While awaiting Senate confirmation to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Jonathan McKernan was nominated by President Donald Trump for a key role at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
According to Law360, a spokesperson for the White House later confirmed that McKernan’s nomination with the CFPB will not proceed.
While the real estate brokerage community battles it out over the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) Clear Cooperation Policy (CCP), lawmakers in one state have taken things into their own hands.
Federal prosecutors have expanded their case against the Alexander brothers.
In a superseding indictment filed Thursday in a Manhattan federal court, prosecutors added six more charges against one or more of the brothers. The charges are related to sex trafficking involving four additional women, including one minor. The federal case now includes a total of nine charges of sexual trafficking involving six women.
New York Attorney General Letitia James is the target of a criminal investigation related to mortgage fraud, following a referral by Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte, multiple news outlets reported Thursday.
The expense associated with originating mortgage loans has been escalating, with the current average cost approximating $11,600 per loan. A substantial component of this expense is attributed to Loan Officer Compensation (LO Comp), which typically constitutes 1% to 2% of the loan amount and represents nearly half of the total origination cost. This heightened compensation framework is primarily propelled by the considerable cost of lead acquisition, further aggravated by the lower conversion rate of leads.
The heated debate around the Clear Cooperation Policy (CCP) has roiled the real estate brokerage space as a result of fierce pushback on the rule from Compass.
But company CEO Robert Reffkin has a question amid what he characterized as “negative narratives and scare tactics.” What’s the downside for a home seller of Compass’s “three-phase marketing” strategy?
Lower rates helped Detroit-based Rocket Companies, the parent of Rocket Mortgage, improve its originations in the first quarter of the year — a period also marked by the announcement of two major acquisitions in Redfin and Mr. Cooper.
The founder of Warburg Realty Frederick Warburg Peters is joining Brown Harris Stevens. The New York-based firm announced Peters’ move on Thursday.
Peters founded Warburg Realty in 1991 before selling it to Coldwell Banker in 2021.
Home prices rose in more than 80% of U.S. metro areas in the first quarter of 2025 — even as affordability remained stretched and fewer markets posted double-digit gains.
According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), 189 of 228 metro areas (83%) saw year-over-year increases in the median price for existing single-family homes. That’s a slight decline from 89% in the fourth quarter of 2024.
Nearly 30% of U.S. homeowners would consider tapping their home equity via products like a home equity line of credit (HELOC) due to ongoing concerns about the economic climate, stemming from a rise in volatility and uncertainty over the past three years.
This comes from survey data collected by MeridianLink, a software vendor for the financial services and consumer reporting industries.
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