Real Estate Blogs
- Authority compounds on LinkedIn. Absence compounds, too.
- Homebuilder sellers face tougher prices as M&A appetite slows
- Is NWMLS’ First Look the template for MLS coming soon policies?
- The biggest impact of the SpaceX IPO won’t be in Silicon Valley
- Vishal Garg lays out Better turnaround plan amid battle with board
- The missing step in real estate marketing is the reply
- Graceful Finance’s ‘Lifestyle Agreement’ targets senior homeowners with reverse mortgage alternative
- Dark Matter Technologies expands leadership team
- Economic activity edges higher amid mixed consumer signals
- Atlantic Avenue ranks No. 1 as higher rates keep June’s HECM broker activity in check
- Gen Z is buying homes. Is the mortgage industry ready?
- What employer housing benefits are still missing
- Why Reno’s housing market is holding up while Phoenix, Denver and Austin fall
- Michigan primary wins bolster momentum for zoning reforms
- Compass-NWMLS settlement bigger than ‘coming soon’ listings
- eXp ends mortgage JV with Kind Lending, eyes Newrez deal
- Rocket’s amended complaint says UWM targeted Mr. Cooper borrowers
- Real estate doesn’t compete with other brokerages anymore
- Immigration enforcement tightens squeeze on homebuilders’ job sites
- California mega team Tafoya Real Estate joins eXp Realty
- Beyond affordability: What Florida’s Amendment 3 could mean for MSR values
- The end of SaaS as we know it in mortgage lending?
- Pre-IPO equity is redefining the qualified borrower
- Modular housing fails to scale. Will policy reforms alter that?
- How long can mortgage rates stay below 7%?
- A raft of California housing bills heads to Newsom; here’s what’s new
- Jamie Cavanaugh to lead Broker Action Coalition as CEO
- Closings per market shows why some builders scale faster
- Compass settles NWMLS lawsuit on coming soon listings
- Financial pressures are threatening middle-class retirement
- The next competitive advantage isn’t AI, it’s the operating model
- Affordability shouldn’t come at the expense of property rights
- Housing demand has slowed, but still stable for now
- The WSJ is wrong about FHA loans and nonbanks, and they know it
- Mounting ICE raids leave homebuilding’s frontlines frozen in fear
- Eastern Washington agents balance business and wildfire disaster recovery
- ERA Real Estate names Frank Malpica president
- South River Mortgage elevates Tyler Plack to CEO
- FHA expected to keep Classic FICO as it adds new models in January
- MBA president fires back on claims of poor FHA underwriting
- Fed Chair Warsh will vote to hike rates if data doesn’t improve
- Warsh delivers hawkish Jackson Hole speech, fueling speculation of a September rate hike
- KB Home names Casey Dare president of Tampa division
- Champion Homes adds Eagle Materials’ Michael Haack to board
- “The Crooked E” and manufactured housing: Evidence of systemic failures and corruption
- AI can estimate a home. An appraisal can inform the decision.
- Real REMAX Group halts Motto Mortgage franchise growth
- As Kortas and Casa make peace, AIME is back in the mix
- Builders face a tougher math problem as completed inventory rises
- Ginnie Mae wants issuers to focus on fixing loan-level data quality
- NWMLS launches AI home search on NWMLS.com with Broker Public Portal
- Early state tax data prompts NYC to pare pied-a-terre tax pool
- Foreclosure filings rise 10% annually in July, ATTOM says
- Stellar MLS’s new CEO wants to put the industry in fast-forward
- The operating model redesign opportunity of the century
- Sometimes the fastest way forward is to slow down
- Mortgage lenders weigh AI, alternative data and credit models
- Vishal Garg takes Better to court over ‘poison pill’
- Ryan Serhant doesn’t want to buy your brokerage. He wants your agents
- ‘You really can’t prepare’: Indiana real estate broker reflects on unprecedented storms
- DOJ, FBI say China-backed hackers breached Fed, other US agencies
- As the silver tsunami hits Delaware, who will serve an aging population?
