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Green Brick leverages industry-leading margins to drive optionality

In an all-important way, Green Brick Partners operates as an anomaly. The Texas-based homebuilder continues to deliver the highest gross profit margin among public homebuilding peers, and p...

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Now at ‘Fighting Weight,’ Brookdale Senior Living Turns to Offense

This story is part of your SHN+ subscription Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) is at its “fighting weight,” and for the first time in a long while, ready to potentially grow again, acc...

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Movers and Shakers: Lifespace Communities Promotes COO; Kendal Affiliate Welcomes CFO

Movers & Shakers is brought to you by the Senior Housing News Job Board. Browse and apply to management and executive senior living jobs and positions from leading professional firms serving th...

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Real-REMAX deal: complementary models or culture clash?

“Where’s the upside here?” That’s the question Steve Murray, the co-founder of RealTrends Consulting, keeps coming back to as the industry digests The Real Brokerage’s acquisition of REMAX — and it...

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Webinar: The Case for Prevention — How Senior Living Operators Are Reducing Falls by 69%

Panelists, top row, left to right: Richard Dahm, Gallagher Insurance; Marisa Strain, SRI Management. Bottom row, left to right: Melissa Gassaway, YourLIFE Senior Living; Valerie Whitman, EyeWatch...

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UWM challenges Two Harbors board over rejection of $12 per share bid

UWM Holdings Corp. is challenging Two Harbors Investment Corp.’s board after it rejected a $12 per share acquisition proposal in favor of an $11.30 per share deal with CrossCountry Mortgage LLC, i...

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LCS Completes Previously Announced Acquisition of Vi

DES MOINE, Iowa — LCS has closed its merger agreement to acquire Vi. The acquisition, which was originally announced in September 2025, creates a combined company with a portfolio of roughly 130 co...

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Streamline Clinical Workflows in Seniors Housing with Intelligent Technology

Navigating complex, siloed operating systems to update residents’ medical data is a common source of frustration for seniors housing portfolios. At Leisure Care, one of the nation’s largest private...

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Compass agent launches Family Office Team, expands advisory model

A new advisory group focused on high-net-worth real estate clients has launched within Compass, expanding an existing network designed to serve family offices and multi-generational wealth portfoli...

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April HMBS issuance rises to $525 million, HECM dips

U.S. reverse mortgage endorsements declined slightly in April as proprietary products continued to gain traction in parts of the market, according to data released on May 1 by Reverse Market Insigh...

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eLEND hires Roman Ramora as chief technology and innovation officer

Roman Ramora has joined eLEND as chief technology and innovation officer, moving into the newly expanded role effective May 4, 2026. In the C-suite position, Ramora will lead eLEND’s tec...

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Stanley Martin closes on its $221M United Homes acquisition

Stanley Martin Homes announced on Monday that its $221 million, all-cash acquisition of United Homes Group Inc. had closed, immediately scaling its presence in several of the Southeast’s fastest-gr...

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Century 21’s Mike Miedler: Recruiting Latino talent is a growth strategy, not a diversity talking point

Photo by AJ Canaria for HousingWire The Gathering Right now, the real estate industry is consumed by consolidation, capital and the next big brokerage model. Century 21 CEO Mike Miedler ...

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How real estate agent Deba Douglas turned buyer education into a 100-transaction business

After 16 years in education, Deba Douglas walked away from the classroom because she saw a different kind of learning gap. Today, the former high school and middle school principal runs...

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Improving Operational Conditions Lead to Fewer CCRC Defaults in 2026

Non-profit continuing care retirement communities are defaulting on their credit lines at a lower rate than in the past, according to a new report from Ziegler. Non-profit CCRCs have not...

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Unlock CEO Jim Riccitelli says home equity investments need ‘purpose-built regulation’

It’s no secret that older Americans have built record levels of housing wealth. And while reverse mortgage companies devote time and energy tapping into this market, they also face rising competiti...

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Chase offers limited-time mortgage rate discount in May

Chase Home Lending is offering a limited-time mortgage rate promotion for homebuyers and homeowners nationwide, with discounted rates available from May 4-17, the company announced Monday. ...

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Data center hyper growth is colliding with housing development

Artificial intelligence is often framed as a labor story. Which jobs will it eliminate? How quickly will it scale? Will entire industries be rewritten overnight? That framing overlooks a...

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Veterans United survey finds homebuyers overestimate credit score and down payment

Many prospective homebuyers are sitting on the sidelines unnecessarily because they overestimate the credit scores, down payments and rate conditions needed to qualify for a mortgage, according to ...

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TWO rebuffs UWM revised bid over financing, credibility risks

A revised proposal from UWM Holdings Corporation to acquire Two Harbors Investment Corp. was formally rejected by the seller’s board of directors, citing “financing, closing, business and credibili...

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Recruiting Insight updates belief stack manual for recruiting

Recruiting Insight has released the second edition of “Updating Your Belief Stack: The Comprehensive Manual,” a mindset-focused guide aimed at helping real estate brokerage leaders improve recruiti...

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