Housing

Builders slow starts in May to rebalance pricing and incentives

The real story in today’s Monthly New Residential Construction release from the Census Bureau isn’t a collapse in construction. It’s a production strategy that took shape months ago. Headlin...

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Senior Living Operators Worry Losing ‘Invaluable’ Workers As Trump Admin Continues Deportations

The Trump administration has deported tens of thousands of migrants. Senior living operators, who already employ many immigrant workers, are worried about the impact on their staffing looking ahead...

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What to look for in Kevin Warsh’s first Fed meeting

Today, as I write this article, oil prices are at $75.80, which is a big deal because tomorrow the Federal Reserve will announce its monetary policy under new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh. For many months...

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Taylor Morrison names Mike Carlo Sarasota division president

Taylor Morrison, the sixth-largest builder in the HousingWire Homebuilder Rankings, has appointed Mike Carlo as president of its Sarasota division. Carlo brings more than 25 years of ho...

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Sagent names Kenneth Posner chief financial officer

Sagent announced Tuesday that Kenneth Posner has joined the company as chief financial officer, where he will oversee financial operations and strategy. Posner brings more than three dec...

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Build Housing Affordably Act introduced in House

U.S. Reps. Mike Flood, R-Neb., and Maggie Goodlander, D-N.H., have introduced legislation aimed at easing federal procurement requirements that housing advocates say are delaying affordable housing...

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Single women gain ground in affordable housing markets

Single women are becoming a larger force in the housing market, particularly in more affordable metropolitan areas across the South, Midwest and Northeast, according to a report released Tuesday by...

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Mortgage brokers ask FHFA for 12-month delay of Fannie, Freddie condo rules

The National Association of Mortgage Brokers (NAMB) is asking the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to delay new Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac condominium project and property insurance standards,...

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Mortgage rates recede slightly. Is there more to come as Iran conflict ends?

For months, the military conflict between the U.S. and Iran has weighed on mortgage rates as oil supply shocks and rising inflation have kept investors on edge. But with the two countries set to si...

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Longevity emerges as key driver of luxury real estate demand

Wealth growth, changing buyer demographics and an increased focus on health and wellness are reshaping the luxury housing market, according to Sotheby’s International Realty. The company...

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RLTYco launches RLTYconsulting for brokerages and teams

RLTYco has launched a national consulting division, RLTYconsulting, to help large brokerages and teams scale their brands while offloading back-office financial operations, the company announced on...

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Roomvu launches AI-built landing pages

Roomvu has introduced a new landing page creation tool designed to help real estate and mortgage professionals convert online marketing traffic into client inquiries and appointments. Th...

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New zoning laws won’t help housing starts grow

Today’s housing starts were an epic miss relative to estimates, which most likely means they will be revised slightly higher later. Housing permit data was just ok, but the report shows that in 202...

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Demand stop-loss: Can a court ruling revive H-1B buyer mojo?

Last week, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts struck down the Trump administration’s $100,000 fee for new H-1B visa applications, which many American employers utilize to rec...

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Project NexusRE adds governance layer for MLS data and AI use

NorthstarMLS and REcore Solutions, along with the WAV Group’s Fluente AI team have unveiled Project NexusRE, a patent-pending infrastructure layer intended to give multiple listing services (MLS) a...

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When will home sales finally return to normal?

The real estate industry is still reeling from four years of desperately slow home sales. The transaction is the unit upon which everyone gets paid. Whether sale commission, mortgage origination, i...

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The next DFW boom may be south, not north, here is the roadmap

For more than half a century, growth in Dallas-Fort Worth has largely moved in one direction: north. Each generation of expansion pushed the metropolitan frontier. Oak Cliff gave way to White Rock,...

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Hometap updates HEI pricing with two-tier multiplier

Home equity investment (HEI) company Hometap has introduced a new pricing structure that it says will lower the cost of accessing home equity and make its products more competitive with traditional...

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The private listings opt-out: impediment or enablement?

Back in February, I wrote about the emerging trend of states embracing their regulatory powers over private listing strategies in the residential space. Legislative activity continues as Con...

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AceableAgent, Tom Ferry launch Fast Track training for new real estate agents

AceableAgent has partnered with real estate coach Tom Ferry to launch Fast Track, a new training course aimed at helping newly licensed and early-stage real estate agents move from prelicensing edu...

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Fresh off seed round, BrokerBot eyes next phase of brokerage automation

For many real estate brokers, the daily barrage of agent questions — “Where’s the W-9?,” or, “What’s our commission split again?” — adds up to dozens of hours each month, often interrupting nights ...

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