2025

Tech Pulse: Fannie, Freddie move on fintech, crypto, fraud prevention

Welcome back to Tech Pulse — HousingWire‘s weekly series rounding up the latest in technology — including tools, integrations and trends that impact mortgage and real estate. Here’s what happened this week: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac jointly create U.S. Financial Technology Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have launched U.S. Financial Technology LLC to replace Common Securitization Solutions....

20 indispensable AI tools for real estate agents

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools equip real estate agents with unprecedented capabilities. While ChatGPT has become a go-to tool for many of us, there are tons of AI tools for real estate that offer a more efficient, data-driven approach to generating new client leads. From automated chatbots that qualify incoming leads and analytics to predict upcoming sellers to home staging done in a few clicks, AI...

HUD announces three senior leadership additions

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced on Friday that Jonathan “Drew” McCall, Todd Thurman and Reid Wilson will serve in senior-level roles under the direction of Secretary Scott Turner. The appointments followed the swearing-in of Andrew Hughes, the former HUD chief of staff, as deputy secretary. Per the department, the new appointees will be instrumental in...

FHA rescinds 12 policies as Trump administration pushes to cut red tape

As part of the Trump administration’s broader effort to cut regulatory burdens, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) on Friday announced the rescission of 12 policies related to appraisal protocols, underwriter employment, flood risk management and other areas.  Scott Turner, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which oversees the FHA, said in a statement...

Global Luxury Housing Rents Stabilize as Post-Covid Surge Cools

Global luxury rental markets are entering a more measured phase after a post-pandemic boom, with rental growth stabilizing across key international cities, according to property consultancy Knight Frank. Rents across a basket of 16 global prime markets rose an average of 3% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2025, a slight uptick from 2.3% in Q4 2024. The rebound follows a marked slowdown throughout...

FHFA Director Bill Pulte says arrested Freddie Mac would-be bomber still contacting him

In a social post on X on Thursday, FHFA Director Bill Pulte said a fired Freddie Mac employee who was arrested in March for threatening to blow up the Freddie Mac building in McLean, Virginia has continued to contact him. It’s Pulte’s first public statement on the incident since the woman’s arrest. Pulte posted: “Recently, a fired Freddie Mac employee was arrested for threatening to blow up the...

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