The U.S. housing regulator has cooled market expectations that the mortgage guarantors Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could be quickly retooled prior to the 2020 presidential election. So reports Reuters.

By Pat Sherlock, Founder QFS Sales Solutions

In today’s selling environment, having an initial conversation or setting up a face-to-face meeting with a prospective buyer is more difficult than ever. Consumers aren’t interested in talking to salespeople, especially someone they don’t know.

Bruce Lee, the famous martial arts master, had a very famous quote that I believe all mortgage originators can learn a great deal from: “I don’t fear the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks. I fear the man that has practiced one kick 10,000 times.”

New Jersey is on track to create a tracking system of all houses under foreclosure across the state. So reports Newark’s WBGO.