Housing

Sotheby’s International Realty names Marissa Ghesquiere regional president

Marissa Ghesquiere has been appointed as regional president for the East Coast and Central regions at Sotheby’s International Realty Inc. It’s a newly created role for the firm in which Ghesquiere ...

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Top agent Kris Zacuto joins Christie’s International Real Estate Southern California

Christie’s International Real Estate Southern California has expanded its presence in the Silicon Beach and South Bay luxury markets with the addition of luxury real estate adviser Kris Zacuto as d...

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Brookdale Senior Living CEO: Like Flying Fighter Jets, Senior Living Takes Planning, Precision

This story is part of your SHN+ subscription Leading a senior living operator and flying an F-15 fighter jet are alike in that they both require careful planning – and sometimes, laser p...

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Senior Living Dealbook: Kayne Anderson Recapitalizes Class A Portfolio; 12 Oaks JV Makes Kansas Acquisition

Transactions Kayne Anderson recapitalizes Class A portfolio Kayne Anderson Real Estate has entered into an agreement to recapitalize a Class A senior housing portfolio in partnership ...

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HUD pilots robotics-built housing and automated permitting

A pair of ultra-modest, little-noticed funding opportunities from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development may signal a new strategy taking shape in Washington. The Builder’s...

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Masonicare Pilots Light Therapy, Expands Staff Training for Memory Care

Nonprofit senior living provider Masonicare is expanding its memory care services to include more nonpharmacological approaches and intergenerational programming. The Wallingford, Connec...

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Mortgage and real estate battle for the top of the funnel

Like many mortgage professionals, Vipul Hapani can see the wave of industry consolidation forming on the horizon and knows it is only a matter of time before it reaches his shores. As the br...

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May rent trends run sideways as multifamily supply stays strong

Policymakers have been making the case that more supply is a better check on housing costs than rent stabilization. May apartment rental data backs up that narrative. Rents ticked up mod...

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Class Valuation adds Makena InstaPlan ahead of UAD 3.6 shift

Class Valuation has partnered with Makena to provide appraisers with new mobile data-collection tools ahead of the mortgage industry’s transition to the Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD) 3.6 standard...

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Many older Americans stuck in homes that no longer fit

The nation’s housing shortage is often framed as a challenge for first-time buyers and growing families. But another group is increasingly feeling the impact — older homeowners who want to downsize...

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Just don’t: Why AI-generated marketing content is a regulatory minefield for mortgage lenders

Marketers have long used endorsements and testimonials in their ads. Even though it goes by multiple names, this is a playbook dating back centuries. You have something to sell. You borrow the tru...

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The verification layer financial systems forgot to build

For decades, financial systems operated on a quiet assumption: most information entering the system was fundamentally real. Documents might arrive incomplete. Borrowers might omit detail...

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Cotality launches Broker Listing Exchange with KW, HomeServices

Cotality has launched Broker Listing Exchange, or Cotality BLX, with Keller Williams and HomeServices of America as the first firms to implement the system, according to an announcement on Tuesday....

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April CPI rises 0.6% as annual inflation ticks up to 3.8%

The prices for goods and services continued to climb month-over-month in April, but at a slower pace than they did in March. In April the Consumer Price Index for all items rose 0.6% from a...

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Real estate tech started like streaming and ended as a bundle

Remember when Netflix felt like the answer to everything? One price, one app, watch whatever you want. People were ditching cable because the math was obvious. Why pay for 200 channels w...

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NextHome opens two Southern California offices with 200 agents

Brokerage leader Albert Meggers has launched two large Southern California offices under the NextHome brand, bringing nearly 200 agents onto the franchise’s new large-office model following its acq...

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What lenders are really saying about efficiency in 2026

If you want to understand where the mortgage industry is headed, spend a few days listening to lenders at gatherings like ICE Experience, HousingWire’s The Gathering or Texas MBA’s annual conventio...

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PropLogix releases sales outreach tool for title companies

PropLogix has launched PropOptix, a new sales outreach platform designed to help title companies identify and connect with real estate agents based on real-time market activity. The comp...

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Bright MLS launches Bright Promote ad tool in listing platform

Bright MLS has launched Bright Promote, an in-platform advertising tool that lets real estate agents create and run digital and mail marketing campaigns directly from Bright Listing Management as s...

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Policy uncertainty takes center stage as AMH reports revenue gains

The built-to-rent industry has been plagued by regulatory uncertainty over the past couple of months, but AMH, the nation’s premier BTR builder, with a portfolio of more than 60,000 rental homes, r...

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Inventory growth making housing more affordable

One positive housing story that really isn’t getting any love is the inventory growth we have seen since the lows of 2022. Why is that positive? Well, more inventory means more choices, a better bu...

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