Author name: Ricky Vasquez

Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsements for April showed that the nation’s top brokerages continued to originate federally insured reverse mortgages at higher or similar levels to their pace over the past year. That’s according to data released this week by Reverse Market Insight (RMI) and published by HECMWorld.com. Atlantic Avenue Mortgage remained on top […]

U.S. foreclosure activity rose again in the first half of 2026, with 227,548 properties receiving filings, up 21% from the same period in 2025, according to ATTOM’s midyear foreclosure report released Thursday. The report — which tracks default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions — shows total foreclosure filings are also 28% higher than in

I spent more than a decade as a real estate broker, and the biggest shift I watched wasn’t just what happened to prices. It was what happened to the conversations. Early in my career, couples sitting across from me led with the dream: the neighborhood vibe, the commute they could live with, whether there was