Housing

Real estate agents should stop comparing gross commission income

Agents are trained to watch their numbers, which is sound advice right up until the wrong number becomes the one they watch. A common and corrosive habit in this business is benchmarking personal w...

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Stanley Martin buying Holiday Builders highlights hyper-scale shift

Homebuilding scale is arriving at the midway point through a structural inflection. The latest evidence arrived Thursday, as Stanley Martin Homes announced it had entered an agreement to acq...

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Advocacy is not background noise. It is leadership.

I have been thinking a lot about advocacy lately. Not the loud kind. Not the performative kind. Not the kind that tries to take credit for work that only happens when a lot of people com...

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Foreclosures climb 21% in first half of 2026, pushed by higher stress in FHA, VA mortgages

U.S. foreclosure activity rose again in the first half of 2026, with 227,548 properties receiving filings, up 21% from the same period in 2025, according to ATTOM’s midyear foreclosure report relea...

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Atlantic Avenue posts 25% monthly gain, leads HECM broker endorsements in April

Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsements for April showed that the nation’s top brokerages continued to originate federally insured reverse mortgages at higher or similar levels to their...

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Despite ROAD Act passing, no construction boom is coming

The recently passed 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act got a lot of love and attention, as it is supposed to be the first step toward building a lot more homes in America. But as is often the case, w...

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Future Leader: Paulina Komperda, Interior Design Manager, Vi

Paulina Komperda, Interior Design Manager at Vi, has been named to the Future Leaders Class of 2026 by Senior Housing News. To become a Future Leader, an individual is nominated by their...

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Builder confidence falls in July as affordability pressures persist

Homebuilder confidence fell again in July as affordability pressures and economic uncertainty continued to weigh on demand, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo...

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Beshara Real Estate Team joins Compass Atlanta

The Beshara Real Estate Team, a RealTrends Verified-ranked team in Marrietta, Georgia, led by principal agent Brenda Beshara, has joined Compass Atlanta after 19 years with Keller Williams, the com...

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Cody Pearce returns to YES Communities as president

Cody Pearce has returned to YES Communities, one of the nation’s largest manufactured housing community operators, as president, effective July 13, 2026, the company announced. Pearce wi...

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Awaiting the CFPB’s next act ahead of Vought’s departure

Nearly 15 years after opening its doors in the wake of the financial crisis, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is operating in a markedly different form than it did just a year ago. ...

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loanDepot asks judge to toss West Capital Lending complaint

loanDepot has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the lender of violating federal loan originator compensation rules, arguing that mortgage brokerage West Capital Lending (WCL) lack...

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Discovery Senior Living Adopts New 4-Tiered Approach to Operations, Quality

Discovery Senior Living has announced the latest “evolution” of the company’s operational model. Discovery is now organizing its multiple brands into four tiered segments – select, clas...

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Senior Living Dealbook: Brookdale Announces Acquisition; Health Wave Partners Acquires Florida Community

Transactions Brookdale announces acquisition Brookdale (NYSE: BKD) announced it completed the acquisition of the previously managed Brookdale Galleria community in Houston. ...

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Greystone’s new $137M fund lands as LIHTC investment rises

Eight months ago, Greystone Real Estate Capital was just getting started raising money for affordable housing projects. It has now closed its second fund in less than a year, drawing three existing...

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What REMAX’s Chris Lim wants to build at the American Real Estate Association

REMAX president and chief growth officer Chris Lim created a stir late last month when the American Real Estate Association (ARA) announced his appointment to the fledgling trade group’s board of d...

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CHLA suggests FHA could pay lenders for small mortgages under $100K

The Community Home Lenders of America (CHLA) concluded that the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) could use direct payments to lenders as the primary tool in a forthcoming small-dollar mortgage ...

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Pending home sales fall 5.4% in June, NAR says

After rising on both a monthly and yearly basis in May, pending home sales were down in June, according to data released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Nationwide, ...

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Tripti Kasal named CEO of Women’s Council of Realtors

Women’s Council of Realtors has named Tripti Kasal as its new CEO, selecting a residential real estate executive to guide the 9,000-member organization. Kasal will lead Women’s Council’s ef...

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Fidelis closes $191.5M RTL securitization

Alternative asset manager Fidelis Investors announced on Thursday the closing of its fourth rated residential transition loan (RTL) securitization, FIDL 2026-RTL2, a two-year revolving, $191.5 mill...

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eXp Realty adds former NAHREP president Carmen Mercado

eXp Realty announced that Carmen Mercado, former national president of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP) and former director of affordable lending at Freddie M...

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