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- FHFA clarifies key VantageScore 4.0 implementation questions July 15, 2025A week after the initial announcement, FHFA Director Bill Pulte answered several key questions about the implementation of VantageScore 4.0.
- Housing inventory growth: Good for buyers, bad for builders July 15, 2025Housing inventory growth has been a blessing for the existing home sales market, while builders are struggling with greater supply.
- NAF reports data breach in California July 15, 2025New American Funding (NAF), a top-25 U.S. mortgage lender, notified California’s attorney general last week of a data breach involving one of its vendors.
- 8 ways to expand your sphere of influence in real estate in 2025 July 15, 2025Tried and tested methods for building your sphere of influence and expanding your client network.
- NAR unveils dashboard that tracks key housing trends July 15, 2025Updated each month, the dashboard is intended to help members monitor fluctuations in affordability and market activity.
- Urban Institute says rise in FHA mortgage delinquencies isn’t a cause for concern July 15, 2025An Urban Institute report suggests that the uptick merely returns delinquency rates to 2017–2018 levels and does not pose a serious threat.
- Plaintiffs’ attorneys are checking on NAR settlement compliance July 15, 2025Counsel for the settlement class sent letters to 25 MLSs and Realtor associations, asking for proof of compliance with the settlement.
- Colorado homeowner who went viral launches AI seller platform July 15, 2025Mike Chambers, who drew attention on social media while attempting to sell his house on his own, has taken matters into his own hands.
- What will happen to mortgage rates after inflation went up? July 15, 2025Headwinds for mortgage pricing arrived Tuesday in the form of rising inflation through the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Prices rose 2.7% on annualized basis in June, up from 2.4% growth in May, and the news likely ends the faint hopes of a Federal Reserve interest rate cut later this month.
- Marjorie Taylor Greene calls for end to capital gains tax on primary home sales July 15, 2025The IRS currently allows an exclusion of up to $250,000 in capital gains from home sales, a figure that hasn't been updated since 1997.