REsides, which bills itself as an online, “borderless” MLS — announced Thursday that it’s partnering with startup proptech platform Rayse. REside members will have early access to the platform and all of its communication-focused features. The Rayse platform is designed to make agent-client relationships transparent in an evolving real estate market. It provides brokers with…
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)’s staff on Monday were ordered to stop working by the bureau’s new acting director, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. But Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), ranking member on the Senate Committee for Banking Housing and Urban Affairs, is urging Bessent to “unfreeze” the agency and has sent a letter outlining…
The Trump administration is expected to try to remove the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) from conservatorship, but it probably won’t be fast and it probably won’t be without considerable strife. At the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA)’s Servicing Solutions Conference & Expo in Dallas on Thursday, experts shared their views on when Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac…
Multistate mortgage lender Click n’ Close on Thursday announced that it’s adding a 30-year, fixed-rate conventional loan option to its SmartBuy Shared Appreciation Mortgage (SAM) program. Texas-based Click n’ Close, formerly known as Mid America Mortgage, offers the SmartBuy SAM program as an alternative path to homeownership. SAM loans grant the lender a share of…