Housing

Trump appointees roll back Fair Housing enforcement, internal records show

Internal documents and interviews reviewed by The New York Times reveal that Trump administration officials at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) have sharply limited enforcement...

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LoanStream launches new dba, GIANT Lending

OCMBC Inc., dba LoanStream Mortgage, announced on Monday the retirement of its dba, Jet Advantage Mortgage, and the official launch of GIANT Lending. According to a press release from th...

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Legal experts say RESPA suit against Zillow is ‘going nowhere fast’

Zillow’s legal workload became even heavier on Friday when homebuyer Alucard Taylor filed a class action lawsuit against the real estate behemoth over its Premier Agent and Flex programs. ...

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Compass buys Anywhere Real Estate for a combined 340,000 agents

Compass is back on its acquisition spree, this time scooping Anywhere Real Estate. In a deal announced Monday, the two real estate giants said they had signed a definitive merger agreeme...

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Have lower mortgage rates already changed the housing market?

Mortgage rates fell to almost 6% just before the Fed announcement on rate cuts, then rose slightly to close out the week. Have lower mortgage rates already changed the housing market? Yes. Housing ...

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Leading reverse mortgage lenders prepare to put AI in front of seniors

Top U.S. reverse mortgage lenders are entering a new phase in their artificial intelligence (AI) strategy: deploying customer-facing tools to engage more directly with seniors. After ach...

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Houston’s $351K median price outperforms Texas metros in affordability

Houston’s housing market maintains a competitive edge in affordability while still showing a slight seller’s advantage, according to the latest HW Data. With a median listing price of $351,900, Hou...

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Retirement age could change as Social Security examines all options

With the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget predicting that Social Security’s retirement trust funds will run out by 2032, policymakers are being forced to act fast. When asked d...

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Stellar MLS, Miami Realtors sign reciprocal access agreement

Stellar MLS, the largest MLS in Florida, and the Miami Association of Realtors, the nation’s largest local Realtor association, have entered into a reciprocal access agreement, the groups announced...

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Senior Living Operator Kingsbury Debuts First Community ‘Prototype’ in Larger Growth Plans

With the launch of a new senior living community, Kingsbury Living is advancing plans to develop multiple communities in Ohio in the coming years. The Ohio-based senior living provider rece...

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How Middle-Market Senior Living Operators Keep Staffing From Blowing Up Their Budgets

It’s no secret in senior living that staffing is often the most expensive part of operations. For middle-market operators, staffing is especially a challenge. Operators that try to keep rate...

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Canadians are cooling on the U.S. housing market

Between April 2024 and March 2025, Canadian homebuyers spent $6.2 billion on U.S. real estate purchases, making up 14% of all foreign homebuyers, according to data from the National Association of ...

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Help exists for cash-strapped homebuyers — but many don’t know it

As home prices and mortgage rates continue to stretch budgets, many would-be homebuyers are wondering if they’ll ever be able to make the jump. Industry professionals say that creative f...

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US home flipping profits hit lowest level since 2008

The share of U.S. homes flipped by investors fell in the second quarter of 2025 while profit margins dropped to levels not seen in more than 15 years, according to new data from ATTOM. Flipp...

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New York and DC homeowners set for biggest savings from SALT cap hike

Homeowners in New York and Washington, D.C., stand to gain the most from the recently expanded federal cap on state and local tax (SALT) deductions — with typical households in these locations savi...

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Tech Pulse: Real estate referral landscape; new e-sign tool

Welcome back to Tech Pulse — HousingWire‘s weekly series rounding up the latest in technology news, including tools, integrations and trends that impact mortgage and real estate. Here’s ...

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Pennymac raises conforming loan limits to $819,000

Pennymac announced on Thursday that it’s raising its conforming loan limits for mortgage brokers to $819,000, effective Sept. 19. Pennymac‘s news comes just one day after United Wholesal...

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As GSEs prep for crypto, lenders test the non-QM waters

Last week, a UMortgage originator took to LinkedIn to announce a unique loan he was working on — a $4 million non-QM loan for a borrower using cryptocurrency through an off-exchange XRP wallet to q...

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Here’s why non-QM earned its place at the mortgage dinner table

The non-qualified mortgage market has experienced significant growth since its introduction nearly a decade ago. 10 years in, credit ratings agencies regularly release performance metrics for inves...

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Mortgage rates go wild following Fed rate cut and Powell remarks

Mortgage rates have had a wild ride since Fed Chair Jerome Powell started talking at the Fed press event Wednesday, rising 15 basis points today. However, I think the bond market responded appropri...

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Senior Living Operators Seek Data Unity in Search of ‘Fewer Blind Spots’

This story is part of your SHN+ subscription Data is a cornerstone of quality senior living operations in 2025. But that doesn’t mean data is a panacea for operators, either. Within a...

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