• Trump administration ‘effectively disbands’ the PAVE task force,Jeff Andrews

    Trump administration ‘effectively disbands’ the PAVE task force

    The Trump administration announced Thursday that it has ended the major policy provisions of the Biden-era Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity (PAVE) task force, “effectively disbanding” a program that sought to eliminate racial bias in the appraisal process.The directive primarily applies to tw

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  • ‘Dating the rate’ misled borrowers. Now they’re financially strained,Sarah Wolak

    ‘Dating the rate’ misled borrowers. Now they’re financially strained

    “Marry the house, date the rate” is a phrase that was popularized during the post-pandemic era of rising mortgage rates. Lenders urged borrowers to focus on finding a house they were head over heels with and worry about their interest rate down the line.Borrowers who were accustomed to rates hoverin

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  • PropStream expands lead generation tech through acquisitions,Jonathan Delozier

    PropStream expands lead generation tech through acquisitions

    PropStream, a real estate data and analytics subsidiary of Stewart Information Services, has acquired lead generation and marketing platforms Batch Leads and Batch Dialer.The acquisitions merge PropStream’s property data capabilities with Batch Leads’ artificial intelligence-driven lead generation t

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