The HECM Tool — a software platform designed to serve as a reverse mortgage sales conversion tool — announced this week that it has integrated the proprietary reverse mortgage offering from Smartfi Home Loans into the platform’s existing visualization and comparison capabilities. The platform was developed by reverse mortgage industry veteran Tane Cabe. It’s designed to offer a broader set of...

The Real Brokerage has named Ravi Jani as its new chief financial officer. His appointment is effective immediately and follows the departure of former CFO Michelle Ressler, who was terminated amid an ongoing internal investigation. Jani, who joined Real in September 2023 as vice president of investor relations and financial planning and analysis, steps into the role as the company experiences...

It's the most significant housing market drop seen in...

With busy jobs and two elementary school kids, Kendra Oxholm and her husband needed a kitchen that could keep up with their hectic lifestyle. Their existing kitchen didn’t come close. It sat closed off behind a wall separating it from the dining room. The space felt cramped. The cabinets lacked...

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The National Association of Home Builders reports that a slight dip in mortgage rates and limited existing home inventory helped drive an increase in new home sales across the U.S. in March 2025, despite ongoing market uncertainty facing both builders and buyers. According to newly released data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau, sales of newly constructed...

The legal woes for RealPage keep piling up. The property management software company was hit with yet another antitrust lawsuit this week, this time from New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin, who alleges that RealPage conspired with 10 landlords to artificially inflate rent for “tens of thousands of New Jerseyans.” The complaint — which contains heavy redactions — charges RealPage and the...

A proprietary reverse mortgage product first made available prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and before its discontinuation is now making a return, according to an announcement this week by Onity Group. EquityIQ, the proprietary reverse mortgage product from Onity subsidiary PHH Mortgage Corp.’s reverse mortgage brand Liberty Reverse Mortgage, is now available through the company’s wholesale lending...

By Callie Kelley’s estimate, home sales in Boise, Idaho, dropped by 20% annually in October 2022 when mortgage rates had doubled from their post-pandemic low points.  “In May 2022, we had a 60% annual gain and that was the peak. And then we lost 20% of that five months later, and the market has kind of just piffled along from January 2023 to January 2025,” said Kelley, the broker-owner of...