prepare for lawsuits

A report released on Tuesday by the Consumer Policy Center suggested lawsuits will follow if brokerages, real estate portals and regulators don’t step in and add transparency first.

Housing market splinters as inflation outpaces price growth

S&P Global, the Federal Housing Finance Agency and Redfin all released housing reports on Tuesday, revealing fracturing pricing trends and the market's struggle to settle into a new normal.

Is crypto ready for prime time in housing finance? Rate thinks so

Mortgage lender Rate has launched RateFi, a nationwide non-QM mortgage program that allows qualified borrowers to use verified cryptocurrency holdings for mortgage qualification without liquidating their digital assets.

Mortgage rates have dipped below 6%. Here’s where it may unlock more transactions

The drop to 5.99 percent on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages in the wake of shifting tariff policies could unlock transactions in select markets in the Midwest and South, according to an analysis from Realtor.com.