Home flipping volume falls to 5-year low as profit margins hit 2008 levels

Home flipping activity slipped again in 2025 as investors completed 297,045 single-family home and condominium flips nationwide. That was the lowest annual total since 2020 and down 3.9% from 309,050 flips in 2024, according to ATTOM’s 2025 year-end U.S. Home Flipping Report. Flips made up 7.4% of all home sales in 2025, slightly below 7.6% […]

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Compass, Rocket, Redfin urge MLSs to allow seller-directed pre-marketing

Compass International Holdings, Redfin and Rocket Companies are urging MLSs to adopt policies that support pre-marketing and phased marketing distribution and to cease penalizing or punishing agents for carrying out “seller-directed marketing plans.”  The companies, which entered into a mutually exclusive deal to publish Compass coming soon listings on Redfin in late February 2026, made

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Basel reproposal’s impact on non-bank mortgage lenders

The reproposal of bank capital rules for mortgages appears to deliver on earlier signals, including looser servicing asset rules, additional loan-to-value ratio distinctions and accommodations for credit enhancement.   Processing Content But some fear there could be a catch in the small print of the new Basel III plan. “Capital rules are notoriously complex, but

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