Housing

Mortgage applications increase 3.2% amid market volatility

Mortgage applications increased 3.2% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending March 6, 2026. ...

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Agent Impact Network scales investor and global referral infrastructure to 385,000 agents

The Real Estate Agent Referral Network and Marketing Tips community, part of Agent Impact Network and founded by real estate strategist Debbie Mauro, has grown to more than 385,000 real estate prof...

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Rayse launches conversational AI assistant RAE to help agents log work by voice or text

Rayse has launched RAE, a conversational AI engine embedded in its Agent Value Platform that allows real estate agents to log work, update client journeys and manage client portals through natural ...

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Fix-and-flips fill a critical entry-level home vacuum, data reveals

Fix-and-flip investors brought more homes to entry-level market homebuyers in 2025 than homebuilders, a new data analysis from real estate investment platform New Western asserts. The r...

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Radian winds down mortgage conduit after exploring a sale

Radian is shutting down its mortgage conduit business after a divestiture process, while continuing to explore strategic options for its title and real estate services units, the company confirmed ...

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Verification is the new credit score

The mortgage industry does not have a speed problem. It has a confidence problem. For decades, the credit score has served as the central organizing mechanism of mortgage risk...

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Builders gut check what buyers may like vs. what they’ll pay for

As home sizes shrink and a new mega-generation ages into the homebuying market, homebuilders may have to rethink certain aspects of home design. With affordability the main issue for bu...

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ASHA President David Schless Receives Alzheimer’s Association Lifetime Achievement Award

WASHINGTON, D.C. — David Schless, president of the American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA), has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alzheimer’s Association. Schless will be...

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How Aspenwood, Benchmark and Solera Overhauled Staff Incentives to Drive NOI

Senior living providers are rethinking incentive packages for leadership in sales and operations in 2026, moving beyond base compensation payouts to ensure communities increase occupancy while buil...

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Senior Living Dealbook: Foundry Commercial Completes Five-Property Acquisition; 12 Oaks Expands in Texas

Transactions Foundry Commercial completes five-property acquisition Foundry Commercial announced it completed the acquisition of five recently built assisted living and memory...

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Ecumen Taps Former UnitedHealth, Optum Leader as CEO

Nonprofit senior living provider Ecumen has selected Cyrus Batheja as its next president and CEO. Batheja brings more than 20 years of experience to the position, and he most recently he...

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Retirement savers hold steady in 2025 as automatic enrollment drives positive trends

Retirement plan participants remained focused on long-term goals throughout 2025, with automatic enrollment features and professionally managed allocations improving savings outcomes, according to ...

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loanDepot reports $108M loss in 2025 even as volume, margins improve

loanDepot reported a smaller net loss for 2025 as revenue and margins improved, but results weakened in the fourth quarter as margins declined. The Irvine, California-based mortgage lend...

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Banks adopt AI fast but lack strategy and governance

A new survey of financial institutions suggests that although banking is rapidly adopting artificial intelligence, it still lacks the strategy, infrastructure and governance needed to scale the tec...

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New Jersey Realtors calls for graduated percent fee relief

New Jersey Realtors, which represents more than 53,000 Realtors in the state, is calling for relief from New Jersey’s Graduated Percent Fee on residential housing transactions. Since its...

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Hunt-backed View Homes names Natasha Gandhi CEO to drive growth

When Hunt Companies acquired View Homes last fall, the unheralded October deal reflected a larger shift underway across U.S. homebuilding: capital platforms with deep balance sheets increasingly al...

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Mortgage credit availability rises 1.1% to 107.1 in February

Mortgage credit availability rose by 1.1% to 107.1 in February, according to the Mortgage Credit Availability Index (MCAI), a report from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) that analyzes data f...

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Existing-home sales up in February, market faces spring challenges

U.S. existing-home sales rose slightly in February, increasing 1.7% from the previous month, though activity remained lower than a year earlier, according to new data released Tuesday by the Nation...

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Floify launches Dynamic Apps 2.0 to support HELOC, specialty lending

Floify announced on Tuesday the launch of Dynamic Apps 2.0, an enhancement to its mortgage point-of-sale platform that lets lenders build and manage fully customizable digital loan applications wit...

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Howard Hanna NYC taps business development head

Hal Gavzie has joined Howard Hanna NYC as executive director of business development — expanding the firm’s leadership bench in New York City. Gavzie — who brings more than 25 years of b...

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eXp’s Wendy Forsythe launches 6-step framework book to help agents scale without burnout

eXp Realty Chief Marketing Officer Wendy Forsythe released her debut book, “Leverage Your X-Factor: The 6-Step Framework to Scale Your Real Estate Business and Reclaim Your Life,” on March 10, with...

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