ARA expands advocacy, hires John Blount to lead lobbying

The American Real Estate Association (ARA) announced Friday that John Blount will serve as the Mauricio Umansky and Jason Haber-founded trade group’s chief lobbyist.  Blount spent years as chief lobbyist for the National Association of Realtors (NAR), directing the association’s advocacy shop. He held the role of vice president of congressional affairs at the trade […]

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LGI Homes is trying to remove the reasons buyers keep waiting

Winning the game of a momentum-free and uncertainty-filled new-home market is like winning at Cat’s Cradle. You can lose to the game if you don’t play hand-in-hand with your partner. In the case of a homebuilder’s way through an indefinite, sluggish stretch, winning happens when something missing reappears when nobody caused it to do so:

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NRMLA asks CFPB for new reverse mortgage disclosure framework

The National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA) is urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to overhaul reverse mortgage disclosures, arguing that tailored, simplified materials could help consumers better understand the products and their risks. In an Aug. 10 comment letter responding to the CFPB’s request for information on promoting access to mortgage credit, NRMLA

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