Housing

AI agents could dominate home search, Lower and HouseCanary CEOs say

Industry executives speaking at HousingWire‘s AI Summit on Tuesday predict that AI agents will not only continue to take the reins on tasks now performed by real estate agents, loan officers and ot...

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Arizona Regional MLS names Jeff Bosch as CEO

The board of directors for the Arizona Regional MLS (ARMLS) has appointed Jeff Bosch as the organization’s next CEO, according to an announcement on Tuesday. Bosch will assume the role in November,...

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Judge pauses NYC pied a terre tax rollout, luxury rentals jump

Late Monday afternoon, a judge dealt a blow to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan to charge a so-called pied-à-terre tax on vacant second homes owned by wealthy non-residents. Way...

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SERHANT. enters Colorado with 11-agent founding class

SERHANT. is launching in Colorado with an 11-agent founding cohort that has closed more than $1 billion in sales over the past 12 months, the firm announced on Tuesday. The opening in th...

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Data center boom is putting more homes near facilities

The growing share of U.S. home sales occurring near large data centers is being driven primarily by where the facilities are being built, rather than by changing homebuyer behavior, according to a ...

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Illinois Realtors launches housing supply accelerator program

Illinois Realtors is launching a statewide partnership program with local officials to accelerate housing production by identifying and removing local barriers to homebuilding, the association anno...

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CCM parent to sell $750 million in senior notes

CrossCountry Intermediate HoldCo, the direct parent of CrossCountry Mortgage (CCM), has priced an upsized offering of $750 million in senior notes due in 2031 as it refinances mortgage servicing ri...

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HousingWire expands AI strategy to housing data and news

HousingWire is expanding its artificial intelligence strategy by making its housing market data, mortgage information and industry analysis accessible through AI platforms including ChatGPT and Cla...

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How Senior Living ‘Ghost Trends’ Are Shaping the Future

Some senior living trends are obvious, from the boom of the active adult sector to the rise of wellness-focused models. But other trends are less apparent. These “ghost trends” are not yet...

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Six keys to tuning up the $15 trillion mortgage servicing sector

I’m a mortgage servicer by trade, but also a music lover and guitar player. A guitar has twelve notes, and from this comes every song, every genre, every hit ever written. Servicing works the same ...

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Why late payments are stalling construction projects, and how to break the cycle

Seventy percent of general contractors and subcontractors consistently face late payments, costing the construction industry nearly 300 billion dollars last year. In today’s economy, GCs and subcon...

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Waiting until fall won’t make homes more affordable, but here’s what will

In the last six years, the typical American home started requiring a much higher salary. Today, according to the Housing Studies’ 2026 State of the Nation’s Housing report, a household needs an inc...

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Consumer groups warn CFPB rollback of mortgage rules could expose borrowers

A coalition of consumer and housing advocacy organizations is urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to preserve key mortgage borrower protections, warning that proposed changes to ...

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DISHED Senior Living Dining Innovation Awards: Luis Ruiz, Dining Director, Juniper Village at Lebanon

Luis Ruiz, Dining Director at Juniper Village at Lebanon, has been named a member of the DISHED Senior Living Dining Innovation Awards Class of 2026 by Senior Housing News. As an Elevati...

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After scaling Real and eXp, Erinn Nobel wants to build a brokerage with intention

After years of honing the craft of brokerage growth and development at firms like The Real Brokerage and eXp Realty, Erinn and Peter Nobel decided to use their skills to found and launch ENRG. Real...

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CCM to issue $500M in senior notes as Two Harbors deal nears closing

CrossCountry Intermediate Holdco (CCM) is expected to issue $500 million of senior unsecured notes, coinciding with the projected August closing of its Two Harbors Investment Corp. acquisition. ...

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Splitero expands home equity investment offering to four new states

Splitero, a financial technology company that aims to help homeowners access their home equity without taking on additional debt, has expanded to Idaho, Missouri, Montana and Wyoming. “O...

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TPO GO exits wholesale channel, aligns with Stockton Mortgage

Residential mortgage lender TPO GO is exiting the wholesale business nationally under a strategic alliance with Stockton Mortgage that will transfer most of the company’s wholesale sales and operat...

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Realty of America grows with anchor partner hires in the Carolinas

Charles Boyett and Allison Watkins have joined Realty of America as anchor partners to launch and lead the brokerage’s expansion into North and South Carolina from its national platform based in Ch...

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Douglas Elliman narrows its loss in Q2 2026 while launching an AI overhaul

Douglas Elliman reported improved financial results during the second quarter of 2026 compared to a year ago as the company looks toward the future of the real estate industry. Accordin...

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KBW labels Ellington, Longbridge as outperformers after robust Q2 earnings report

Following a strong second-quarter earnings report, analysts at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW) released a positive forecast for Ellington Financial and its reverse mortgage subsidiary, Longbridge...

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