Mortgage rates stayed below 7% for the second week in a row, a welcome relief after a 17-week streak of above-7% rates. This week’s dip is the largest weekly drop since November 2022.The 30-year, fixed mortgage rate averaged 6.67% for the week ending Dec. 21, according to Freddie Mac‘s Primary Mortg

HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Kathryn Amor, senior vice president and head of enterprise products at Guaranteed Rate, to talk about the intersection of product and technology.Sarah Wheeler: You joined Guaranteed Rate in January of 2023. What drew you to that role?Kathryn Am

First American is the latest real estate firm to suffer a cybersecurity incident.Sources told HousingWire the incident occurred Wednesday afternoon, with First American confirming the incident Thursday morning.In a statement on the title company’s website it notes that First American has “taken cert

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sued the developer and lender Colony Ridge on Wednesday, alleging the company operated an illegal land sales scheme and made false statements targeting tens of thousands of Hispanic borrowers in Texas. That’s th