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Cole West promotes Chris Winter to President of Homebuilding

Jun 2, 2026 · 08:17 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Utah-based Cole West named Chris Winter as the company’s new president of homebuilding to help facilitate the developer’s expanding footprint across Utah,…

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Why CoStar, Berkshire Hathaway are betting big on homebuilding

Jun 2, 2026 · 06:54 PM Brooklee Han HousingWire

The past week saw two companies traditionally associated with the real estate industry make a splash in the homebuilding space . Things kicked off on Friday…

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Windermere promotes founding family member Lucy Wood to regional director

Jun 2, 2026 · 06:13 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Windermere Real Estate has promoted Lucy Wood to regional director for western Washington and Oregon, placing her in charge of the company’s largest…

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Onity wins approval for revised reverse MSR sale to FOA

Jun 2, 2026 · 05:19 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes HousingWire

Onity Group Inc. won regulatory approval for a revised sale of most of its reverse mortgage servicing rights to Finance of America (FOA), the company said…

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Home purchase demand holds up even with mortgage rates at 6.7%

Jun 2, 2026 · 05:18 PM Neil Pierson HousingWire

Rates for 30-year conforming mortgages stayed above 6.7% this week, but housing market activity has been resilient as weekly pending sales and purchase loan…

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Gitcha integrates buyer listing service into Momentum MLS

Jun 2, 2026 · 05:00 PM Brooklee Han, HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Gitcha and Momentum MLS have formed a strategic partnership to integrate Gitcha’s Buyer Listing Service into the MLS platform for real estate professionals…

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Century 21 Americana expands into Montana

Jun 2, 2026 · 04:52 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Century 21 Americana has expanded into Montana through the addition of Century 21 Hometown Brokers , a leading brokerage in Billings and the top-performing…

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loanDepot promotes Joseph Grassi to chief legal and risk officer

Jun 2, 2026 · 04:43 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

loanDepot has promoted chief risk officer Joseph Grassi to the role of chief legal and risk officer, the company announced on Tuesday. Per loanDepot ‘s…

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VA finalizes partial claim program, eliminates proposed payment increase

Jun 2, 2026 · 04:31 PM Sarah Wolak HousingWire

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on Monday finalized updates to its loss mitigation and partial claim policies, creating a new foreclosure…

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For mortgage rates, it’s not labor over inflation anymore

Jun 2, 2026 · 03:20 PM Logan Mohtashami HousingWire

With all the crazy headlines that push oil prices up and down, we sometimes forget that the labor data is still really important for mortgage rates — and…

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