Editor’s Note: The Mortgage Mix is RISMedia’s biweekly highlight reel of need-to-know mortgage-industry happenings. Watch for it every other Friday afternoon. –Flagstar last month agreed to a $31.5 million settlement in multiple class-action cases filed by former customers, focused on two data breaches that exposed the personal information of millions of customers in 2021 and…
Compass’s acquisition of Anywhere could end up having a major impact on its lawsuit against Zillow, as the portal giant is seeking to determine if Compass contradicted its assertions about the value of private listings through the proposed mega-merger. A joint letter filed by the two companies to U.S. District Judge Jeannette A. Vargas in…
Above, Parker Pemberton Parker Pemberton, founder and CEO of Pemberton Homes with eXp Realty in Minnesota, one of eXp’s top teams worldwide and one of the North Star State’s top teams statewide, has announced the 200+ agent team Pemberton Homes is going independent under the brand name PembertonRE. Pemberton founded Pemberton Homes, a real estate…
Editor’s Note: The Mortgage Mix is RISMedia’s biweekly highlight reel of need-to-know mortgage-industry happenings. Watch for it every other Friday afternoon. – The Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act (H.R. 2808), a bill aimed at curbing the controversial practice of selling mortgage “trigger leads,” was officially signed into law Sept. 5 by President Trump. The bill reforms…
Above, Ethan Glass Ethan Glass, a prominent antitrust attorney at the Department of Justice (DOJ) for nearly a decade, who later in private practice represented the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) in its defense against DOJ scrutiny and private antitrust lawsuits, has been hired by Compass, Inc. as its chief legal officer, the firm announced…
California Regional multiple listing service (CRMLS) and Rayse, a platform that helps agents give clients transparency into the transaction while showcasing their value, have announced they’ve entered into an agreement to offer the Rayse platform to all CRMLS agent users at no cost, directly through its MLS dashboard. Due to high interest from agents following…
Phishing attempts were reported against of two of the nation’s largest multiple listing services (MLS), FlexMLS and Matrix, which they said compromised access to a handful of members login credentials. Out of an abundance of caution to address the issue, all members of the two MLSs were required to rest their passwords. FlexMLS’s website shows…
Editor’s Note: The Mortgage Mix is RISMedia’s biweekly highlight reel of need-to-know mortgage-industry happenings. Watch for it every other Friday afternoon. –At the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) annual Capital & Secondary Markets Conference in New York City Tuesday, MBA President and CEO Bob Broeksmit characterized the removal of GSEs (Fannie and Freddie) as a “case…
Above, with panoramic views of Miami, the Penthouse at The Residences at 1428 Brickell offers nearly 12,000 square feet of bespoke luxury, including soaring 30-foot ceilings and two expansive terraces. This premier listing is part of a marketing partnership between Aperture Global, Cervera Real Estate, and The Residences at 1428 Brickell Avenue. For those who’ve…
Editor’s Note: The Mortgage Mix is RISMedia’s biweekly highlight reel of need-to-know mortgage-industry happenings. Watch for it every other Friday afternoon. –Mortgage rates were up this week and home purchase applications were down, but that doesn’t tell the whole story. As mortgage rates have hovered in between 6% and 7% for several weeks now, experts…
The first impression buyers get often determines whether they’ll even step through the front door. While homeowners focus on interior renovations, the exterior plays a huge role in its market value. Read more.
