Housing

30 Century Homes That Came With More Than Just Character

Have you ever pictured yourself living in a beautiful, time-honored house? Looking up its mysterious past, wondering about people who lived there, imagining scenarios that took place right there in...

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Blue Sage partners with Kinective on mortgage modernization at community banks, credit unions

Blue Sage Solutions has formed a strategic partnership with Kinective to simplify how banks and credit unions connect their digital mortgage lending technology to core banking and servicing systems...

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ONE Sotheby’s expands South Florida luxury presence with TFG International

ONE Sotheby’s International Realty has announced the South Florida expansion of TFG International, the luxury real estate group co-founded by Tomer Fridman, establishing a bi-coastal presence conne...

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Pay Seniors Housing Operators What They’re Worth, Industry Executive Urges Owners, Investors

By Matt Valley At least half of all seniors housing operating companies don’t make a nickel off the management of their buildings, says Jerry Frumm, vice chairman of Senior Lifestyle, a Chic...

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Polunsky Beitel Green hires Jeanine LaMay Kay to bolster business development

Polunsky Beitel Green LLP, one of the nation’s largest transactional residential mortgage lending law firms, has added Jeanine LaMay Kay to its business development team, according to a company ann...

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NatEquity analysis compares home equity products for senior homeowners

An analysis from California-based lender NatEquity Inc. examines the growing range of home equity products available to homeowners ages 62 and older — including traditional reverse mortgages, senio...

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Can a trusted car valuation brand win seller leads in housing?

Last week Kelley Blue Book entered the real estate space by launching Kelley Blue Book Homes, a home valuation platform for consumers and another lead generation tool for real estate professionals....

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Georgia housing agency victimized in $2.5M fraud scheme, prosecutors allege

The former executive director of Georgia’s Hinesville Housing Authority and a business partner face federal charges in what prosecutors describe as a $2.5 million scheme that used false invoices, k...

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Lofty adds one-click Showami integration for on-demand showings

Showami and Lofty have launched an integration that lets real estate agents request and track on-demand showings directly from the Lofty CRM, the companies announced. The connection brin...

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Higher mortgage rates push applications lower after holiday week

Mortgage applications fell last week as borrowing costs increased, with the average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage reaching its highest level in nearly a year, according to the Mortgage Bankers A...

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Can the housing market still grow with mortgage rates over 6.64%?

Mortgage rates are close to a yearly high, and Federal Reserve members have been sounding hawkish over the past two months, which has finally pushed rates above a key level for my demand model: 6.6...

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Housing Market Spotlight: The local markets behind this week’s national story

The Fourth of July holiday did exactly what it always does: it made the housing market look weaker than it really was. Mortgage rates moved toward the upper end of HousingWire Lead Analy...

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Bank regulators issue guidance on credit risk for unauthorized workers

Federal banking regulators on Monday issued guidance to remind financial institutions of their existing obligations for managing credit risk when lending to borrowers who are not legally authorized...

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Christy Soukhamneut on joining Stockton Mortgage as chief strategy and innovation officer

Stockton Mortgage recently announced that it has appointed Christy Soukhamneut as its new chief strategy and innovation officer. Soukhamneut brings more than 20 years of executive leadership...

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Culture Counts: Lessons From Operators in the Top Markets for Senior Living Penetration Rates

NIC MAP data shows Minneapolis, Portland and Seattle are the three markets with the highest penetration rates in the country. Culture is a big reason why – just ask the operators in those markets n...

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Zillow says conspiracy, MRED and Compass say Zillow did this to itself

After exchanging post-hearing briefs late last week in their ongoing antitrust dispute, Zillow, Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) and Compass filed replies to each others’ briefs on Monday. ...

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UWM broker ultimatum tied to 5 bps price drop at rivals

United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM)’s 2021 move to bar its broker partners from also sending loans to Rocket Mortgage drove an average price decrease of 5 basis points per loan at companies not targete...

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NTREIS names Joey Bandemer VP of data governance

North Texas Real Estate Information Systems, Inc. (NTREIS) has named Joey Bandemer vice president of data governance and customer experience, the MLS said in an announcement on Tuesday. ...

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Discovery Senior Living Acts as ‘Connective Tissue’ Among Owners to Retain 36 Communities Changing Hands

Discovery Senior Living is continuing to manage 36 communities that are changing hands across two different transactions with its capital partners. The 36-community portfolio recently change...

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Movers and Shakers: CALA Names New Leader; 12 Oaks Announces Leadership Shift

Movers & Shakers is brought to you by the Senior Housing News Job Board. Browse and apply to management and executive senior living jobs and positions from leading professional firms serving th...

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Compass files ethics complaints against Zillow in 26 states

Compass International Holdings has filed Code of Ethics complaints against Zillow, the brokerage firm confirmed to HousingWire on Tuesday. According to a Compass spokesperson the compla...

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