Housing

After Record M&A Year in 2025, Senior Housing Investors Pivot to ‘Must-Act Mentality’

Dealmakers in 2025 notched almost 21% more transactions than in 2024, representing a record-smashing year for the industry, according to a new report from Levin Associates. A separate n...

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NAMB urges FHA to end lifetime mortgage insurance rule

The National Association of Mortgage Brokers (NAMB) is urging the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) to end its “life of loan” mortgage insurance rule and let borrowers cancel premiums once they’...

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Builders greet 2026 squeezed by policy flux and margin erosion

By the time the homebuilding industry reaches Super Bowl LX on Sunday, Feb. 8, the stakes will be unmistakable. That date marks more than the unofficial kickoff to Spring Selling Season,...

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Senior Living Industry Veterans Launch New Framework to Improve Frozen Penetration Rates

Senior living penetration rates are stuck at around 11%, and could even decrease in the years ahead. A new framework posed by two industry veterans aims to buck that trend. The new frame...

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Cost of retirement comfort soars, leaving most far short

Retirement is widely portrayed as the reward for decades of work, but many Americans who have already stopped working say that promise is slipping out of reach. Rising costs and inadequa...

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Lower mortgage rates support steady new home sales

After a long delay caused by the government shutdown, we finally have a new home sales report for October! The report shows that lower mortgage rates, which are now moving toward 6%, are helping to...

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Newrez to allow crypto assets in mortgage qualification without liquidation

Newrez plans to recognize cryptocurrency assets in the mortgage qualification process without requiring borrowers to liquidate their holdings, the company announced Tuesday. The option will be avai...

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NC lawmakers revive housing reform agenda, taking on its cities

North Carolina lawmakers once again will try to pass statewide housing reform in a Tar Heel State push to catch up with several of its own cities. An effort last year fell short largely...

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December inflation flat as Fed eyes interest rate decision

Inflation remained flat in December, according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, as the Federal Reserve prepares to meet later this month to discuss a future path for...

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JPMorgan kicks off mortgage earnings season with higher origination volume

JPMorgan Chase kicked off earnings season for mortgage lenders by reporting a 29% increase in mortgage origination volume in 2025 compared with the prior year. The bank originated $52.8 billion acr...

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Bill Ackman proposes prepayment penalties to lower mortgage rates

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman is floating a proposal that suggests mortgage rates could be lowered by limiting borrowers’ ability to refinance or prepay mortgages. Ackman said on Jan....

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Trump pauses 50-year mortgage plan, eyes 401(k)s for down payments

The Trump administration is backing away from a proposal to introduce 50-year mortgages, while exploring alternatives approaches to improve housing affordability, including allowing Americans to ta...

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Wisconsin law could reshape transparency in real estate

While I was knee-deep in real estate compliance work, I overlooked a significant legal development coming out of Wisconsin. Yes, Wisconsin — a long way from my home here in California, but increasi...

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Top producing Michigan firm joins The Real Brokerage

Michigan real estate broker Jim Shaffer and his independent firm, Good Company, have joined The Real Brokerage through its Private Label program — adding more than 170 agents to Real’s operations i...

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Mortgage rates fall near 6% with GSEs set to boost MBS purchases

For the first time in months, mortgage rates made significant downward progress last week. But the question for housing professionals is whether the trend will last. Mortgage News Daily repo...

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APB Wholesale expands construction loan options for entrepreneurs

American Pride Bank announced on Tuesday that it’s expanding its one-time-close construction loan programs through its wholesale mortgage division, APB Wholesale, by adding new options aimed at sel...

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Glenn Kelman steps down as Redfin CEO

It’s the end of an era at Redfin. Glenn Kelman, Redfin’s longtime CEO, announced that he is leaving the firm in a LinkedIn post on Tuesday. “After 20 years, I’m leaving Redfin. I gave i...

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Snapdocs integrates with MeridianLink’s LOS for home equity loans

Snapdocs announced Tuesday a new integration with MeridianLink’s cloud-based consumer loan origination system that allows lenders to originate and close home equity loans and home equity lines of c...

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U.S. housing inventory growth slows to 10% as demand reshapes the 2026 market

Housing inventory growth has slowed from 33% year over year in mid-2025 to 10.0% today. The cooling marks the clearest end to the supply-shortage era and the beginning of a market where pricing pow...

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Reducing risk: The importance of administrative access responsibilities

In today’s digital-first environment, administrative access is essential to keeping real estate, title insurance, and mortgage operations running smoothly. From managing core production systems to ...

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The 2–4% mortgage trap is freezing housing: Defeasance may be the way out

For the past several years, the U.S. housing market has faced an unusual constraint: not a lack of buyers, but a lack of sellers willing — or able — to move. Millions of homeowners rema...

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