Maria Volkova

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Three fair housing organizations are asking to weigh in on a federal case where the Department of Justice is seeking to end a redlining settlement with Lakeland Bank — an effort the DOJ and the bank both oppose.

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The Department of Housing and Urban Development is weighing a number of changes to its manufactured housing program as it looks to it as a key solution to addressing the nation's housing shortage quickly. Government officials, including the heads of Ginnie Mae and the Federal Housing Administration, outlined potential improvements under consideration, including updates to the Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards (aka HUD's code), during a manufactured housing roundtable Thursday.

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Guild Mortgage finalizing a deal to go private via a $1.3 billion acquisition by Bayview Asset Management piqued the attention of some recruiters. Inquiries to Guild's originator talent are coming in, the firm's originators and industry stakeholders claim. "I can confirm the phone is ringing off the hook with recruiters," Geoff Black, originator at Guild, wrote in a LinkedIn post discussing the matter. "The news broke and it was like a trigger lead.

1 week ago | nationalmortgagenews.com | Maria Volkova

Flipping homes is becoming a less profitable business venture for investors, an Attom Data Solutions report finds. The return on investment for fix-and-flip properties dipped to 25% in the first quarter of 2025, down from 28% the previous quarter. In the fall of 2020, the ROI on flipping homes was 48.8%, per the data vendor. The decline is attributed to a combination of elevated home prices, economic uncertainty and sluggish homebuying demand.

1 week ago | nationalmortgagenews.com | Maria Volkova

Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner reiterated his focus on increasing housing supply and streamlining operations at the federal agency. "Making housing more affordable and increasing the supply of housing in our country…is a top priority of mine," Turner said at a luncheon hosted by the Exchequer Club and Women in Housing & Finance in Washington on Wednesday.