HousingWire

09/17/2025

🚀🏦Groundfloor Lending expands leadership team

Patrick Donoghue, Kendall Bazan and Andrew Hurd are taking over new leadership roles

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The appointments of Patrick Donoghue, Kendall Bazan and Andrew Hurd mark the next chapter for Groundfloor Lending.

09/17/2025

📲🏡Florida Realtors builds e-sign tool available nationwide

Features include audit tracking, long-term record retention and mobile access

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The tool — Sabal Sign — provides unlimited signing sessions, mobile-friendly workflows and compliance with U.S. electronic signature laws.

09/17/2025

🔄🏠GoodLife’s Chase Kinder on growing his company’s reverse mortgage presence

Kinder was recently promoted to lead the wholesale division at GoodLife Home Loans

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GoodLife Home Loans is rapidly growing its HECM market share and looking to expand under new wholesale division leader Chase Kinder.

09/17/2025

🏦📉How will lenders recalibrate as Fed signals path to lower rates?

Chase, UWM, Cardinal and Tomo outline strategies to win borrowers despite affordability and margin challenges

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Explore how mortgage lenders are adapting strategies with rate promotions and new products as the Fed signals potential easing.

09/17/2025

🚨Breaking: Fed cuts rates by 25 bps, sets target range at 4% to 4.25%

Economists say it could usher in an easing cycle with direct implications for housing

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09/17/2025

Fractional ownership models are giving buyers a new path to homeownership: lower buy-ins, shared maintenance, and even integrated financing that turns underutilized properties into productive, wealth-building assets. For agents and lenders, that means a growing pool of customers who might otherwise stay sidelined.

Read more here: https://www.housingwire.com/articles/fractional-home-ownership-is-breaking-barriers-how-pacaso-is-taking-the-lead/

09/17/2025

🏦🤝Credit Union ONE acquires Icon Mortgage

Credit Union ONE will retain all employees from Icon Mortgage and ‘intends to operate the company as a separate mortgage lending affiliate’

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Credit Union ONE will retain all employees from Icon Mortgage and "intends to operate the company as a separate mortgage lending affiliate."

09/17/2025

📉🏡Disappointing housing permits show why we need 6% mortgage rates

Permits are approaching levels lower than we saw in the COVID-19 recession

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We are approaching lower levels of housing permits than we saw during the COVID-19 recession. Homebuilders need lower rates.

09/17/2025

🏢⚡CHLA, CAI push for increased efficiency in condo financing

Trade groups urge Trump administration to allow FHA to insure loans for Fannie- and Freddie-approved condos

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CHLA and CAI urge the Trump administration to allow the FHA to insure loans for Fannie Mae- and Freddie Mac-approved condos.

09/17/2025

🏦📈UWM raises conforming loan limit to $819,000

Company moves early to capture demand while regulators shut down talk of trimming GSE footprints.

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UWM raised the conforming loan limit from $806,500 to $819,000 for conventional and VA loans, months ahead of an official FHFA announcement.

09/17/2025

📉🏗️Housing starts plummet 8.5% in August: Builder confidence wanes amid market challenges

An interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve could boost building by lowering borrowing costs for builders and strengthening buyer demand

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August 2025 housing starts declined 8.5% monthly, with building permits at their lowest since May 2020. Lower rates could help.

09/17/2025

💼🏙️Rithm to acquire Paramount Group in $1.6B deal

The Newrez parent is betting on an office rebound in New York and San Francisco

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Rithm Capital Corp. acquires Paramount Group for $1.6B. Learn about this strategic move in the recovering office market.