Housing

Senior Living Operator Ingleside Expands to Meet Rising Baby Boomer Demand

Ingleside is moving forward with an independent living expansion at its Lake Ridge campus in northern Virginia geared toward the incoming boomer generation. The senior living nonprofit is w...

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U.S. house prices up 2.2% in Q3 2025

U.S. house prices rose 2.2% year-over-year during Q3 2025, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s latest House Price Index (FHFA HPI), released on Tuesday. On a quarter-over-...

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Evergreen Real Estate Group Tops Off 80-Unit Affordable Development in Metro Chicago

FRANKLIN PARK, Ill. — Evergreen Real Estate Group has topped off Leyden Senior Apartments, an 80-unit independent living development currently underway in Franklin Park, a western suburb of Chicago...

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3 Best Monthly Paying Dividend Stocks in the S&P 500

All of us could benefit from a little extra income every month, and many dividend investors look for passive income through dividend stocks. Retirees and beginner investors could use a little extra...

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Home price growth cools further in September

Home price growth continued to cool in September according to the S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Index released on Tuesday. The U.S. National Home Price Index came in at a reading of 328.94,...

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Pending home sales rise on lower mortgage rates, higher inventory

Pending home sales rose in October thanks to lower mortgage rates and an uptick in housing inventory, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR) Pending Home Sales Index released Tuesd...

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A Matter of Choice: Entrance-Fee Versus Rental CCRCs

By Beth Mattson-Teig The big selling point of continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) is the full spectrum of senior living options offered on a single campus. And in an era when heal...

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Lawmakers urge HUD to rescind homelessness strategy changes

Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., the ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, led 53 House Democrats in urging Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner to reverse a ...

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FHFA raises 2026 conforming loan limit to $832,750

The baseline conforming loan limit is set to increase by 3.25% in 2026, with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac now authorized to purchase mortgages up to $832,750 for one-unit properties in most parts of ...

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Mortgage prepayments hit 3.5-year high as borrowers rush to refinance

Mortgage prepayments climbed to their highest level in three and a half years in October as lower interest rates prompted more borrowers to refinance, according to ICE Mortgage Technology’s First L...

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eXp takes a step toward increase referral fee transparency

National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) leadership may still have a divided view on the disclosure of referral fees, but one national real estate brokerage has come to a firm decision on where it s...

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Lender Price integrates FOA’s reverse products into marketplace

California-based Lender Price has added its first reverse mortgage partner to its pricing and product eligibility (PPE) platform through an agreement with Finance of America (FOA).Lender Price Mark...

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Local governments turn to AI to streamline housing development

As local governments face mounting pressure to streamline the review process for residential projects, a wave of AI-driven reforms is revealing how modern tools can shave days or weeks off approval...

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Title insurance vital to reduce risk on refinances

Mortgage refinance demand is 111% higher than last year, a surge fueled by declining mortgage rates and renewed interest from homeowners looking to improve their financial position. Refinancing can...

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Mortgage fraud charges against NY AG Letitia James dismissed by federal judge

A federal judge has dismissed the criminal case against New York Attorney General Letitia James, ruling that the prosecutor who brought the charges was unlawfully appointed and therefore lacked leg...

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DOGE may be dead, but its deregulatory housing agenda lives on

The Trump administration has quietly dissolved U.S. DOGE Service — also known as the Department of Government Efficiency — according to multiple reports.“That doesn’t exist,” Office of Personnel Ma...

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Grace Management Adds Five Ventas Communities to Operating Portfolio

MAPLE GROVE, Minn. — Grace Management Inc. has added five Ventas-owned senior living communities to its operating portfolio. Previously managed under a triple-net-lease structure by Brookda...

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50-year mortgage proposal could reshape U.S. housing costs

The idea of the 50-year mortgages flooded the news recently. It is the newest attempt by the Trump Administration to bring down housing costs, but I don’t think it was thought through entirely. ...

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Compass, Zillow deliver closing arguments in antitrust hearing

Compass’s hearing regarding its preliminary injunction motion in its antitrust lawsuit against Zillow concluded on Friday with closing arguments from both sides. The hearing, which is being held in...

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How Integrated Services Helps Juniper Communities Provide More ‘Place Agnostic’ Services

Senior living communities and a resident’s home – for years, operators have viewed the two things as separate concepts. Not anymore. Senior living operators including Bloomfield, New Jersey-...

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Root causes: housing shortage driven by policy, not big builder concentration

I’ve been reading more articles arguing that our housing shortage is artificially created—that it’s caused by the increasing concentration of homebuilders and the decline in private homebuilders. T...

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