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Starts of single-family homes declined 9%, the most since August, according to government figures released Thursday. 

Ofir Nir is the chief financial officer at Flatworld Solutions, where he leads global finance operations across accounting, FP&A and financial systems. With over 20 years of experience, including senior finance roles at GE and SUEZ and earlier in audit at KPMG, his work focuses on building scalable, audit-ready finance functions in private equity-backed environments. He has led ERP implementations, process standardization efforts, and control enhancements, with a focus on ensuring finance organizations can support automation and growth through disciplined operations and reliable data.

Artificial intelligence's ability to uncover and analyze granular data across large volumes of files may result in AI agents executing trades themselves, mortgage leaders said.

Tom Vladeck is co-founder of Recast and holds a master's degree from LSE and an MBA from Wharton. Prior to co-founding Recast, he built a quantitative market research firm.

Lenders at the MBA conference say non-agency is more than just non-QM — and those still treating it as a niche product are falling behind as it becomes a core part of the business.

A capital rule overhaul could make bank charters attractive to independent mortgage banks, reshaping who controls home lending in America.

Zombie properties rose quarter over quarter in 38 states and the District of Columbia, according to Attom's latest Vacant Property and Foreclosure Report.

Jason Co, a certified financial planner, is the founder of Fiduciary Asian Advisor Network (FAANetwork) and CoPlanning Financial. As an immigrant from Hong Kong with roots in the Midwest, he strives to bring the fiduciary level of financial care to the Asian American population with transparent flat-fee pricing and comprehensive planning.