Housing

Democrats reintroduce bill to boost first-generation homeownership

Congresswoman Maxine Waters of California — the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee — along with with fellow Democrats Al Green, Sylvia Garcia and Ayanna Pressley, on Thursday an...

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Baird & Warner acquires Dream Town in Chicago

Two of Chicago’s largest independent real estate firms — Baird & Warner and Dream Town — have announced a merging of operations, creating a top residential brokerage in the region based on 2024...

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A Maine broker’s take on M&A as a mid-sized real estate brokerage

Although much of the focus on industry consolidation has been reserved for some of housing’s largest players, namely Rocket Companies, Compass, Lower, Guild and even Howard Hanna Real Estate Servic...

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Is Zillow a monopoly? Lawyers weigh in on Compass’s suit

Given the heated rhetoric of Compass CEO Robert Reffkin about Zillow in his recent social media posts, Marx Sterbcow, the managing attorney at Sterbcow Law Group, said the lawsuit Compass filed on ...

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HUD officially ditches Weaver building for new HQ

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner on Wednesday announced the relocation of HUD headquarters from the Robert C. Weaver Federal Building to 2415 Eisenhower...

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My dad's death led me to China. Living in Shanghai helped me heal.

After her Chinese father died, Maria Hsin took a job in Shanghai to reconnect with her roots.Maria HsinMaria Hsin grew up in Los Angeles with a Chinese dad and a Mexican mom.At home, she learned ho...

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Trump initiates plan to install a shadow Fed president

President Trump has started Operation Shadow Fed President, with news breaking Wednesday night that he has identified several candidates for the next Federal Reserve chairman. Under this strategy, ...

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Closing the gap: How Rocket Close has streamlined its platform experience

Rocket Close and Rocket Pro have taken a major step forward by integrating the two platforms into a single, more efficient platform, designed to simplify the closing process and enhance the broker ...

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Despite a surge in homes for sale, renting still remains the only real option for most

While signs of a cooling housing market are beginning to emerge, with roughly 500,000 more home sellers than buyers now in play, according to a recent Redfin report, rising affordability barriers c...

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US housing construction is dead with current mortgage rates

New home sales missed sales estimates significantly in Wednesday’s report and we have negative revisions to the previous months. The builders’ profit margins are dwindling, which means housing cons...

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New Rules of Engagement: How Senior Living Owner-Operator Relationships Are Evolving

This story is part of your SHN+ subscription The relationship between senior living providers and their capital partners, often real estate investment trusts, private equity or high-net wort...

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Beeline Title completes milestone crypto real estate deal

Beeline Title Holdings, a subsidiary of Beeline Holdings Inc., has closed what it says is one of the first residential real estate transactions funded through the sale of a cryptocurrency token bac...

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Powell: Fed is reviewing Basel III, supplemental leverage ratio rules

During a second straight day of testimony on Capitol Hill, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank is reviewing the Basel III rules (also known as the “Basel Endgame”), which woul...

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Bill White Jr. returns to Baird & Warner as VP of broker relations

Baird & Warner has named Bill White Jr. as its new vice president of broker relations for mortgage and title services, marking his return to the firm after several years at Compass. In ...

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More pets than kids: The increased role of animals in real estate

As American demographics shift, so do the priorities of homebuyers, and pets are playing an increased role in real estate decisions. “Did you know there are more households with pets tha...

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Survey shows buyers gaining leverage as real estate market slows

The housing market continued to cool in May, with buyer leverage increasing across many regions of the country, according to a new survey from The Real Brokerage. Real’s May 2025 Agent S...

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Senior Living Investors Expect Cap Rate Contraction, Moderate Rent Increases in Coming Year

A majority of investors of senior housing properties believe that cap rates will decrease and that operators will raise monthly rental rates by 3% to 7% in the coming 12 months, according to a new ...

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New Home Co. acquires Landsea, forming a top 25 homebuilder

New Home Co. has completed a previously announced acquisition of Landsea Homes, the companies announced Wednesday. The deal creates a top-25 national homebuilder based on the number of new homes so...

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Aspiring buyers turn to Realtors first in their home searches: survey

A national survey released by NeighborWorks America found that prospective homebuyers overwhelmingly turn to Realtors first when seeking information about the homebuying process — outpacing friends...

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Dermot Buffini discusses brokerage leadership, real estate market shifts

Dermot Buffini, the CEO of Buffini & Co., joined this week’s episode of the RealTrending podcast for a conversation on the evolving challenges for real estate leaders. Speaking with ...

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Here are the three metros where homeownership is still affordable

The rapid rise in home prices and housing costs over the past five years has strained affordability in every part of the country, but a new study seeks to put a finer point on which metropolitan ar...

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