Ryan Ponsford, a veteran financial adviser with more than 25 years of experience in wealth management, real estate and lending, is unequivocal: “The reverse mortgage line of credit is one of the most misunderstood, underutilized tools in retirement planning today.”   “The scary part — put five rever

Data and analytics firm Verisk said that insured losses to property and automobiles from Winter Storm Fern could reach $4 billion, according to an initial analysis released by the company on Tuesday. Another estimate from Karen Clark & Co. (KCC) is even higher. KCC reported that privately insured lo

Lawmakers in Illinois are reestablishing their position in the real estate industry’s private listings debate.  On Wednesday, State Representative Lillian Jiménez introduced a bill into the state’s House of Representatives seeking to amend the state’s Real Estate License Act of 2000. Rep. Jiménez sp

Lone Wolf Technologies has introduced a centralized platform designed to expand software integrations and data connectivity across its real estate technology ecosystem. The company announced the launch of its API Portal — providing brokers, teams, agents and technology partners with access to applic

Rocket Mortgage has sued a California mortgage brokerage and one of its executives, alleging they knowingly submitted fraudulent loan applications that concealed borrowers’ debts and caused financial losses after the loans were sold to investors. In a complaint filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Cou

Advocus National Title Insurance Co. has expanded its national leadership team as it moves to scale its underwriting platform across the country. The attorney-focused title insurance underwriter said the leadership changes are intended to support national growth while maintaining its long-standing e

The pressure of even more activist investors does not appear to be enough to cause CoStar Group to change its stance on Homes.com.  The Andy Florance-led firm responded to a letter sent by activist investors at D.E. Shaw & Co., LP. in a press release on Thursday, in which the company reiterated its

Offsite construction is often hailed as the panacea for housing shortages and labor constraints. In practice, it faces the realities of a cyclical, regional business. Builders who buy these companies outright often end up tying capital to rigid factories that can’t flex with demand. Recent experienc

A fight over ground-floor retail mandates could become one of the most consequential zoning debates of 2026, with Washington state lawmakers moving to curb mandatory storefronts in new residential buildings. A bill in the Washington state Senate would flip the script on commercial zoning, requiring

The past couple of years have been a whirlwind for industry veteran Lacey Conway. In the spring of 2024, her family firm Latter & Blum, of which she had been serving as CEO, was acquired by Compass, where she would later go on to serve as the executive vice president of mergers and acquisitions. Con

With a third or so of the public homebuilders’ first 2026 earnings cycle complete, the theme and variations – guidance misses, land impairments, margin compressions, even a net-negative-earnings or two, with the rare upside surprise – confirm it’s one of the most grinding, grueling selling environme

Three Georgia state representatives have introduced legislation aimed at stripping homeowners associations (HOAs) of their ability to foreclose on homes while and giving residents a direct vote on whether to dissolve their associations. State Reps. Sandra Scott, Viola Davis and Kim Schofield introdu

Investors at D.E. Shaw & Co., L.P. are joining Third Point Investments in calling for CoStar to either divest or shut down Homes.com.  On Wednesday, Edwin Jager and Michael O’Mary, two managing directors at D.E. Shaw, sent an open letter to CoStar Group’s board or directors, expressing their “contin

Out-of-pocket health care costs continue to take a sizable bite out of retirees’ finances — even as Medicare coverage expands and recent policy changes aim to reduce drug costs, according to a new brief published by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. Using data from the 2018-2022

Terry Schmidt believes she surprised the mortgage industry. Schmidt, the director and CEO of Guild Mortgage Co., was referring to the June 2025 announcement that the company would be acquired by Bayview Asset Management. The transaction officially closed in November. “Many found that this was very s

The national housing market closed out January with relatively little week-over-week movement, but the latest data shows a market increasingly shaped by regional differences rather than a single national trend. Pricing, inventory and time on market all point to stabilization at the national level, e

New York-based Atlas Real Estate Partners this week announced the launch of A4 Credit Partners, a small-balance mortgage lending platform targeting credit opportunities within the residential transition loan (RTL) market. As part of the launch, A4 Credit Partners is seeking to raise $150 million to

As Anywhere Real Estate embarks on its next chapter as part of Compass International Holdings, it will be doing so without CEO Ryan Schneider.  Schneider was the CEO and president of Anywhere for over eight years prior to its acquisition by Compass, which was first announced in September 2025.  A Co

Scrolling an MLS feed that looks and feels more like social media is now an option for real estate agents in California. California Regional MLS (CRMLS) reached a new agreement to offer Tuesday — its mobile MLS application designed around social-style feeds and interactions — at no additional cost t