
Mortgage credit availability declines slightly in September
Lenders reduced offerings that allow for cash-out refinances and investor home purchases

Better authorizes $30 million stock buyback
Plan comes as lender ramps up cost-cutting efforts and pursues a sale of its U.K. bank subsidiary

MRED, NoCoast MLS partner to expand Midwest market access
MRED and NoCoast MLS teams are already working on the technical implementation of the partnership

U.S. Housing Costs Could Return to “Normal” Within 5 Years. Here’s What It Would Take.
U.S. housing costs could return to “normal” within the next five or six years if mortgage rates fall and/or price growth flattens. But the timeline varies widely depending on how rates and prices evolve–and it varies even more from metro to metro. Costs are closest to returning to normal in San Jo


