Housing

How Civitas’ New CEO is Using His Baseball Roots to Lead the Senior Living Operator

Texas-based senior living provider Civitas Senior Living has a new CEO bringing a new focus on recruitment, on-the-job training and retention. Civitas last week announced Cooper Vittitow...

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ECP Nets Growth Investment Totaling ‘Several Hundred Million’ Dollars, With Plans to Expand Services

ECP, a software provider for assisted living communities, has announced it has received a “several hundred million” dollar growth investment from tech growth capital firm Level Equity, according to...

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Indiana’s shifting housing market, price cuts are driving faster sales

Indiana homes sold 17.6% faster year-over-year in the week ending Nov. 29, with absorbed listings jumping to 1,780 from 1,514. Nearly half of active listings (47.7%) featured price reductions acros...

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Atlanta housing supply grows, price reductions outpace U.S. average

Atlanta’s single-family housing market entered December with 20,998 active listings, creating distinct conditions that separate it from broader national patterns. The metro’s 3.4-month supply excee...

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Price reductions surge in Charlotte, but median list price remains firm

Price reductions swept through 53.3% of Charlotte metro’s active listings during the week ending Nov. 29, 2025, while the median list price held firm at $475,000. The market maintained a 2.6-month ...

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Nashville housing market balances as inventory and price cuts rise

Nashville’s housing market recorded 7,277 active listings during the week ending Nov. 29, with 39.1% of sellers reducing prices as the metro’s inventory climbed to a 3.4-month supply. The median li...

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Limited inventory and price cuts shape Cincinnati’s housing market

The Cincinnati-Middletown metro area absorbed 427 homes in the week ending Nov. 29, 2025, outpacing new inventory additions of 347 listings as 41.8% of active properties reduced asking prices. The ...

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Kansas City sellers reduce listing prices as inventory grows faster than buyer demand

Nearly half of Kansas City metro home sellers cut their asking prices in the week ending Nov. 29, 2025, as the market navigates a delicate balance between rising inventory and slowing buyer activit...

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December housing demand near 3-year high as spreads improve

As mortgage purchase applications approach a three-year high, it’s vital to recognize the significant role played by mortgage spreads. Without the improvement in mortgage spreads starting in 2024, ...

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Falling mortgage rates boost refinance retention to 3.5-year high

ICE Mortgage Technology said in its December 2025 Mortgage Monitor report that declining mortgage rates helped to push servicer refinance retention to 28% in the third quarter — a 3.5-year high — a...

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Judge to decide Compass’s injunction against Zillow listing policy

Compass and Zillow have now put in their final words before New York City-based U.S. District Court Judge Jeannette Vargas rules on Compass’s preliminary injunction motion in its antitrust lawsuit ...

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Splitero closes $283M HEI securitization with strong investor appetite

Another home equity investment (HEI) securitization is hitting the market, this time issued by financial technology company Splitero in partnership with funds managed by Blue Owl Capital, Antarctic...

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Milliman acquires MorVest to boost MSR services

Global consulting and actuarial firm Milliman Inc. announced Monday that it has acquired MorVest Capital, a Dallas-based provider of mortgage servicing rights (MSRs) analytics and advisory services...

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Average buyer’s agent commission ticks up under settlement rules

The average U.S. buyer’s agent commission rose modestly in the third quarter, according to a new report from Redfin. Buy-side commissions averaged 2.42% for homes sold during the period — up...

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After another lapse in coverage, trade groups urge Congress to pass long-term NFIP bill

Last week, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) and 14 other trade groups representing insurance companies, lenders and other financial institutions urged Congress to approve a long-term reauthor...

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Buyer owes $24K after breaching buyers broker agreement, arbitration finds

Since the implementation of mandatory buyer broker agreements via the business practice changes outlined in the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement agreement, many...

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MBA voices support for proposed cut to community banks’ leverage ratio

Late last month, federal banking regulators proposed lowering the Community Bank Leverage Ratio (CBLR) for qualifying community banks and bank holding companies from 9% to 8% while extending the ti...

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The Playbook: Inside One Operator’s Marketing Strategy During Their Boom

Every quarter, the team at Priority Life Care gets its new marketing playbook. New ads. New content customized for SEO. New social media posts and strategies. Updates for their website. A new outlo...

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ROAD to Housing Act dropped from NDAA, sparking trade group response

The ROAD to Housing Act was left out of the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in the final House text released Sunday, leaving the mortgage industry to continue pushing for housing pro...

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Sweeping new zoning targets Nashville housing affordability

Nashville, one of the fastest-growing Sun Belt cities over the past decade, has been working to address the housing affordability issues that accompanied its massive economic development. ...

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House committee is set to review Senate-approved housing bill

The ROAD to Housing Act wasn’t included in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) released on Sunday, despite speculation that it might sneak in as an attachment to the more urgent priority ...

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