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Housing Industry News

Mortgage rate locks fell 9% in August, Optimal Blue reports

Sep 8, 2026 · 05:01 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Total locks fell 9% from July as the 30-year conforming rate ended August at 6.72% and refi demand stayed limited

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Opendoor moves ahead with mortgage offerings, touts controlled costs

Sep 8, 2026 · 04:44 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes HousingWire

Loans are available for any home purchase, not only Opendoor-owned properties

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Commodity inflation is hot, but Fed is still focused on core inflation

Sep 8, 2026 · 04:28 PM Logan Mohtashami HousingWire

Commodity volatility is one reason why the Fed isn't more hawkish

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Christie’s International Real Estate brings Warburg agents into new NYC brokerage

Sep 8, 2026 · 04:21 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

The Upper East Side office will support luxury real estate and add services tied to fine art and collectibles.

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Envoy Mortgage taps Chad Smith as CEO, deepens integration with PLACE

Sep 8, 2026 · 04:00 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes HousingWire

Move adds a formal CEO role atop Envoy as it seeks to scale to $4 billion in yearly production

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MBA sues New Jersey over disparate impact rule

Sep 8, 2026 · 03:48 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes HousingWire

Trade group says rule forces race-based lending decisions

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Daniel Lewis urges Better shareholders to reject Vishal Garg’s proposals

Sep 8, 2026 · 03:31 PM Sarah Wolak HousingWire

Interim CEO says all directors except Garg oppose his return

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Zillow asks court to stay discrimination suit pending arbitration

Sep 8, 2026 · 01:58 PM Brooklee Han HousingWire

Filing in U.S. District Court in Denver follows claims by former manager Kenneth Brantley, who was terminated in September 2025.

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NEXA Lending names Geri Farr CEO, Mike Kortas moves to executive partner

Sep 8, 2026 · 11:30 AM Sarah Wolak HousingWire

Kortas becomes executive partner while Farr takes day to day oversight of the executive team and operations

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Can tech keep agents out of trouble for listing mistakes?

Sep 7, 2026 · 02:55 PM Skylar Lawrence-LeBel HousingWire

LiDAR measurements and 3D tours can back up square footage and limit misleading AI edited listing photos.

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