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Supply gaps show where LOs should focus: Chicago, Pittsburgh lead

Mortgage professionals hunting for growth markets should look where inventory hasn’t recovered: Chicago and Pittsburgh are posting the strongest mid-tier home price appreciation in the country, at 4.2% year-over-year, as housing supply in both metros remains well below pre-pandemic levels. Processing Content That’s the signal from First American Data & Analytics’ Home Price Index Report […]

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Rethink capacity: 7% rates end near-term volume hopes

Enjoy complimentary access to top ideas and insights — selected by our editors.Want unlimited access to top ideas and insights? Subscribe Now Back in the first quarter of 2026, most mortgage lenders were anticipating lower interest rates and rising volumes. Then two things happened. First, the US, Israel and several Gulf nations, decided to start

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Warren and Schumer warn spy chief Pulte on housing regulator role

Two key Senate Democrats are pushing Bill Pulte to prove that he’s still fulfilling his duties as the nation’s top housing regulator now that he’s also taken over as acting spy chief — or resign instead. Processing Content Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called on the Federal Housing Finance Agency director,

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