August 2025

UAD 3.6: How the mortgage industry should prepare

Following the financial crisis, the conforming secondary market created new rules for delivering data, starting with the Uniform Mortgage Data Program and the Uniform Collateral Data Portal. The UCDP rolled out in June 2011, soon followed by the Uniform Appraisal Dataset. This fall, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will begin testing the next big change: […]

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Michigan cities, lawmakers seek $800M for housing incentives

Michigan cities and a bipartisan group of state lawmakers are backing a $160 million annual budget proposal aimed at increasing housing construction and rehabilitation through local zoning changes and financial incentives. Officials say it could spur 10,000 new homes over five years — or about 2,000 a year — at a total cost of $800

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Bonus Homes lands in Phoenix, unveils home equity release option

Bonus Homes, a real estate technology and investment firm, announced on Tuesday plans to open its headquarters in the Greater Phoenix area after raising $65.5 million in seed funding. A press release from the company said that the seed funding is from Solyco Capital, Redwood Trust, Nextview Ventures, Operate Ventures and Alpaca VC. With the

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