Housing

Home flippers express caution over rising costs, low resale demand

As the fix-and-flip market faces a lack of demand and higher costs, prices for these transactions are slipping and investors are taking a more cautious approach. That’s the conclusion of the 2025 F...

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Blackstone Selling $1.8B in Senior Housing Investments, With Some Discounts

Investment firm Blackstone (NYSE: BX) is offloading a portfolio of 90 senior living communities, sometimes for deep discounts compared to purchase price, according to a new story from the Wall Stre...

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Sonida Senior Living Hunting for New Growth Opportunities After $1.8B CNL Deal

Less than one week ago, Sonida Senior Living (NYSE: SNDA) announced a merger with CNL Healthcare Properties. The deal will serve as an “inflection point” to new growth, according to the company’s l...

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Seattle median list price at $850K even as price cuts spread

Price reductions swept through 44.7% of active listings in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro during the week ending Nov. 7, 2025, as the region’s median list price held at $850,000, nearly double t...

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ICE: Lower mortgage rates open the door to $11.2T in home equity access

Declining mortgage rates are creating new volume opportunities across the mortgage industry, reducing borrowing costs for both home equity and purchase loans while expanding the pool of homeowners ...

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October mortgage credit availability reaches highest point since 2022

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA)’s monthly Mortgage Credit Availability Index (MCAI) increased in October by 2.3% to a reading of 106.8. An increase in the MCAI, which relies on IC...

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Atlantic Coast Mortgage acquires Tidewater Mortgage

Atlantic Coast Mortgage LLC, a Fairfax, Virginia-based mortgage lender licensed in 40 states, has acquired Tidewater Mortgage Services Inc., a coastal Virginia lender serving the Mid-Atlantic and S...

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Why fiduciary duty and communication matters more than ever in real estate

At the core of real estate lies one constant: our duty to communicate clearly, act with integrity, and put our clients first. When those principles slip—even unintentionally—the results can be cost...

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Title insurance revenue rises for Big Four firms in Q3 2025

Falling mortgage rates during the third quarter of 2025 were certainly a boon for the Big Four title insurance firms who all saw title insurance revenue rise year-over-year during the quarter. ...

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Zillow faces lawsuit alleging illegal kickbacks in mortgage business

Zillow’s mortgage business has grown rapidly over the past few years, posting a 57% annual increase in loan origination volume, which rose to $2.3 billion, in Q3 2025. While Zillow maintains that t...

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Propy acquires Delta South Title, marking entrance into Alabama

Title and escrow firm Propy has completed its first acquisition under its recently announced $100 million AI roll-up strategy. On Monday, the firm announced that it has acquired Delta S...

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Housing inventory falls as demand picks up

Last week, housing inventory levels decreased noticeably, while our weekly pending sales showed a notable increase compared to the same period last year. Was the decrease in inventory primarily due...

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22 interconnected volumes redefine retirement living in shanghai’s joyful community

Joyful Community Redefines Retirement Living as an Urban Hub Located in Fengcheng Town, Fengxian District, approximately 30 kilometers from central Shanghai, Joyful Community by GN Architects r...

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Stop marketing like it’s 2008: You’re invisible

Mortgage marketing is stuck in 2008. Not because the tactics are old. We have webinars instead of lunch-and-learns, sponsored posts instead of postcards. The problem isn’t outdated tools...

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How much would a 50-year mortgage cost?

In a social post on Saturday, President Trump floated the idea of a 50-year mortgage to boost housing affordability, but the idea got a frosty reception online. One reason is that stretching the lo...

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Trump proposes 50-year mortgage to help affordability

Trump on Saturday posted an image on social that seemed to suggest he would be proposing 50-year mortgages, something FHFA Director Bill Pulte confirmed shortly after on X. The image Trump p...

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Pulte says Fannie, Freddie to remain in conservatorship with IPO plans

FHFA Director Bill Pulte said Friday that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will remain in conservatorship, but that the government would seek to sell up to 5% of their shares. Pulte made the remarks at t...

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What Realtors really think about working with builders

Picture this: a Realtor® walks into a new-home sales office, client in tow, ready to collaborate. The builder’s rep glances up from the desk, wary smile in place. Both sides want the same thing — a...

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Exclusive: NFM Lending grows footprint with Homespire Mortgage acquisition

Two Maryland-based retail mortgage lenders struck an M&A deal this week as NFM Lending has agreed to acquire Homespire Mortgage, the companies confirmed on Friday. The financial terms were not ...

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Opendoor hits reset: The iBuyer goes full founder mode with new CEO

Opendoor’s recently appointed CEO Kaz Nejatian used the firm’s third-quarter earnings call with investors and analysts to introduce himself and reintroduce the company he has been tasked with turni...

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Stewart acquires MCS’s mortgage services business for $330 million

Title and real estate services company Stewart Information Services Corp., owned by SISCO Holdings, has entered into an agreement to acquire the mortgage services of property preservation provider ...

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