American woman wins $300K Irish home for price of 2 coffees

Imelda Collins launched the "Win a House Near Sligo" raffle to give one lucky winner the keys to her "fairytale Irish country home" in County Leitrim, Ireland. Over 150,000 tickets were sold, and in the end, Kathleen Spangler of Chicago emerged as the winner. 

Broker Spotlight: Holly Brink, My Real Estate Company

Find out how this broker across four states has launched and where she and her agents are headed as they embrace the future.

Chimera boosts non-QM presence with HomeXpress acquisition

The New York City-based REIT will pay $120 million in cash for national non-Qualified Mortgage lender HomeXpress Mortgage Corp., plus 2.08 million shares in Chimera valued at $27.9 million.

Senate confirms HUD deputy secretary in 51-43 vote

The Senate confirmed Department of Housing and Urban Development Chief of Staff Andrew Hughes as the department's deputy secretary. Hughes also worked under former Secretary Ben Carson.