- Data centers: What housing professionals need to know
- AI worries rise among real estate leaders
- The mortgage industry is deploying AI backward
- What lenders need to ask as they prepare for a multi-credit scoring model environment
- Colorado’s AI proposal raises new compliance questions for lenders
- Retirees are experiencing a disconnect between net worth, cash on hand
- New home demand swoons even as sales prices hit a 5-year low
- Why 45 homebuilding markets may not beat six high density ones
- Veterans United promotes Jeremyah Grigery to CMO
- Builders FirstSource bets $25.3 million on AI build-cycle scale
- UWM launches Mortgage Matchup plugin for ChatGPT
- Federal agencies scrap Biden-era SPCP guidance
- The real AI divide in the mortgage industry
- What 800 title and escrow professionals shared about wire fraud, and how they’re fighting it
- The loan officer engineer: The $11,898 problem
- Real REMAX Group closes merger, REAX begins trading Aug. 25
- Op-ed calls for stronger means testing, service limitations for Social Security, Medicare
- HECM broker endorsements continue tepid pace in May
- Unlock reaches deal with Minnesota AG after home equity agreements were labeled illegal
- Florida’s Space Coast housing market enters a new normal
- Compass antitrust lawsuit adds new lead plaintiff
- Phil Crescenzo teams with son to join CrossCountry Mortgage
- Building codes help, not hinder, housing affordability
- NEXA Lending acquires UMortgage, adds Anthony Casa to exec team
- What can the government do to lower mortgage rates?
- loanDepot receives NYSE notice over sub-$1 share price
- Real Brokerage wins Canadian court approval for REMAX deal
- TWO wins final regulatory approval for CCM deal
- Fannie Mae reportedly cuts senior executives across business lines
- Data centers’ effect on utility bills — what real estate agents need to know
- Ara Hovnanian said it twice, homebuilders really need scale
- Does housing have an AI problem?
- Judge narrows Veterans United suit but lets RESPA claims proceed
- The scarcity pitch for private listings leaves out the key condition
- Antitrust suit claims Compass pullback from StreetEasy raised NYC rents
- Thirty years is not a relationship
- Dream Finders bets empty nesters want amenities, not age limits
- Luminate Bank acquires select assets of First State Mortgage Services
- Toll Brothers luxury moat meets a tougher market test
- New tax on high-value second homes challenged in Rhode Island
- Unlock MLS redefines participants, adds data licensing
- FHFA says GSE foreclosure prevention actions fell in May
- Zillow layoffs included longtime exec Sara Bonert
- Point favors deliberate growth with new HEI wholesale channel
- MLS critics call it anti-competitive. These brokers say it helps them compete
- Unified analytics: The new lending brand advantage
- AI-forward vs AI-native: The label matters less than what the AI actually knows
- New homebuilder survey: Where builders see risk and opportunity in the second half of 2026
- Beyond townhomes: tips from the experts on designing for density
- Modular Building Institute sues Oregon over modular wage rule
- KB Home’s CEO says scale matters most at the local level
- Better places co-founder Nicholas Calamari on administrative leave
- Eighth Circuit upholds NAR commission lawsuit settlement
- The metrics that matter most aren’t on your real estate production report
- Bank of America, PNC share top ranking in Keynova’s 2026 home equity scorecard
- Nothing we make is real. Everything we make is real.
- Reconsideration of value is an opportunity to strengthen appraisal quality
- This is why the US doesn’t have a housing shortage
- Better sues Vishal Garg over alleged securities violations
- Zillow faces renewed RESPA claims in amended Taylor suit
- Senior homeowners could benefit as multiple states put property tax changes on the ballot
- Budget season squeezes private builders on how much risk to carry
- Real names Jenna Rozenblat president of Real REMAX Group
- Multifamily distress grows, but data suggest a contained problem
- Why many real estate AI rollouts fail — and how to make them stick
- The income is real. The paperwork just doesn’t tell the full story.
- Mortgage AI is evolving. The next step is connecting the systems behind it.
