Housing

NAR fine-tunes its 3-year plan, fast-tracking execution and trimming governance

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) released its first quarterly update on the 2026–2028 Strategic Plan on Tuesday, outlining early progress on initiatives tied to affordable housing, the Re...

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Two Harbors hit with shareholder lawsuit over CCM acquisition

Shareholder Michael Koblentz filed another lawsuit against Two Harbors Investment Corp. and its board of directors, alleging violations of the Securities Exchange Act tied to the company’s pending ...

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Busy isn’t productive: How top real estate agents should actually allocate their time

For years, real estate rewarded one thing above all else: activity. More calls. More showings. More emails. More hours. The assumption was simple: if you stay busy enough, the results will follow. ...

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What Artemis II can teach every real estate agent about building a career that goes the distance

On April 6, 2026, four astronauts aboard NASA’s Artemis II mission did something no human being had ever done in the history of our species. They traveled 252,756 miles from Earth, shattering a rec...

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D.R. Horton executed again, and smaller builders feel the squeeze

D.R. Horton’s stock arc mapped a familiar story Tuesday. Of investor recognition. Of the power and primacy of no financial or operational surprises to the negative. Shares tr...

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Investcorp Plans $1B in Senior Living Investments Over Next Three Years

Global investment manager Investcorp announced its re-entering the senior living sector with the acquisition of two senior living properties in California and New York. The $200 million acqu...

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Toll Brothers expands luxury footprint with Buffington acquisition

The market reaction to homebuilder earnings this spring has carried a clear message: scale, discipline, and positioning still matter. Where you choose to deploy them may matter even more. ...

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Activist Shareholder Land & Buildings Denounces Welltower Executive Comp Plan

Activist shareholder Land & Buildings is condemning the compensation plan for executives at Welltower (NYSE: WELL), urging investors to sell their holdings and opt for other senior housing real...

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NHI Announces Planned $560M Portfolio Sale to National HealthCare Corporation, Sharpening Focus on Private-Pay Senior Living

National Health Investors (NYSE: NHI) intends to sell a portfolio of 32 skilled nursing facilities and three independent living properties for $560 million to one of its current operating partners,...

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C-PACE as a Seniors Housing Solution: Michele Pitale of CounterpointeSRE Weighs in

Michele Pitale is managing director and head of C-PACE at CounterpointeSRE, a Connecticut-based financial services firm. Seniors Housing Business recently conducted a Q&A with Pitale to get her...

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The tables have turned: Florida and Texas are the biggest losers in the housing market as Ohio emerges a surprise winner

During the pandemic, housing markets in Florida and Texas enjoyed a surge in popularity. Unencumbered by office attendance, remote workers headed south to cash in on the Sunbelt’s warm temperatures...

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NHI to Sell Skilled Nursing Portfolio to National HealthCare Corp. for $560M

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — National Health Investors (NYSE:NHI) has executed an agreement to sell a portfolio of properties to National HealthCare Corp. (NHC) for a total of $560 million. The po...

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Small Markets Deliver Big Results for Seniors Housing

By Jane Adler Major urban areas tend to get most of the attention in the senior living industry. After all, these locations have large populations and submarkets with a sizable pipeline of i...

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IBHS expands wildfire resilience program as fire risk grows

Dangerous wildfire conditions have spread across the country, reaching deeper into hurricane-prone regions like Florida and the Gulf Coast as the weather grows hotter, drier, and windier. ...

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Pending home sales tick up in March despite higher rates

Pending home sales rose slightly in March, jumping 1.5% month-over-month, according to data released Tuesday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). In March, the Pending Home Sales ...

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Most homeowners wish they knew more about down payments before buying, survey finds

About 85% of homeowners with mortgages say there is something they wish they had known before starting the homebuying process, according to a new national survey of New American Funding (NAF) servi...

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Trilogy CEO Prioritizes ‘Continuous Improvement,’ Staffing After Kingston HealthCare Deal

This story is part of your SHN+ subscription Trilogy Health Services will focus on improving occupancy and tackling staffing challenges in 2026, while integrating recently acquired commu...

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How will mortgage rates respond if the ceasefire in Iran expires?

Mortgage rates continued to move lower this week as financial markets digested the latest geopolitical activity, but a number of factors could prompt investor fears to rise again this week. ...

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More reverse mortgage borrowers show deep budget deficits

GreenPath Financial Wellness — a nonprofit approved by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the National Foundation for Credit Counseling — reviewed data from its reverse ...

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Before you build specs, answer these 5 business questions

A builder recently asked for my thoughts on the right mix of specs and pre-sales. My first response, as those who work with me have come to expect, was that there was more than one question buried ...

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CFPB ends disparate impact, tightens SPCPs through ECOA amendments

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is set to publish a final rule on Wednesday that eliminates disparate-impact liability under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and adds new pro...

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