Mortgage & Economy
Mortgage rates, Federal Reserve policy, employment, inflation, and what they mean for Bay Area affordability.
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Brands by Integra names Charles Boyett national VP of growth
Boyett brings more than 25 years of experience in real estate brokerage, executive leadership and business development.
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Mortgage affordability improves in June as median payment slips to $2,191
Homebuyer affordability improved slightly in June as the national median payment on new purchase mortgage applications fell to $2,191, down from $2,198 in May.
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Better appoints Orange Capital founder Daniel Lewis to board of directors
Better Home & Finance adds Orange Capital founder Daniel Lewis to its board as it doubles down on its AI-driven mortgage strategy.
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Optimal Blue integrates VantageScore 4.0 into pricing, hedging and trading workflows
VantageScore 4.0, the credit scoring model that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are transitioning to for agency mortgages, is now integrated into Optimal Blue’s end-to-end capital markets platform,
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Chris Gallo enters guilty plea in federal mortgage fraud case
Chris Gallo, once one of the nation’s top mortgage loan officers, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud in federal court in New Jersey, according to court filings.
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LPT Realty set to go public after parent files IPO paperwork
LPT Aperture filed confidential IPO paperwork on Form S-1, with no price range or offering size set and timing pending review.
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Medicare Part D support cut amid rising retiree costs
The Trump administration announced it will end a temporary Medicare Part D premium stabilization program after the 2026 contract year.
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FirstTeam and Purlin on avoiding AI mistakes: ‘Some stuff actually creates more work’
FirstTeam Real Estate’s Lauren Henss and Purlin’s Tim Quirk sit down with HousingWire to touch on the state of brokerage AI adoption.
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Meritage Q2 2026 earnings telegraph move-up buyer pivot
For much of the past decade, Meritage Homes has stood as one of public homebuilding’s clearest business use cases that thoughtfully designed, efficiently built entry-level homes could unlock homeownership for thousands of households who otherwise might have remained renters. The company’s strategy wasn’t simply to build smaller homes. It reshaped its land acquisition, product design,…
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Vacation-Home Mortgages Tick Up For First Time Since Pandemic Boom
Mortgages for second homes rose 4% year over year in 2025, the first annual increase in four years. That’s compared with a 1% increase for primary homes. Still, second-home mortgages account for just 3% of all home loans. Second-home purchases are rising because affluent buyers are fairly active in today’s housing market; additionally, demand dropped…








