• President Donald Trump: I have an idea to help first-time homebuyers,Bobby Bryant

    President Donald Trump: I have an idea to help first-time homebuyers

    Over the past several months, former President Donald Trump has floated a number of ideas aimed at helping Americans buy homes again. Among them are proposals such as 50-year mortgages and other creative financing tools intended to lower monthly payments for buyers struggling with today’s interest r

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  • Midwest Real Estate Data moves to abandon NAR membership requirement,Jonathan Delozier

    Midwest Real Estate Data moves to abandon NAR membership requirement

    Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) moved Monday to formally separate access to its multiple listing service (MLS) from mandatory membership with the National Association of Realtors (NAR) — a change the organization’s leader said is aimed at expansion and risk management. MRED offers wholesale listing

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  • Atlantic Avenue Mortgage leads HECM broker endorsement activity in January,Neil Pierson

    Atlantic Avenue Mortgage leads HECM broker endorsement activity in January

    Following in the footsteps of an initial dataset for 2025, Reverse Market Insight (RMI) and HECMWorld published updated numbers this week for reverse mortgage broker and third-party originator activity. While the top Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) originators for January 2026 did not vary fr

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