Mortgage & Economy

Consulting firm Milliman has acquired Blue Water mortgage servicing rights (MSR) valuation and hedging services from Apex Analytics Corp., adding another platform less than a year after buying MorVest Capital to expand its capabilities in the space.

Spreads were 1.94%, keeping rates below 7%, while purchase apps were up 0.2% yearly and pending sales held near flat.

If you do not build it, they cannot come. If you cannot permit it, you cannot build it, and they cannot come. NVR Q2 2026 results offer a sharp counterpoint to the strategic shifts now underway across public homebuilding. Lennar has boldly reset its enterprise around a more asset-light on-demand land investment structure. D.R. Horton…

Berkshire closed its Taylor Morrison acquisition at $72.50 per share, valuing equity at $6.8B and EV at $8.5B.

A New York City attorney lays out red flags that real estate agents and title agents should remain on the lookout for.

A 21% rise in foreclosures reflects normalization, not a crisis, as new listings stay low and homeowner equity remains high.

Coldwell Banker Warburg will operate as Warburg at Compass in New York, and Compass has not set a timeline for the transition.

ICE said June delinquency was 3.55% and FHA new defaults fell 15% year over year, while foreclosure inventory rose to 0.53%.

The merger expands the organization to approximately 94,000 members across Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Martin and St. Lucie counties.