A coalition of more than 100 consumer, housing and civil rights advocates have submitted a letter to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner, “strongly” opposing the department’s 2025 Interim Final Rule that changes the scope of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule re-initialized during the administration of Former President Joe Biden.

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Rural Housing Service (RHS) has implemented a final rule that allows for the financing of manufactured homes through the RHS Single Family Housing (SFH) Direct Loan Program and the SFH Guaranteed Loan Program.

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A former U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) official is making explosive claims that the federal government secretly spent $21 trillion building a vast underground network of bunkers, “city infrastructure,” and transportation, allegedly designed to protect elites in the event of a catastrophic disaster.

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Mortgage lenders and prospective borrowers looking for relief from high interest rates will need to wait longer. In a widely expected decision on Wednesday, the Federal Reserve kept rates steady at a range of 4.25% to 4.5% following its two-day meeting.

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Agile Group Realty CEO Matthew Brookens had an idea for how to jump start the company’s business by tweaking its business model — and it worked.

Formed initially as an agent team in South Florida, the brokerage launched in 2022 as Agile. It began by offering agents a traditional split. But seeing an opportunity to take its agent-centric approach to the next level, the company made changes.

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Geoff Black spoke to a former client last week who was looking to purchase a newly built home. She was a “responsible” borrower but made a mistake: she had lost track of her student loan payments and was 60 days late.

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The HousingWire award spotlight series highlights the individuals and organizations that have been recognized through our Editors’ Choice Awards. Nominations for HousingWire’s 2025 Women of Influence Award are open now through May 31, 2025. Click here to nominate.

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In 2025, despite a lot of negative economic headlines, mortgage purchase application data has shown positive year-over-year growth for 14 consecutive weeks. In today’s MBA purchase application survey, this data reflected an 11% increase week over week and a 13% increase year over year, indicating resilient market performance.

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Mortgage applications increased 11% from one week earlier amid a decline in rates, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending May 2, 2025.

The index increased 12% on an unadjusted basis compared with the previous week.

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