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Proprietary reverse mortgages are outpacing HECMs. It’s time to raise the bar on fee transparency.

Jul 31, 2026 · 7:00 AM Jay Zayer HousingWire

Recently, a woman contacted me after her daughter encouraged her to get a second opinion before closing on a reverse mortgage. She had already chosen a…

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The mortgage industry has been focusing on only half the market

Jul 31, 2026 · 7:00 AM Finance of America HousingWire

For decades, the mortgage industry has focused on helping consumers buy and refinance homes. It’s where lenders have built their businesses, where…

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Meritage Q2 2026 earnings telegraph move-up buyer pivot

Jul 30, 2026 · 9:32 PM John McManus HousingWire

For much of the past decade, Meritage Homes has stood as one of public homebuilding’s clearest business use cases that thoughtfully designed, efficiently…

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FirstTeam and Purlin on avoiding AI mistakes: ‘Some stuff actually creates more work’

Jul 30, 2026 · 9:19 PM Jonathan Delozier HousingWire

FirstTeam Real Estate , a California powerhouse that reported $6.12 billion in 2025 volume across 5,978 transactions — good enough for national ranks of No.…

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Medicare Part D support cut amid rising retiree costs

Jul 30, 2026 · 7:33 PM Jonathan Delozier, HousingWire Automation HousingWire

As older Americans continue to grapple with escalating housing expenses, a higher overall cost of living and growing health care costs, new Medicare Part D…

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LPT Realty set to go public after parent files IPO paperwork

Jul 30, 2026 · 7:07 PM Brooklee Han, HousingWire Automation HousingWire

LPT Aperture Holdings, the parent company of LPT Realty and Aperture Global Real Estate , has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement to the…

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Chris Gallo enters guilty plea in federal mortgage fraud case

Jul 30, 2026 · 6:56 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes HousingWire

Christopher Gallo, once one of the nation’s top mortgage loan officers, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud in a federal court in New…

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Mortgage Rate News

Mortgage Rates Sideways to Slightly Lower

Jul 30, 2026 · 6:52 PM Matthew Graham Mortgage News Daily

It's not at all uncommon for mortgage rates to experience microscopic movement in either direction on any given day. In fact, it's probably the most common…

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Housing Industry News

Optimal Blue integrates VantageScore 4.0 into pricing, hedging and trading workflows

Jul 30, 2026 · 5:34 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

VantageScore 4.0, the credit scoring model that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are transitioning to for agency mortgages, is now integrated into Optimal Blue ’s…

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Elite International Realty expands crypto real estate services

Jul 30, 2026 · 5:23 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Elite International Realty has partnered with cryptocurrency escrow provider CryptEscrow to expand its crypto real estate capabilities, responding to…

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