Mortgage & Economy
Mortgage rates, Federal Reserve policy, employment, inflation, and what they mean for Bay Area affordability.
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Social Security reform pressure mounts ahead of midterm elections
The program’s retirement trust fund is projected to face insolvency in 2032
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Douglas Elliman names Jamie Gagliano national brokerage COO
She will oversee national operations and align workflows with Elius, the firm’s AI platform built on Google Cloud.
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Condo no-go: California defect reform fails at deadline
Late Senate amendments sent AB 1903 back to the Assembly; the legislative session clock ran out before a vote
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NEXA Lending launches new model, touts 100% revenue split for LOs
CEO Mike Kortas: ‘If you are producing the business … we believe you should have access to all of it’
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Pre-IPO equity is redefining the qualified borrower
Fannie Mae rules can ignore private-company receipt history and require a 200-day trading average after an IPO
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The end of SaaS as we know it in mortgage lending?
Agentic workflows shift user interaction from LOS and POS screens to intent-based execution with audit trails
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Beyond affordability: What Florida’s Amendment 3 could mean for MSR values
SitusAMC examines how Florida Amendment 3 could reduce escrow custodial balances, pressure MSR values and create new modeling considerations for servicers
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POP.STORE, Estate Media partner on AI-powered lead conversion
For listings, an AI concierge engages every visitor upon arrival, answering questions about the property
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OneKey MLS CEO: ‘MLS can’t take its value for granted’
OneKey recently made Ocusell’s listing management technology available to its agents
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MILLION Luxury bets on AI to compete with mega brokerages
CEO Andrés Muñoz says AI is built into marketing, CRM, lead follow up and back office workflows.









