Housing

VA lending took a sharp upturn in 2025

The U.S Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) home loan program rebounded sharply in 2025, according to a new analysis from Veterans United Home Loans. The rebound reverses last year’s slowdown and h...

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eXp Realty promotes two executives to C-suite

eXp Realty is finishing out the year elevating two executives to its C-suite leadership team. On Wednesday, the firm announced it was promoting Carrie Lysenko to chief technology officer and Holly ...

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FirstClose partners with Stewart to enhance home equity services

FirstClose, a fintech provider of data and workflow tools for mortgage and home equity lenders, on Wednesday announced a partnership with Stewart Lender Services, a division of Stewart Information ...

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5 best Pennsylvania real estate schools for 2026

Ready to get your real estate license in Pennsylvania? You’ll want to enroll in one of the best Pennsylvania real estate schools to gain the skills and knowledge you’ll need to ace the state exam a...

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Why 2026 policy debates will center on housing supply, not mortgage rates

The following information has haunted me since last year. “According to Fannie Mae calculations, it would take one of three things, or a combination of them, for affordability to return to 2...

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Georgia lawmakers aim to speed housing permits for affordability

A surge in Sun Belt in-migration for well over a decade blessed Georgia with population growth that prompted a spate of apartment and home construction. Despite a heavy dose of added sup...

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HUD extends reverse mortgage feedback deadline

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is reopening the public comment period for a review of federal reverse mortgage programs, the agency announced Wednesday in the Federal Re...

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Walters | Plaxen Group joins Sotheby’s International Realty

Shauna Walters and Nicole Plaxen, the broker duo behind the Walters | Plaxen Group, have joined Sotheby’s International Realty. The affiliation follows a standout year for the five-person te...

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Charter Senior Living Plots its Own Course

By Hayden Spiess Charter Senior Living’s emblem features the helm of a ship. Keven J. Bennema, co-founder and CEO of the seniors housing owner and operator, is more accustomed to the steerin...

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4 best real estate schools in Maryland (MD) for 2026

From Bethesda and Towson to Havre de Grace and Silver Spring, it’s now easier than ever to complete the required 60 hours of real estate prelicensing classes from the comfort of your own home in Ma...

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Refinance surge boosts mortgage application activity

Mortgage applications increased 4.8% from one week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending December 5, 2025. T...

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Blue Owl commits $2.5B in funds to Point’s home equity investment platform

Blue Owl Capital announced Tuesday that it’s making a $2.5 billion commitment in funds it manages to home equity investment (HEI) platform Point. The newss comes just one month after the companies ...

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CrossCountry challenges court order in Gallo mortgage fraud case

CrossCountry Mortgage (CCM) filed a motion last week as it seeks to intervene in the criminal case against former loan officer Christopher Gallo, and to vacate a November court order that blocked t...

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Zillow updates sites, apps after watchdog flags ad disclosure gaps

BBB National Programs’ Digital Advertising Accountability Program (DAAP) has worked with Zillow Group to bring several of the company’s major brands into compliance with industry rules governing in...

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New York raises senior property tax exemption to 65%

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed legislation to expand property tax exemptions for seniors to up to 65% of their home’s assessed value, raising the ceiling for the first time in decades from t...

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D.C. Area Still a Hot Market for Senior Living Growth Despite Development Dearth

Senior living development is nearly frozen in the U.S. in 2025. But some companies have bucked that trend in Washington D.C. and the surrounding areas in Virginia and Maryland. The senior li...

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Mortgage delinquencies steady in September, but there’s ‘signs of stress beneath the surface’

U.S. mortgage delinquencies held steady at 3% in September 2025, unchanged from a year earlier but up slightly from 2.9% at the end of the second quarter, according to Cotality‘s newest Loan Perfor...

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As rural housing costs soar, financing affordable housing remains a hurdle

America’s housing affordability crisis is an equal-opportunity phenomenon. Nowhere is this more painfully clear than in the nation’s rural communities, which quietly confront a deepening affordabil...

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Coalition presses for stronger federal flood response, eyes ROAD to Housing Act

A new multi-state coalition is warning that worsening floods across Appalachia — and the federal government’s uneven response — are heightening risks for communities, infrastructure and real estate...

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Stress appears for consumer credit conditions

The American Financial Services Association (AFSA), the nation’s oldest and largest consumer credit trade group, on Tuesday released its quarterly Consumer Credit Conditions Index. It found that AF...

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Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate details 2026 homebuyer trends

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate (BHGRE) released its 2026 Design Trends Moving Real Estate Report — outlining features and design preferences driving homebuyers in the year ahead. T...

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