Housing

Gen X investors are confident, but they often lack formal retirement plans

A new study commissioned by Equitable and conducted by The Wall Street Journal’s Intelligence Unit examines how Gen X is approaching investing and retirement planning. The research is ba...

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Foreclosure auction volume reaches highest level since Q2 2020

Foreclosure auction volume in the fourth quarter of 2025 rose 48% from a year ago, reaching the highest level since the second quarter of 2020, according to Auction.com‘s Q4 2025 Auction Market Dis...

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Tapping investments for homeownership down payments

Reports before Davos suggested that President Trump would announce an initiative to spur homeownership by allowing individuals to withdraw funds from their 401(k) accounts to make a down payment on...

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Long & Foster taps Lacey Conway as new president

Lacey Conway is leaving Compass to serve as the president of Long & Foster Real Estate. HomeServices of America, as announced by the parent company of Long & Foster’s on Wednesday. ...

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Cardinal Financial launches nondelegated correspondent program

Cardinal Financial‘s third-party origination division announced Wednesday the launch of its nondelegated correspondent program that targets independent mortgage lenders. The program allo...

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WTWH Healthcare Presents the 2026 Future Leaders Awards

WTWH Healthcare is proud to announce the 2026 Future Leaders Awards program is now accepting nominations. The Future Leaders Awards program shines a well-deserved spotlight on the providers ...

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SoftPro releases FinCEN anti-money laundering data solutions

SoftPro has released new integrated software tools designed to help title companies comply with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN) new anti-money laundering rule. The co...

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NAR, .RealEstate helping Realtors build online presence

.RealEstate — an official partner of the National Association of Realtors (NAR) — has launched a unified digital platform designed to help real estate professionals build and manage their online pr...

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Senior Living Operators Embrace Personalized Services to Meet Shifting Wellness Preferences

Senior living providers are shifting their engagement and wellness to focus on personalization, independence and choice as the boomers arrive at their doorstep. These efforts are improv...

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Indiana bill targets housing affordability with state zoning changes

Another state vs. local jurisdiction showdown is brewing up in Indiana. Lawmakers there are poised to strip cities of much of their power over where and how new housing is built, setting up a clas...

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Jim Park on appraisal workforce shortage and regulatory shifts

The U.S. appraisal industry is facing a myriad of issues: a workforce shortage, rising regulatory scrutiny and new technology requirements that could reshape the profession altogether. ...

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Louisville, Ky., leads municipalities’ use of AI to fast-track permits

Earlier this month, the City of Louisville, Ky., announced a partnership with Govstream.ai, a technology company that utilizes AI to speed up the permitting process, reflecting a broader national p...

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Louisville, Ky., joins municipalities piloting AI to fast-track permits

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Senior Care Bankruptcies Rising Even as Healthcare Filings Decline

The number of bankruptcy filings related to senior housing and care increased 18% last year, even as total health care bankruptcies fell 21% in that time. Ch. 11 Bankruptcies stemming from ...

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Bright MLS appoints first chief artificial intelligence officer to lead AI strategy

Bright MLS is welcoming its first-ever chief artificial intelligence officer (CAIO). The firm announced the appointment of Rajeev Sajja as its CAIO on Wednesday. The MLS says the new ro...

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How real estate brokerages are reducing risk in buyer representation

Buyer-broker agreements continue to take a prominent role in residential real estate transactions following the National Association of Realtors (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement and related prac...

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Northeast ERA Real Estate agencies merge across state lines

ERA Hart Sargis-Breen Real Estate and ERA Insite Realty Services have merged their Connecticut and New York operations — creating a brokerage with nine offices and nearly 200 agents across both sta...

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CoStar stands firm on Homes.com amid investor pressure

The activist investors at Third Point Investors Ltd may be calling on CoStar Group to divest or shutdown its residential real estate arm, including Homes.com, but it appears that CoStar has no such...

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5 ways brokerages use systems to make culture real for agents

When people talk about culture in real estate, it often sounds abstract. Values on a wall. A mission statement in a handbook. Something that feels important, but hard to translate into daily behavi...

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Harbert South Bay to Develop 294,000 SF Luxury Senior Living Community in Dallas

DALLAS — Harbert South Bay has announced plans to develop a new luxury senior living community, The Marianne on Inwood, in Dallas. Upon completion, the property will total 162 units and 294...

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New View Advisors: FHA report reveals HECM program is no longer a financial risk

The Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program is no longer a financial problem, according to commentary published Tuesday by New View Advisors about the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)’s ...

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