Housing

Tenth Circuit upholds dismissal of Homie antitrust lawsuit

A lower court’s decision to dismiss Homie Technologies’ antitrust lawsuit against the National Association of Realtors (NAR), Anywhere Real Estate, HomeServices of America and REMAX was reaffirmed ...

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Texas HOA laws are changing board responsibilities. Here’s how communities can keep up.

Serving on a homeowners’ association (HOA) board has always meant balancing the needs of the community with the responsibility of managing its finances and addressing resident concerns. However, th...

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When it comes to closing workflow gaps, does one size really fit all?

For the past several years, title agents have been giving their technology partners some version of the same request: help us close the gaps. Those “gaps” are the smaller, tedious tasks wedged betw...

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Legal fight over a ditch puts 265-home Utah project at risk

A narrow irrigation ditch runs along the edge of a 142-acre former farm near Willard, about 50 miles north of Salt Lake City. Beside it sits a 2.74-acre patch of wet ground. Both feature...

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After the Beazer agreement, can Dream Finders reach top 5?

Now that Dream Finders and Beazer have reached an agreement, Dream Finders can now look further ahead. Soon after the closing, Dream Finders will find itself nearing a position as one of the...

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Lenders urged to solve business problems before adopting AI

Mortgage lenders that adopt artificial intelligence should focus first on the business problems they’re trying to solve rather than chasing the latest technology, according to panelists who spoke T...

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NHI Operators Grapple With Occupancy as REIT Seeks to Upsize SHOP Segment

National Health Investors (NYSE: NHI) leaders have grown the company’s SHOP segment to comprise 24% of its total NOI. The company continued that SHOP growth focus and momentum in the second quarter...

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Mortgage insurers face larger safety net rule for VantageScore 4.0

Mortgage insurers will be required to keep a larger safety net for mortgages originated using VantageScore 4.0 than for comparable loans using Classic FICO, according to new guidance from the gover...

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Epique Realty CEO Josh Miller offers 3-point fix for agent tech adoption

Josh Miller, CEO and co-founder of Epique Realty, told attendees at Tuesday’s HousingWire AI Summit that the real estate industry’s most expensive technology investments are often the least used. H...

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FirstTeam expands in Midwest with new Kansas City office

FirstTeam has expanded its national brokerage footprint into Kansas and Missouri, partnering with broker-owner Scott Eckhoff and Rival Real Estate to open the company’s first Midwest office in Kans...

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Brookdale Senior Living CEO: ‘Table Is Now Set’ for Operational Improvement

Brookdale Senior Living’s occupancy inflection has not happened as quickly as expected, but the company’s top leader believes all the strategic pieces are in place and that its plan is beginning to...

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Small businesses shun retirement plans over cost, complexity fears

Only about half of U.S. private-sector workers participate in an employer-sponsored retirement plan at any given time — a gap driven almost entirely by small employers, according to new research fr...

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NAR reports July existing home sales down 1.7%

The pace of existing home sales cooled as temperatures heated up in July. According to data released Tuesday by the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR), existing homes sold at a seasonally adju...

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Will a cooling labor market keep mortgage rates below 7% in 2026?

Locked loan data across all borrower credit profiles shows that mortgage rates continue to hover near 7%. But a negative jobs report in July may keep monetary policy makers from initiating a higher...

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What Better’s leadership change means for NEO Home Loans and AI

One year after speaking at the second annual HousingWire AI Summit, Ryan Grant, president of NEO Home Loans, returned to the stage to share updates on his company’s partnership with Better Mortgage...

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Maryland judge rejects loanDepot effort to toss LO comp lawsuit

A federal judge in Maryland has denied loanDepot’s bid to dismiss a proposed class-action lawsuit that accuses the lender of violating federal loan officer compensation rules and steering borrowers...

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Fix-and-flip market shows signs of strain as mortgage rates climb

A 40- to 50 basis-point jump in mortgage rates during the second quarter has weighed heavily on fix-and-flip demand, according to the latest Fix and Flip Market Index from John Burns Research &...

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AI agents could dominate home search, Lower and HouseCanary CEOs say

Industry executives speaking at HousingWire‘s AI Summit on Tuesday predict that AI agents will not only continue to take the reins on tasks now performed by real estate agents, loan officers and ot...

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Arizona Regional MLS names Jeff Bosch as CEO

The board of directors for the Arizona Regional MLS (ARMLS) has appointed Jeff Bosch as the organization’s next CEO, according to an announcement on Tuesday. Bosch will assume the role in November,...

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Judge pauses NYC pied a terre tax rollout, luxury rentals jump

Late Monday afternoon, a judge dealt a blow to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan to charge a so-called pied-à-terre tax on vacant second homes owned by wealthy non-residents. Way...

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SERHANT. enters Colorado with 11-agent founding class

SERHANT. is launching in Colorado with an 11-agent founding cohort that has closed more than $1 billion in sales over the past 12 months, the firm announced on Tuesday. The opening in th...

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