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National lender and servicer Newrez reported positive earnings and touted opportunities amid ongoing economic volatility, as its leadership sees potential growth in new lending products and savings from artificial intelligence investments.  Processing Content With rising interest rates throughout the quarter dimming early-year enthusiasm for a significant bump in lending volumes, the company found itself able […]

For the past several years, the real estate industry has talked about the mortgage-rate lock-in effect mostly as an inventory problem. That is understandable. When a homeowner has a 3% or 4% mortgage, and today’s replacement mortgage is in the mid-6% range, selling can feel financially irrational. Freddie Mac reported that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage

The fight for market share in real estate has never been more intense. National portals, institutional investors and well-funded disruptors are all competing for the same buyers and sellers, pushing many brokerages to believe they need to spend more to keep up. But independent brokerages won’t win by outspending the competition—they win by outmaneuvering it.