Homebuilder mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have changed dramatically since the Great Financial Crisis. What began as a survival-driven market dominated by public builders has evolved into a more competitive landscape shaped by private capital, foreign investment and the pursuit of scale. As builders

Today, Kevin Warsh finished presiding over his first meeting as Federal Reserve chair, and boy, it was interesting to say the least. Now, keep in mind that I’m the only person on Earth who had #AnyOneButWarsh, so my feelings are well known, but as always, I’m going to call it down the line on what h

The most successful real estate agents aren’t always the ones with the most experience, but rather those who learn how to leverage real estate marketing companies and digital tools for their success. An experienced, results-driven marketing company will help you hone your brand and create marketing

The real estate industry just got a headline that reads like a misprint. Bed Bath & Beyond is buying a brokerage. The same Bed Bath & Beyond that filed for bankruptcy and closed every store it owned a few years ago. The brand name will grab the attention. The strategy behind it is what industry lead

PNC Bank closed a $251.4 million Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) fund that will help finance the development and preservation of affordable rental housing across the country, the bank said in an announcement on Wednesday. The transaction, PNC Multifamily Capital’s LIHTC Fund 104, includes capi

Wait! What?!? Just curious. Is it me, or is anyone else getting at least a chuckle out of one of those moments when the housing universe seems to have hired a comedy writer? For years, if you said “Clayton” in any kind of housing audience, people instantly thought of Berkshire Hathaway‘s Maryville,

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate announced the merger of three brokerages in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, creating a combined company with more than 1,100 affiliated real estate professionals operating from 22 offices. The merged brokerage will operate as Better Homes and Gardens Real

The Real Brokerage has appointed entrepreneur and JPAR Real Estate founder JP Piccinini as a growth leader, where he will work with Chief Growth Officer Jason Cassity to support agents, teams and brokerage leaders across the company’s network. Piccinini has held roles as a real estate agent, brokera

For decades, American consumers have wondered what the “Beyond” in Bed Bath & Beyond actually refers to. Well, as of Wednesday morning, one thing is clear: It refers to real estate brokerage, mortgage, title, insurance and homeowner financial services, after the firm announced it signed a definitive

Master-planned communities are gaining renewed relevance as buyers seek a sense of predictability in an uncertain housing market. Even as the broader housing market continues to wrestle with affordability pressure, interest rate sensitivity and uneven buyer demand, many master-planned communities ha

The housing industry has spent the last several years trying to understand what artificial intelligence means for builders. Most of the conversation has focused on generative AI and large language models, but a new category of AI is emerging for homebuilding operations: spatial AI. Unlike traditiona

Taylor Morrison, the sixth-largest builder in the HousingWire Homebuilder Rankings, has appointed Mike Carlo as president of its Sarasota division.  Carlo brings more than 25 years of homebuilding experience to the role. “Mike is a proven leader with an impressive track record of operational excelle

Today, as I write this article, oil prices are at $75.80, which is a big deal because tomorrow the Federal Reserve will announce its monetary policy under new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh. For many months, Federal Reserve hawks have said that the Iran conflict was a major reason they’ve been more hawkish,

The real story in today’s Monthly New Residential Construction release from the Census Bureau isn’t a collapse in construction. It’s a production strategy that took shape months ago. Headlines – and their sibling, “headline risk” –don’t enjoy a particularly good reputation among most homebuilding bu

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and Director Bill Pulte are asking Congress for the power to bring civil lawsuits against individuals suspected of mortgage fraud. In its newest Annual Report to Congress, released Monday, the FHFA recommended new authority to directly sue for mortgage marke

CoStar’s attempt to enter the ongoing legal battle among Zillow, Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) and Compass International Holdings has been denied.  In a ruling on Tuesday, Illinois-based federal judge John Tharp denied CoStar’s motion to file an amicus curiae brief. No reason for the judge’s denia

Social Security’s long-term financial outlook deteriorated significantly in the latest annual report from the program’s trustees, with officials projecting a larger funding shortfall and an earlier depletion date for the retirement trust fund. The 2026 Trustees Report estimates Social Security‘s 75-

The real estate industry is still reeling from four years of desperately slow home sales. The transaction is the unit upon which everyone gets paid. Whether sale commission, mortgage origination, insurance, movers, appliances or furniture — everything happens when the house is bought. Four years aft

NorthstarMLS and REcore Solutions, along with the WAV Group’s Fluente AI team have unveiled Project NexusRE, a patent-pending infrastructure layer intended to give multiple listing services (MLS) and brokers more visibility and control over how listing data is accessed, used and monetized by artific

I launched a condo conversion community recently. Units priced between $90,000 and $140,000. Sold six in the first week. Five of the six were seller-financed. Not because the buyers preferred it. Because conventional lenders couldn’t touch them. FHA couldn’t touch them. These were people with real i