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- Do Chicago homes in white neighborhoods see higher private listing rates? November 20, 2025Zillow finds 7.9% of homes in majority-white Chicago neighborhoods are listed privately, over twice the rate in non-white areas.
- Guaranteed Rate Affinity promotes Jaime Joyce to chief operations and strategy officer November 20, 2025With more than two decades in the mortgage industry, Joyce has led initiatives like the Same Day Mortgage program.
- September jobs beat estimates, but unemployment rises to 4.4% November 20, 2025The September jobs report shows 119,000 jobs created but it's the slowest job growth in the 21st century outside a recession.
- Existing home sales rise in October despite government shutdown November 20, 2025Existing home sales defied expectations in October, rising 1.7% annually and 1.2% month-over-month thanks to lower mortgage rates.
- Fairway to offer mortgage payment rewards through Made Card alliance November 20, 2025Fairway Home Mortgage will begin offering a credit card that rewards homeowners for making on-time mortgage payments through a partnership with New York–based fintech Made Card.
- Homebuyer affordability improves for fifth straight month November 20, 2025Homebuyer affordability improved for the fifth month as mortgage rates fell and earnings rose, according to MBA's latest PAPI report.
- FICO and Plaid partner on updated UltraFICO Score November 20, 2025FICO and Plaid have partnered to launch an updated UltraFICO Score, which uses real-time cash flow data to enhance credit assessments.
- DocMagic adds in-person electronic notarization to Total eClose November 20, 2025DocMagic’s in-person electronic notarization solution requires no specialized equipment and works on any connected device.
- Homebuyer regret plummets as market conditions offer more ‘breathing room’ November 20, 2025The share of 2025 buyers who felt they overpaid has been nearly cut nearly in half, dropping to 8% compared to 15% two years ago.
- If we built the mortgage market from scratch, what would it look like? November 20, 2025Every mortgage market is patchwork. Rules, products, and features exist because of past events, a crisis, a policy choice, or a market failure. The result is a structure that reflects history more than design. That doesn’t make it bad, but it does mean we carry baggage that limits what the system could be.
