• House passes bill hiking VA mortgage refi fees to fund expanded veterans’ benefits,Flávia Furlan Nunes

    House passes bill hiking VA mortgage refi fees to fund expanded veterans’ benefits

    The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill that increases benefits for veterans and their surviving families, offsetting the cost by raising fees on Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) refinance transactions. The legislation — H.R. 6047, also known as the Sharri Briley and Eric Edmu

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  • Judge orders MRED to restore Zillow listing feeds in Chicago,Brooklee Han

    Judge orders MRED to restore Zillow listing feeds in Chicago

    Chicagoland area listings are back on Zillow and Trulia as of Friday afternoon, after Chicago-based federal Judge John Tharp, Jr. granted in part Zillow’s preliminary injunction motion seeking to prevent Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) from suspending its listing feeds.  On Monday, Zillow filed the

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  • California MBA backs $100M fund in governor’s budget proposal for wildfire rebuilding,Neil Pierson, HousingWire Automation

    California MBA backs $100M fund in governor’s budget proposal for wildfire rebuilding

    The California Mortgage Bankers Association (CMBA) voiced strong support for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed $100 million allocation for the Southern California Rebuild Fund included in this month’s revised state budget proposal, the trade group said this week. The proposed funding is designed to expan

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