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Harris makes housing affordability a key campaign issue

Vice President Kamala Harris, now officially the Democratic Party nominee for the President of the United States, is hitting the campaign trail with housing affordability as a central theme. “There’s a serious housing shortage,” Harris said at an event in battleground state of North Carolina, according to a CBS News reporter’s posting. “In many places,…

Pending home sales tank in July, but the slump is likely short lived

Mortgage rates are finally dropping, but pending home sales fell even further into the toilet in July. That’s according to the July pending home sales index from the National Association of Realtors. On an annual basis, the index fell by 8.5% to the second lowest seasonally adjusted rate in the data’s history, topping only April…

AI Demo Day: Optimal Blue’s CompassEdgeAI Demo Day:

CompassEdge Optimal Blue’s CompassEdge hedging and loan trading platform helps lenders maximize profitability with unmatched pipeline risk management tools, and dynamic loan sale and MSR valuation functionality. Attendees will experience new AI-powered assistants in CompassEdge that help lenders reduce manual processes associated with profitability attribution, projecting future pipeline changes, and optimizing trade selection. Learn how…