Housing

April jobs report shows 115K payroll gains, unemployment rate at 4.3%

The U.S. economy added 115,000 jobs in April, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. While this makes it appear that the job market remains strong, employ...

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Mortgage’s AI crisis is coming. The industry isn’t ready to talk about it.

A borrower in forbearance gets the wrong information about their reinstatement options. It came from an automated servicing communication, routed through a system nobody fully owns and nobody fully...

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For solutions to the housing affordability crisis, we need to use every tool available

Across the country, roughly 65% of households are priced out of the median-priced new home. Incomes have not kept pace with elevated home prices and higher mortgage rates, putting homeownership fur...

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Innovation through mortgage advocacy: Why our industry needs to stop treating policy like background noise

The mortgage industry is very good at watching signals. We watch rates like hawks. We track consumer sentiment all day long. We buy tools to tell us when to lock, when to float, when to ...

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FHA loan delinquencies: Is a perfect storm brewing?

For most people, the foreclosure crisis is a distant memory. Foreclosure activity, in fact, has been unusually low since the government implemented a national moratorium and an unprecede...

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Why ADU financing deserves more attention from home equity lenders

Accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, are no longer a fringe housing concept. They are becoming a more practical option for homeowners facing affordability pressure, still-constrained housing supply a...

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LTC Properties ‘All-in’ On SHOP Growth, Cutting Skilled Nursing

LTC Properties (NYSE: LTC) is “all-in” on growing and supporting its 30-community senior housing operating portfolio. The Westlake Village, California-based real estate investment trust (REI...

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OneTrust reverse mortgage leader Gabe Bodner on personal branding tactics

At this week’s Reverse Mastermind Summit in Tennessee, Gabe Bodner of OneTrust Home Loans gave a detailed presentation on how reverse mortgage originators can achieve better marketing results. A ke...

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Brookdale Senior Living Navigates Turbulence Amid Transformation With ‘Selling Season’ Ahead

Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) has over the last year continued its ongoing “transformation” into a leaner, more agile senior living operator. While those changes were “critical” to Brookdale’...

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How Captions turned busy real estate agents into AI video creators

For many real estate agents, creating polished video content once required expensive equipment, editing expertise or hiring outside production teams. But Mirage, an AI-driven, on-demand video produ...

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Health Care REIT Enters Senior Living Industry With $425M Acquisition of 3 Luxury Communities

Yet another real estate investment trust is jumping on the SHOP growth bandwagon. The health care-focused real estate investment trust (REIT), Chiron Real Estate (NYSE: XRN), announced it ha...

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Sparks flare over Florida law to target idle golf courses for housing

A bill overriding local zoning authority to allow housing on idle Southeast Florida golf courses drew little public attention during Florida’s legislative session. When the Infill Redeve...

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Homebuyer aid broadens to middle class amid price pressures

As mortgage rates and home prices continue to strain homebuyers, states are rapidly expanding programs aimed at making homeownership more affordable. Housing affordability pressures rema...

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Thomas James Homes’ new CEO details the firm’s go-forward plan

California-based Thomas James Homes (TJH) announced last week that Steve Schlageter has stepped up as the company’s new CEO, after joining the firm as COO in 2024. The builder, known as...

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In the Pipeline: LifeSpire Plans Growth in Virginia; Distinctive Living Starts Work in New Jersey

In the Pipeline is part of your SHN+ subscription In the Pipeline is brought to you by the Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards, an annual competition that recognizes cutting...

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Mario Alvarez Jr. brings $1B+ track record to eXp Commercial

eXp Commercial announced that Mario Alvarez Jr. has joined the firm. Alvarez brings more than 20 years of experience in commercial real estate and more than $1 billion in career gross tr...

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Vice Capital Markets releases daily mortgage rate benchmark

Vice Capital Markets has publicly released its Vice Capital Par Note Rate, a proprietary daily mortgage rate benchmark built from agency mortgage-backed security (MBS) prices that’s designed to giv...

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Builders discount more but keep prices flat while resale values slip

Urban new-construction homes are both scarce and significantly more expensive than existing properties, even as builders lean heavily into suburban development and manage prices to meet weaker dema...

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eXp acquires NextHome, shifts to multi-model platform

eXp World Holdings Inc. has acquired national real estate franchise NextHome, Inc, according to an announcement on Thursday. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Through t...

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Staying close to the field: How Rachel Treadwell approaches leadership in valuations

As part of HousingWire’s Editor’s Choice awards spotlight series, we’re spotlighting past Women of Influence honorees whose careers, leadership and insights continue to influence the industry. This...

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Better cuts costs, expands HELOC push amid mortgage market volatility

Executives at Better.com said the conflict in Iran is causing some borrowers to delay closing on mortgages, prompting the company to lean more heavily on home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) to sus...

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