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The residential market is expected to face challenges from stubbornly high mortgage rates and limited supply in 2025, particularly after Fed Chair Jerome Powell's comments on Wednesday indicating fewer rate cuts are coming.

A borrower alleges the bank made billions of dollars in profit off millions of dollars in rate lock extension fees it wrongly charged mortgage customers.

The Federal Housing Administration is suggesting servicers get early access to the funds they have advanced at a time when many T&I payments have been high.

Boomer wealth surged by $19 trillion in just under five years, with approximately half coming from home equity, according to new Freddie Mac research.

Andrew Wynn, co-founder and co-CEO of Ascend, has been at the forefront of empowering insurance companies through cutting-edge, profit-enhancing technology. With over a decade of experience in technology and insurance industries, Andrew has developed a keen insight into the challenges faced by insurance professionals.

Andrew started Sheltr, acquired by Hippo, a homeowner's coverage insurtech. During his time there, he witnessed firsthand the inefficient and outdated payment and accounting workflows that exist within insurance. With this experience, he founded Ascend with his co-founder, Praveen Chekuri.

Over the past two weeks, the 10-year Treasury yield, priced on market expectations, increased over 40 basis points and that is finally being seen in the Freddie Mac survey.

The senior vice president who played a key role in instituting an industry scorecard passes on some insights with future relevance as she prepares to depart.

Jim Daniels has nearly 40 years of experience and leads UHY's Albany tax practice, which includes oversight of all tax engagements. He has an extensive background serving a variety of entities with tax compliance and planning related to corporate, individual, estate, and state and local taxes. He has vast knowledge of federal, state and local tax planning and multistate taxation.

Bryan Eberle is president of tax solutions at Nepsis, a national financial advisor and investment management firm.

He joined the firm prior to its acquisition of the full-service tax, accounting and consulting firm Sevenich, Butler, Gerlach & Brazil and was instrumental in planning for, and played a crucial role in, expanding Nepsis' tax program and merging the two entities.

Contract closings increased 4.8% to an annualized rate of 4.15 million in November, the most since March, according to data released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors.