Housing

Housing Market Spotlight: Lower-priced metros show greater resilience as demand softens

Transaction activity slowed across much of the housing market as mortgage rates remained elevated, but metros where homes remain within reach of buyers continued outperforming higher-priced markets...

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Senior Living Providers Reshape Operations to Support More Residents With Behavioral Health Needs

This story is part of your SHN+ subscription Senior living providers are incorporating more mental and behavioral health services into their operational models to help their residents manage...

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Michigan’s Whitmer steps up, signs single-stair reform into law

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer took a big step toward clearing the path for developers to build smaller apartment buildings more affordably. Whitmer signed Michigan’s single-stair legislation int...

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NAR Q2 strategic plan update targets MLS rules, lawsuits, training

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) released its second-quarter update on the 2026-2028 strategic plan on Wednesday outlining progress on lobbying, legal strategy, MLS guidance, technology a...

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Senior Living Dealbook: SLTC, Sabal JV Makes Acquisition; Monticelloam Originates, Finances $45M loan

Transactions SLTC, Sabal Investment Holdings joint venture makes acquisition A joint venture between Senior Living Transformation Company, LLC and Sabal Investment Holdings ...

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New Leader of No. 6 Largest Senior Living Community Targets Training, Green House Model Growth

The new top leader of John Knox Village, the sixth largest single-site community in the country, is refocusing the community’s efforts to staff training, the Green House Model and other initiatives...

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House passes bill to ease banking regulations

The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed legislation that would make a series of changes to federal banking regulations, including easing certain capital, supervisory and merger requirem...

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Pulte banks on build-to-order pivot as margins find a floor

The market-driven forces for greater homebuilder margins, sales pace and efficiency in 2026 take a variety of shapes, sizes, risks and opportunistic tactics. For PulteGroup, a key margin-enhancing ...

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House subcommittee probes Compass MRED private listing network deal

A House Judiciary subcommittee is pressing Compass International Holdings and Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) to explain their nationwide private listing network partnership, citing concerns that t...

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In DFW, housing affordability slips even as builders report strength

Public homebuilders say they care about housing affordability. Their earnings calls reveal a more immediate set of priorities: protecting margins, controlling inventory and preserving pricing power...

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Stellar MLS adds Realtors Association of Citrus County as corporate shareholder

Stellar MLS announced the Realtors Association of Citrus County (RACC) as its newest corporate shareholder, expanding the multiple listing service’s (MLS) reach while providing RACC members with ac...

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Movement launches bilingual lending team, in-house ITIN product

South Carolina- based Movement Mortgage has launched a national Diverse Lending Support Team and an in-house Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) mortgage product to serve more Spanish-...

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HighTechLending expands EquitySelect eligibility and LTVs

National mortgage lender HighTechLending has rolled out major enhancements to its EquitySelect product line, expanding borrower eligibility, raising maximum loan-to-value ratios and widening access...

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Future Leader: Jono Bowles, Industry Product Manager – Healthcare & Director of Industry Solutions, Ottimate

Jono Bowles, Industry Product Manager – Healthcare & Director of Industry Solutions at Ottimate, has been named to the Future Leaders Class of 2026 by Senior Housing News. To become a Fu...

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New Jersey bans algorithmic rent pricing under FAIR Act

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill added her state to a growing list banning algorithmic pricing tools blamed for higher apartment rents. Sherrill signed the Forbidding the Algorithmic Infla...

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Mortgage applications rise 1.9% despite elevated rates

Mortgage applications increased 1.9% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending July 17, 2026. ...

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Mike Ryan joins PLACE to lead business development

Real estate services and technology platform PLACE is welcoming a new executive. In a post on LinkedIn on Tuesday, Mike Ryan announced he was joining PLACE where he will serve as executive vice pre...

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For better building codes, a more deliberate course is overdue

Building codes are ripe for change as policy analysts and the housing reform movement at large move beyond land use and zoning alone. After working through several hundred hours of build...

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The architecture of trust in the age of AI

By the time my morning stroll took me past a window of USD-priced for-sale notices for flats in the fashionable Palermo district of Buenos Aires, I was no longer surprised. This is what a deficit o...

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Equifax locks in $1 VantageScore through 2027

Equifax will keep its $1 VantageScore 4.0 price in place through the end of 2027 as it pushes mortgage lenders to adopt the alternative credit score model, CEO Mark Begor told investors. ...

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FHA proposes partial claim model that drops subordinate liens

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is proposing a new structure, called Reinstatement Advance Payment (RAP), that would change how servicers document and service partial claims and payment su...

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