Housing

Reverse Market Insight expands loan qualifying tool to include Smartfi proprietary products

Loan analysis and technology firm Reverse Market Insight (RMI) on Wednesday announced an expansion of its Reverse Qualifier tool, giving reverse mortgage originators the opportunity to price and mo...

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The ROAD housing bill’s biggest breakthrough isn’t the investor ban. It’s supply.

Congress is finally treating housing affordability as a production problem rather than simply another demand problem. Much of the attention surrounding the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act has focu...

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Mortgage applications rise as purchase demand offsets refi drop

Mortgage applications increased 0.04% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending June 26, 2026. ...

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Seniors hold a record share of housing wealth. The mortgage system still struggles to underwrite it.

A major shift has happened inside American housing finance, and it should have the full attention of lenders, regulators and policymakers. For the first time on record, Americans 70 and older hold ...

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The amenity arms race is over. The profit center era has begun.

For years, the amenity playbook in multifamily was simple: build it, bundle it, absorb the cost and call it a competitive differentiator. Rooftop decks, co-working lounges and resort-style pools ha...

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Bipartisan bill would allocate CDBG funds to disaster prevention efforts

Reps. Sam Liccardo (D-Calif.) and William Timmons (R-S.C.) introduced bipartisan legislation on Tuesday to help local governments invest in disaster prevention rather than focusing solely on post-d...

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MRED seeks arbitration in Zillow antitrust lawsuit

With less than 48 hours to go before the start of a two-day hearing regarding Zillow’s preliminary injunction motion in its antitrust lawsuit against Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) and Compass Int...

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Why Fed President Beth Hammack wants more rate hikes

As we approach Jobs Thursday, certain Federal Reserve members have still not changed their tune about rate hikes, even with oil prices back down to $70 today. Why haven’t mortgage rates dropped alo...

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Movers and Shakers: ASHA Announces New Board Members; Plante Moran Names Capital Leader

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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Trump calls 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act ‘a yawn’

President Donald Trump on Monday characterized the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act as “a yawn,” following an abrupt cancellation of a signing ceremony for the legislation last week. The...

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Why Carlisle Companies targets Owens Corning for an M&A combo

As homebuilders grapple with questions of scale, access to capital and long-term competitiveness, many of their largest suppliers appear to be navigating similar strategic pressures. Car...

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Newsom signs balanced budget with $1.7B locked-in for housing

This time last year, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a state budget that included sweeping housing reforms that allowed urban residential developers to avoid rigorous environmental reviews. ...

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When AI listing videos look too real: the disclosure test agents need now

In my last HousingWire column, I focused on reviewing AI-generated listing remarks before they reach the MLS. That was about what AI says about a property. This follow-up is about the line between ...

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DISHED Senior Living Dining Innovation Awards: Richart Hartman, Executive Chef, The Palace Suites

Richart Hartman, Executive Chef at The Palace Suites, has been named a member of the DISHED Senior Living Dining Innovation Awards Class of 2026 by Senior Housing News. As an Elevating t...

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April Case-Shiller shows inflation outpacing home prices

The pace of annual home price appreciation picked up slightly in April, according to the S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Index for April that was released on Tuesday. In April, the national h...

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Density is not design, what cities miss on the ROAD to affordability

In housing, there are a few words that get tossed around so often they start to lose all meaning. “Affordability” is one of them. “Sustainability” is another. Near the top of the list i...

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Mortgage rates drop, but is it the start of a trend?

With mortgage rates on an upward trend in recent months, housing professionals got a welcome respite this week as the costs of a home loan declined. On Tuesday, HousingWire‘s Mortgage Ra...

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Figure CEO says $300M prefunded securitization gives ‘added certainty’ to originators

Figure announced Tuesday that it has closed a $300 million fully prefunded securitization for loans that will trade on its blockchain-based marketplace, Figure Connect. The company said ...

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Joe Rath: Rocket Redfin integration gains momentum one year after $1.75B deal

Nearly a year after Rocket Companies closed its acquisition of Redfin in an all-stock transaction valued at $1.75 billion in equity, Joe Rath, the former Redfin senior director of operations and cu...

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Dovenmuehle names Ann Morey head of product

Dovenmuehle Mortgage Inc. has appointed Ann Morey as its head of product, the mortgage subservicer announced Tuesday. Morey will oversee the company’s product management strategy, includ...

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Portside Real Estate Group adds agent Heather Szela in central Maine

Portside Real Estate Group has added Heather Szela to its central Maine office, where she will work with homebuyers and sellers throughout the region. Szela, a Maine native, began her real e...

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