Housing

Senate banking committee advances nominees to lead FHA, Ginnie Mae

The top leadership positions at Ginnie Mae and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) have been empty for most of the past year, but the long wait to fill the seats may soon come to an end. ...

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Unlock closes company record $303M HEA securitization

Fintech Unlock Technologies announced on Wednesday the closing of its sixth home equity agreement (HEA) securitization, issued and sponsored by Saluda Grade. The transaction securitized ...

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Back to homebuilding’s basics of doing more with less … faster

In today’s homebuilding economy—where interest rates whiplash buyer demand, costs remain stubbornly high, and affordability pressures crush margins—one truth grows clearer by the month: something’s...

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Bill Ackman’s GSE proposal faces hurdles on capital, Treasury forgiveness

Bill Ackman’s plan to relist Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac faces skepticism over whether the federal government would be willing to forgive billions of dollars in senior preferred investments. Even if...

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Can this immersive technology replace model homes?

Florida-based AR Franchising, the franchisor of the AR Homes brand that includes about 40 franchise custom homebuilders in nine states, rolled out an innovative virtual model home in one of its com...

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Grand Rapids sellers reduce prices on 45% of homes, market moves faster than state

Nearly half of Grand Rapids, MI metro home sellers reduced asking prices during the week ending Nov. 14, 2025, while the market maintained its position as one of Michigan’s fastest-moving housing m...

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Cape Coral housing market shifts toward buyer conditions as homes sit 119 days

The Cape Coral–Fort Myers-Naples, FL metro housing market has moved into buyer-favorable territory, with homes taking a median 119 days to sell, 54% longer than the national median of 77 days, acco...

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Wealthfront announces entrance into the mortgage business

Wealthfront, a fintech known for low-cost investing and savings products, is entering the mortgage business. The California-headquartered company announced Wednesday that was offering ea...

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Transforming Senior Living: Inspiren’s AI-Powered Ecosystem

The senior living industry faces acute challenges: high staff turnover, lack of transparency around quality of care, and poor tracking of the amount of care residents do receive. Operators are unde...

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Mortgage applications fall 5.2% after rates rise again

Mortgage applications slumped 5.2% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA)’s weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending Nov. 14. On ...

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Where manufactured homes are filling the housing affordability gap

Manufactured housing continues to widen its reach, led by the Sunbelt, where warm climates, flexible zoning and lower land costs make factory-built homes a durable affordability option. ...

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When AI says ‘Turn Yourself In’: A real estate broker’s cautionary tale

At Zillow’s Unlock event recently in Vegas, I told a room absolutely packed with real estate agents to use artificial intelligence but only if they do so responsibly. My tone? I didn’t mince words ...

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CrossCountry Mortgage issues $600M in debt for MSR repayments

CrossCountry Mortgage (CCM) issued $600 million in debt, primarily to repay an outstanding mortgage servicing rights (MSR) line of credit, among other general corporate purposes, the company announ...

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LCS, Discovery, Five Star Top Latest J.D. Power Senior Living Satisfaction Survey

LCS, Discovery Senior Living and AlerisLife’s Five Star Senior Living brand have registered as the top-scored operators in the latest J.D. Power 2025 U.S. Senior Living Satisfaction Study. ...

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Liquidity, insurance premiums top demands in review of HUD’s reverse mortgage programs

Facing what they describe as a broad request for information (RFI) on potential changes to federal reverse mortgage programs, industry experts are focusing on two pressing issues: mortgage insuranc...

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A rising threat to homeownership: How heirs’ property undermines affordable housing

A 2021 NPR podcast segment painted a picture of the American Dream turned Nightmare: a Louisiana family faced the loss of their five-generation-home that had been owned by the family’s great, great...

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Embracing innovation to thrive in shifting mortgage market

Why innovation matters now In today’s market conditions, lenders who identify strategic opportunities and innovate their operations now stand to gain a competitive advantage. Historicall...

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How long-term structural shifts are reinforcing build-to-rent’s tailwinds

Affordability challenges, evolving demographics, and shifting internal migration are profoundly changing the U.S. housing market, impacting not only renters but investors, too. These winds of chang...

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Is NAR’s move to allow non-Realtors MLS access a nothing burger?

Starting in January, local MLSs will have a lot more control over things like disciplinary actions and even who can access the MLS. These changes are the result of an 18-policy update approved by t...

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Frontier Senior Living Hits Reset After Shedding Almost 100 Communities

This story is part of your SHN+ subscription A few years ago, Frontier Senior Living was among the largest operators of memory care communities in the U.S. with a portfolio managing more tha...

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EverTrue Names COO to Lead Next Growth Chapter

Nonprofit senior living provider EverTrue has named Russ Mast as chief operating officer to help lead the organization’s growth efforts. Mast will start effective on Dec. 17th and he brings...

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