Housing

FirstHome IQ partners with MBA to boost loan officer advocacy on Capitol Hill

FirstHome IQ, a nonprofit focused on first-time homebuyer education and financial literacy, announced Thursday that it’s teaming up with the Mortgage Bankers Association to bring a coalition of loa...

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No exodus after all? Manhattan luxury market sales accelerate under Mamdani

For months, some affluent New Yorkers warned they would leave if progressive policies took hold at City Hall. With Zohran Mamdani now mayor and debate intensifying over a possible city w...

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For Toll Brothers, disciplined execution beats market uncertainty

Today’s headwinds new-home market rewards homebuilding teams that do the hardest things the best. In that light, a glib explanation for Toll Brothers’ Q1 2026 performance would be to po...

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Huntington Bank’s Carolyn Gorman on expanded mortgage footprint with Cadence, Veritex partnerships

Huntington Bank — which is poised to become a $280 billion institution after its acquisitions of Cadence Bank and Veritex Bank — is aggressively expanding its mortgage footprint across Texas and th...

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Brookdale Senior Living Keeps Eye On Operations After Teeing Up Last ‘Meaningful’ Portfolio Cuts

After years of pruning, Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) is finally within reach of its ideal portfolio size. Now, the company is narrowing its focus on operational improvements. In 2026,...

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Gov. Pritzker calls for zoning reform to buoy Illinois housing access

Illinois state lawmakers took up housing affordability last year. The results underwhelmed. Now, Gov. J.B. Pritzker is pushing to put housing at the center of Illinois’ broader affordability agenda...

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Equifax settles fair credit reporting act suit

Equifax reached a settlement with plaintiff Junnan Guo in her Fair Credit Reporting Act lawsuit filed last May. The parties notified the court of the settlement late last week. In the f...

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Pending home sales fall as economic uncertainty remains

The pace of pending home sales continued to dip in January, according to data released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). NAR’s Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) fell 0.8% from a...

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MBA: Economic growth steady in 2025, but FHA delinquencies rose

The U.S. economy is set to post solid growth even as cracks form beneath the surface for lower-income households and Federal Housing Administration (FHA) borrowers, according to Mortgage Bankers As...

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Veterans United hit with lawsuit claiming deceptive branding, steering

Veteran homebuyers are accusing Veterans United Home Loans, owned by Mortgage Research Center, of falsely presenting itself as part of the federal government and steering borrowers toward more cost...

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Rate adds seven former Movement Mortgage loan officers

Rate announced Thursday that it added seven loan officers from Movement Mortgage in December 2025, a move the Chicago-headquartered Rate characterized as a “significant wave of competitive talent a...

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REMAX promotes Chris Lim to president, adds new global sales leaders

REMAX has made some changes to its leadership team. On Wednesday, the company announced the promotion of Chris Lim to president of REMAX. He will continue to serve as the firm’s chief g...

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Leading the digital shift: DocMagic’s Leah Sommerville on scaling sales and paperless innovation

For more than a decade, the HousingWire Rising Stars award has recognized professionals ages 40 and under who are driving measurable impact across housing. Since being named a 2025 Rising Star, Lea...

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Bachman Realty Group joins The Real Brokerage

The Real Brokerage has added Bachman Realty Group — a 65-agent team serving the Dallas–Fort Worth and Houston metro areas. Led by Tiffany and Greg Bachman, the team closed 650 transactio...

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2025 housing starts fell 7%, but builders glimpse clues of an uptick

Single-family housing starts ticked up in December, but were down about 7.0% year-over-year in 2025. According to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), new residential const...

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Tidalwave partners with Flat Branch Home Loans on AI mortgage sales platform

Mortgage technology firm Tidalwave and Columbia, Missouri-based lender Flat Branch Home Loans on Thursday announced that Flat Branch has launched a modernized point-of-sale system and mobile app in...

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Mixed-density housing keeps expanding as affordability reaches a breaking point

Housing affordability – and its impact on Americans’ quality of life – is becoming a market- and generation-defining issue. Higher interest rates, constrained inventory, rising land costs, and slow...

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AI adoption reaches 82% among real estate agents, RPR reports

The vast majority (82%) of real estate agents have integrated AI tools into their business according to a report published last week by Realtor Property Resource (RPR). RPR, which is a data...

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Housing market update: Inventory rises, price cuts remain elevated as rates hold near 6%

With mortgage rates near 6%, weekly housing demand rebounded as winter weather effects began fading from the data. The improvement appears tied more to normalization following the late-January snow...

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CoStar Group cuts jobs amid AI rollout and Homes.com focus

CoStar Group has undergone a round of layoffs. A spokesperson for the Andy Florance-helmed firm confirmed news of the layoffs Wednesday afternoon. According to a company spokesperson, th...

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Analysis questions CFPB’s economic impact, sparks debate over true costs

A new report from the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) estimates that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has imposed $237 billion to $369 billion in cumulative costs on U.S. consumer...

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