Housing

In Texas’ land game, AI rewards teams who know the market, ground up

You can sit any man down at a piano. Most can bang out the same three songs they learned in middle school, a few can tune it, and almost nobody can sit there and compose something worth listening t...

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Carrington partners with Kastle to deploy AI agents

Carrington Mortgage Services announced Wednesday a key step in expanding its artificial intelligence strategy, selecting Kastle as its enterprise AI agent partner to automate servicing workflows an...

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Luxury buyer interest doubles, demand shifts to larger properties

Coldwell Banker Real Estate released its Global Luxury 2026 Mid-Year Report, finding that prospective buyer interest in U.S. luxury real estate doubled during the first five months of the year. ...

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Housing costs, delayed marriage and the first-time buyer squeeze

I spent more than a decade as a real estate broker, and the biggest shift I watched wasn’t just what happened to prices. It was what happened to the conversations. Early in my career, c...

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Point closes $508.6M HEI securitization, largest to date

Point on Thursday announced the completion of a $508.6 million rated securitization backed by home equity investment (HEI) assets, marking what the company says is the largest transaction in the HE...

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Uplist debuts Homebuyer Intelligence, putting live mortgage insights into real estate listings

Uplist has launched Homebuyer Intelligence, a listing-connected tool that lets homebuyers see mortgage lender-specific payment estimates and affordability strategies while they are viewing a proper...

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Randian urges loanDepot to consider sale, reassess leadership

Retail activist investment firm Randian Capital is urging loanDepot’s board of directors to launch a formal review of strategic alternatives, including a potential sale, amid falling share prices a...

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‘It Made a Huge Difference’: Why Good Billing Drives Great Care

The call came on a Thursday, late in the month. A family member of a Traditions Management resident had an update about rent. “Don’t worry about pulling the ACH,” the family member said. “I...

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The next frontier in homebuilding efficiency starts before the first foundation

Builders can no longer rely on rising home prices to offset unexpected costs, scheduled delays and development inefficiencies. After years of home price appreciation that helped cushion operational...

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Fairway Home Mortgage launches nonprofit to combat senior financial fraud

Fairway Home Mortgage has launched Fairway SAFE (Senior Advocacy & Financial Education), a nonprofit initiative focused on helping seniors and their families recognize, prevent and respond to f...

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AgeWell Senior Living Ups Growth Ambitions With Potential for Ownership, Acquisitions

AgeWell Senior Living has a five-year plan to reach 75 communities under management by 2031. Now at nearly the halfway mark to those plans, the company is ahead of schedule. In early June, ...

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CCRC Exec Pay Grew More Than 3.4% Between 2025, 2026

The top leaders of continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) and life plan communities on average grew their salaries by slightly more than 3.4% between this year and last. That’s a...

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Economic activity expands, but consumers feel the squeeze

Economic activity increased at a slight to moderate pace in 11 of 12 Federal Reserve districts during late May and June — matching the previous period’s pace. Latest Federal Reserve Bei...

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The ROAD ahead for build-to-rent

The build-to-rent (BTR) industry can finally breathe a collective sigh of relief after the passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act ended months of legislative uncertainty. This ...

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New Minnesota Law Lets Assisted Living Communities Have Happy Hours, Sans Liquor License

It’s not uncommon for senior living communities to seek out liquor licenses so staff can organize happy hours or other boozy events for residents. A new law in Minnesota just made that process easi...

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Condo safety repairs bill returns with bipartisan Florida support

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) is again pressing Congress to ease the cost of condominium safety repairs. This time, she has teamed with Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) to revive a bill ...

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The stock market vs. shelter: The math matters

A Bloomberg op-ed published this week makes a provocative argument: houses are no longer the best place for your money. I’m not here to defend housing. I’m here to defend fact and data over narrati...

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Changemakers 2026: Loe Hornbuckle, Founder and CEO, Sage Oak Assisted Living and Memory Care

This article is sponsored by Yardi. As senior living demand continues to rise, operators are being pushed to think differently about scale, staffing and the kinds of environments older adults actua...

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Greystar faces 114 housing voucher discrimination complaints

Greystar Worldwide, the largest apartment manager and owner in the U.S., is facing more than 100 civil rights complaints alleging a systematic refusal to rent to tenants using Housing Choice Vouche...

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Keller Williams leads RealTrends Verified City Rankings as team production overtakes agents

The 2026 RealTrends Verified City Rankings revealed where the industry’s highest-performing professionals are concentrated — and also showed teams now generating more production than individual age...

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Future Leader: Debbie Jenkins-Melancon, Vice President of Clinical Operations, The Aspenwood Company

Debbie Jenkins-Melancon, Vice President of Clinical Operations at The Aspenwood Company, has been named to the Memory Care Innovation Awards Class of 2026 by Senior Housing News. The Mem...

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