Housing

Gaining that local edge to outperform competition amid market consolidation

The fight for market share in real estate has never been more intense. National portals, institutional investors and well-funded disruptors are all competing for the same buyers and sellers, pushin...

Credit:

Agent movement stalls as retention takes hold in Q2

The landscape for real estate agent recruiting is undergoing a structural shift, with agents increasingly choosing to move within their existing brand rather than switch to a competitor, according ...

Credit:

How 12 Oaks, Ascent Living Maintain Margins on the Road to 100% Occupancy

Editor’s Note: Hear similar insights like this at the upcoming SHN Trends event August 4-6 in Chicago. This new event will bring together senior living executives alongside capital partners, clinic...

Credit:

Movers and Shakers: NHI Appoints First COO; Plante Moran Living Forward Makes Five Promotions

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...

Credit:

Lot demand shifts to terms and timing at Forestar, Five Point

In 2024 and early 2025, homebuilders large, medium and small were smitten with the strategic notion of “land light.” In 2026, and for the near future, most everybody is more preoccupied,...

Credit:

New York City posts notice of new tax levy to pied-a-terre owners

Tax attorneys and accountants are about to make bank helping owners of non-primary homes navigate New York City’s pied-à-terre tax notifications, which started landing in mailboxes before the weeke...

Credit:

Realtor Associations don’t have a value problem. They have a value-communication problem.

When membership numbers soften, the instinct inside most Realtor associations is to assume the value has eroded. Leaders start asking what new benefit they can bolt on, what shiny program might jus...

Credit:

Judge sends Fannie Mae discriminatory firing case to arbitration

A federal judge has granted Fannie Mae’s motion to compel arbitration and dismiss a lawsuit brought by 44 former employees who allege they were fired in a discriminatory manner tied to the company’...

Credit:

Beazer Homes earnings date adds twist to DFH bid

The calendar may be telling Beazer Homes investors something Over the past six months, the homebuilding industry’s most closely watched M&A drama has evolved from an unsolicited acqu...

Credit:

NAR homebuyer commission settlement hearing set for Nov. 2

Nearly two years after the National Association of Realtors (NAR) received final approval on its home seller commission lawsuit settlement, the trade group is hoping to receive final approval on it...

Credit:

High rates hit reverse mortgages in a different way

Reverse mortgage experts see some trends emerging amid economic uncertainty and high interest rates. High interest rates impact reverse mortgages differently than forward mortgages. Ins...

Credit:

Mortgage servicers face higher costs from transfers and regulation

The cost to service mortgages is rising for reasons that extend beyond a recent increase in borrower delinquencies. That’s according to Erik Eggers, chief revenue officer at Rocktop Technologies, w...

Credit:

NJHMFA sells $40M in tax credits to boost affordable housing development

The New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (NJHMFA) has sold $40 million in state tax credits to several corporations to help finance affordable and workforce housing developments, launchin...

Credit:

BKeeperAI launches AI-powered text messaging expense assistant for real estate

BKeeperAI has officially launched its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered expense assistant designed to help real estate professionals and independent business owners manage business expenses enti...

Credit:

MBA warns FHFA about changing manufactured home definition in Duty to Serve rule

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) is urging the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to move carefully as it finalizes changes to its Duty to Serve (DTS) rule. The trade group back...

Credit:

MBA’s HMDA analysis finds proprietary reverse mortgages jumped 118% in 2025

Proprietary reverse mortgages continued to gain market share in 2025, fueled by rapid growth in originations and larger loan balances, according to a Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) analysis of ...

Credit:

FirstTeam Real Estate, Purlin partner on AI-powered operations

FirstTeam Real Estate has partnered with Purlin to deploy an AI-powered operating system across the brokerage, giving agents a unified platform for managing contracts, negotiations, transactions an...

Credit:

Kim Smith on SmartFi’s strategy to grow the reverse mortgage pie

While the reverse mortgage industry has historically relied on specialized originators to drive volume, wholesale lender SmartFi Home Loans is looking elsewhere to expand the market. Th...

Credit:

Milliman buys Blue Water MSR valuation, hedging unit from Apex Analytics

Consulting firm Milliman has acquired Blue Water mortgage servicing rights (MSR) valuation and hedging services from Apex Analytics Corp., adding another platform less than a year after buying MorV...

Credit:

When your AI vendor gets it wrong, you’re still responsible

Mortgage servicers are misreading the current moment. Enforcement looks quiet, but accountability has never been broader. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued zero consent ord...

Credit:

From weeks to minutes: How AI-native land acquisition is changing the game for homebuilders

Land acquisition has become one of the homebuilding industry’s most important competitive advantages. Yet many teams still rely on manual research, disconnected data and broker-listed opportunities...

Credit: