Seattle-based Friday Harbor, an AI-powered mortgage underwriting platform, has hired two mortgage industry veterans, naming Kate Schilling as director of sales and Melina Stayton as customer success manager, the company announced Monday. Schilling brings more than 13 years of mortgage experience to

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First America Homes, the homebuilding division of Texas real estate developer The Signorelli Co., has hired homebuilding executive David Assid as division president for the Houston region, the company announced. Assid will oversee operations across the builder’s communities in the Greater Houston ar

U.S. homebuilders reported that sales softened in March compared to February amid economic volatility and a spike in mortgage rates, according to the BTIG/HomeSphere monthly homebuilder survey. Demand cooled after early-year gains, the survey of small and midsized homebuilders found. In March, 35% o