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If you have ever wondered how artificial intelligence stuff works, you are not alone. Listen and learn as author and futurist Brian Carter discusses one of the biggest tech revolutions in decades on the Keys to Real Estate podcast and why he believes it is more than just hype. Be sure to catch his presentation at the 2025 National Settlement Services Summit in Pittsburgh. Read on »

Amid a variety of bills introduced this year aimed at improving affordable housing availability, the mortgage industry has signaled its support for one proposing to do something that has not been done in more than 20 years – increasing the Federal Housing Administration loan limit. Read on »

As financial technology and digital assets remain ever-growing factors in the financial services industry, trade organizations continue to increase efforts to advocate for new policies to help their members remain competitive. Read about some of the latest developments with respect to this topic and more in this roundup. Read on »

A new set of predatory lending allegations have been brought against Vanderbilt Mortgage & Finance, Inc., months after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau dropped similar charges against the Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary. Read on »

The nation’s largest mortgage trade group offered its most recent take on how economic conditions are impacting home purchases while community bankers and credit unions are focused intently on the budget reconciliation process in Congress. Read on »

As part of the government-sponsored enterprise’s ongoing effort to reduce its retained mortgage portfolio, Fannie Mae announced plans for its latest sale of non-performing loans. Read on »

Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte levied accusations of mortgage fraud against New York State Attorney General Letita James in a letter submitted to the Department of Justice. Read on »

The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Boston division issued a warning to real estate professionals and borrowers about increasing reports of fraud targeting transactions across the Northeast. Read on »

The House passed its budget resolution, setting the stage for Congress to begin its reconciliation process, which is expected to include discussions about extending the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act cuts while implementing additional cuts, reducing spending, and raising the debt ceiling. Read on »

Real estate finance professionals welcomed the reintroduction of legislation in the House and Senate aimed at eradicating the use of trigger leads in the real estate marketplace. The bills are the latest in a long series of bipartisan attempts to do so over the past half decade. Read on »