Housing

Will the negative jobs report hold off a September rate hike?

The Fed hawks must feel very awkward today. Before the July Fed meeting, Fed Governor Chris Waller said that if the July CPI report came in hot, a July rate hike would be on the table. Since that d...

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Bryan Ingenito joins Certainty Home Lending as EVP of national operations

Dallas-based mortgage lender Certainty Home Lending, an affiliate of Rate, has hired Bryan Ingenito as executive vice president and national operations executive, the company announced Thursday. ...

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Sen. Warren questions Compass, MRED private listing network deal

Massachusetts’ Senator Elizabeth Warren, who is the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, sent a letter to Compass International Holdings CEO and founder Rob...

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U.S. loses 23K jobs in July, economists detail housing effects

The U.S. labor market lost momentum in July, with employers cutting jobs and federal statisticians sharply revising payroll gains from the previous two months lower — signs of a cooling employment ...

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Voting Now Open For the SHN Product of the Year Awards

Senior Housing News (SHN) is pleased to announce the nominees for the 2026 Product of the Year Awards. Qualified SHN subscribers can cast their votes via the official ballot until September 30, 202...

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Better signals tough Q3 amid enterprise pivot

Better Home & Finance Holding Co. anticipates a tough third quarter as it rolls out a new strategic plan under the interim leadership of Daniel Lewis. “The board concluded that we ar...

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Future Leader: Sophie Mitten, Sales Director, Skybrooke at Simsbury

Sophie Mitten, Sales Director at Skybrooke at Simsbury, has been named to the Future Leaders Class of 2026 by Senior Housing News. To become a Future Leader, an individual is nominated by th...

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Senior Living Dealbook: Five Communities Sold for $455M; Epoch Senior Living Expands with Brand Launch

Transactions Five communities sold in three transactions for $455M Harbert Management Corporation announced the sale of five senior living communities across three separate transact...

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Achieve closes $261.5 million HELOC securitization

Achieve has closed a $261.5 million securitization of newly originated home equity lines of credit (HELOCs), its first of 2026 and ninth overall, the company announced Friday. The transa...

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Millrose Q2 2026 results build on new partnerships, growth mojo

Millrose Properties, whose spin-off from Lennar less than 18 months ago ushered in a modern era for residential development land-banking, is showing signs it is not an investment model entirely imm...

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Gibson suit plaintiffs can notify MLSs about settlement data duties

The Gibson home seller commission lawsuit plaintiffs have been authorized to send a notice to all of the MLSs that opted into the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) commission lawsuit settleme...

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Longbridge originations jump 38%, propelling Ellington to $54.4M profit

Ellington Financial Inc. on Thursday reported second-quarter 2026 net income attributable to common stockholders of $54.4 million, driven by strong loan credit performance and growing reverse mortg...

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The off-MLS debate moves to Washington, and agents need a clear script

There is a number every listing agent should be able to explain this week: 4.6%. It is the premium Compass says its private listings earn sellers. There is a second number that says the opposite. A...

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REMAX posts Q2 net loss of $4.3 million amid Real acquisition

REMAX Holdings Inc. reported lower revenue and earnings in the second quarter of 2026 as the franchisor prepares to be acquired by The Real Brokerage. The Denver-based company said in a ...

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Dream Finders Beazer deal targets $100 million cost savings

“I wooed thee with my sword. And won thy love doing the injuries. But I will wed thee in another key. With pomp, with triumph, and with reveling. Act 1, Scene 1, A Midsummer Night’...

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The AI feature race is over. Real estate agents need tools they can trust.

An AI button sits on nearly every real estate platform today. CRMs draft follow-up emails. Virtual staging tools furnish empty rooms in minutes. Video platforms turn listing photos into polished re...

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Leadership has a dress code

I’ve always believed that leadership has a dress code. Not the one about what you wear. This one is about the connections you carry and the circles you run in. You won’t find it in the company hand...

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Taste, guts and receipts

Log out of ChatGPT. Not forever. Just for the length of this column. You can log back in at the end. I’ll tell you what to do differently. One of the most-followed executives in mortgag...

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Senator moves to regulate home equity investments at the federal level

A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate would amend the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) to explicitly include home equity investments (HEIs) within the law’s definition of residential mortgage loans — a m...

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Public record-linked AI misses key title issues in many searches

DataTrace Information Services has released a new analysis examining whether artificial intelligence (AI) relying solely on public records can produce the accuracy and completeness required for ins...

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Squeezed NYC affordable housing properties face reckoning

New York City’s regulated affordable housing sector is confronting a worsening financial squeeze, and a reckoning is coming unless solutions emerge, according to a new survey of owners, managers, l...

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