The Lede

National Real Estate Investor, Oct. 30, 2017--Bendix AndersonWhile owners of single-family rental properties are still raising rents, they are not doing so as quickly as they had over the last few years.

National Mortgage Professional, Oct. 30, 2017--Phil HallThe share of sales to first-time homebuyers fell this year to 34 percent, the lowest level since 1981.

National Mortgage News, Oct. 30, 2017--Penny Crossman (subscription)"There's no doubt that the blockchain concept, with its power to prevent duplication and divergence from the chain, is highly promising for identity," said Jo Ann Barefoot, a former deputy comptroller at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and now a compliance consultant.

HousingWire, Oct. 30, 2017--Brena SwansonCoverage on digital mortgages moved from transforming the front end of the process to transforming the back end: Phase two.

Bloomberg, Oct. 30, 2017--Matthew BoeslerIf it feels like the rent keeps going up, you're not alone: The share of U.S. disposable income that went toward such spending totaled 3.81 percent in the third quarter, marking the highest share in data going back almost six decades.

Mortgage Daily, Oct. 30, 2017Home-lending volume at Movement Mortgage LLC held up from the prior quarter and a year prior. The company's payroll continued modest growth.

NBC News, Oct. 30, 2017--Carrie DannA new poll conducted by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal shows that 48 percent of currently employed women in the United States say that they have personally experienced an unwelcome sexual advance or verbal or physical harassment at work.

The Real Deal, Oct. 30, 2017--Konrad Putzier Developers who buy stakes in startups may stifle innovation down the road.

Mortgage Daily, Oct. 30, 2017An Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System advisory indicates that fraudulent emails which appear to be from NMLS could be an attempt to obtain personal information.

Mortgage Daily, Oct. 30, 2017--Sam GarciaAs interest rates continue to drift higher, an acceleration of layoffs in real estate finance is taking place. Two companies are closing their mortgage divisions.

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Oct. 30, 2017--Sarah HauerTCF National Bank, headquartered in Wayzata, Minn., announced Monday it acquired residential mortgage lender Rubicon Mortgage Advisors.

Wall Street Journal, Oct. 30, 2017--Chris Kirkham, Laura Kusisto (subscription)Lennar Corp. agreed to buy CalAtlantic Group Inc. for $5.7 billion, creating the country's largest home builder by revenue in the latest affirmation of a U.S. economic expansion now in its ninth year.

National Mortgage News, Oct. 30, 2017--Brian Collins (subscription)The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has launched a new mortgage performance tool that tracks delinquencies on mortgage loans down to the county level.

HousingWire, Oct. 30, 2017--Ben LaneConsumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray took an extraordinary step on Monday, pleading directly with President Donald Trump in a last-ditch effort to save the Bureau's controversial arbitration rule.

Reuters, Oct. 30, 2017--Lucia MutikaniU.S. consumer spending recorded its biggest increase in more than eight years in September, likely as households in Texas and Florida replaced flood-damaged motor vehicles, but underlying inflation remained muted.