- Don’t let the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act become a road to nowhere
- Southern Land hires Highland Homes vet to lead homebuilding
- Builder sentiment runs soft as affordability strain subdues orders
- Social Security’s COLA increase in 2027 could be its largest in 4 years
- Keller Williams launches KW Modular agent community
- CHLA wants IMBs to be eligible for FHLBank membership
- Wells Fargo funds rural housing with $1.5M Habitat partnership
- J&W Gold Institute launches real estate agent Historic Home Specialist credential
- How VantageScore 4.0 is expanding opportunity in wholesale lending
- The mortgage industry’s AI problem is not what you think it is
- Inventory edges slightly higher year over year as rates rise
- Real shareholders approve REMAX acquisition, closing nears
- Summer heat sets in across Northeast housing markets
- Appeals court reboots NYC pied-à-terre tax rollout after pause
- Why 2026 foreclosure gains are not a housing crash signal
- Radian sells real estate services, plans title sale to PLACE
- ARA expands advocacy, hires John Blount to lead lobbying
- LGI Homes is trying to remove the reasons buyers keep waiting
- NRMLA asks CFPB for new reverse mortgage disclosure framework
- Wyoming MLSs object to NAR settlement data sharing notice
- Better pushes back on Garg’s bid to regain control, citing losses and board concerns
- Better founder Vishal Garg lines up voting majority to retake control
- Acrisure Mortgage names Todd Boss president
- Side CEO says independents are the future, launches SideOS
- Brokers say it’s ‘business as usual’ with UWM despite loss, capital raise
- Dream Finders Beazer acquisition sets new industry scale bar
- New Coldwell Banker Affiliates president speaks on AI, rates, luxury market
- How Taylor Morrison tracks one division’s offsite component gains
- Where are boomers and Gen X moving in 2026?
- Engel & Völkers adds high-producing Silicon Valley agent
- MRED warns Zillow lawsuit could revive MLS antitrust risks
- The hidden data problem costing national builders millions
- When it comes to closing workflow gaps, does one size really fit all?
- Texas HOA laws are changing board responsibilities. Here’s how communities can keep up.
- Small businesses shun retirement plans over cost, complexity fears
- FirstTeam expands in Midwest with new Kansas City office
- Epique Realty CEO Josh Miller offers 3-point fix for agent tech adoption
- Mortgage insurers face larger safety net rule for VantageScore 4.0
- Lenders urged to solve business problems before adopting AI
- ‘Sounds like competition to me’: Sizing up Google’s real estate play at the AI Summit
- After the Beazer agreement, can Dream Finders reach top 5?
- Six keys to tuning up the $15 trillion mortgage servicing sector
- Why late payments are stalling construction projects, and how to break the cycle
- Waiting until fall won’t make homes more affordable, but here’s what will
- Splitero expands home equity investment offering to four new states
- CCM to issue $500M in senior notes as Two Harbors deal nears closing
- After scaling Real and eXp, Erinn Nobel wants to build a brokerage with intention
- Consumer groups warn CFPB rollback of mortgage rules could expose borrowers
- UWM faces law firm fraud probe, analyst stock price cuts after Q2 loss, Oaktree deal
- UWM sues Two Harbors over failed merger deal, seeks to recover more than $500M
- KBW labels Ellington, Longbridge as outperformers after robust Q2 earnings report
- As America turns 250, let’s renew the promise of home
- The pressure that reveals who you really are
- Mortgage spreads keeping housing demand intact for now
- Will the negative jobs report hold off a September rate hike?
- Trump reportedly renews bid to oust Fed Gov. Lisa Cook
- UWM downgraded by Fitch after Q2 loss, Oaktree deal
- REMAX, Keller Williams win final approval of Batton 1 settlement
- The off-MLS debate moves to Washington, and agents need a clear script
- Longbridge originations jump 38%, propelling Ellington to $54.4M profit
- Gibson suit plaintiffs can notify MLSs about settlement data duties
- Millrose Q2 2026 results build on new partnerships, growth mojo
- Achieve closes $261.5 million HELOC securitization
- Better signals tough Q3 amid enterprise pivot
- Taste, guts and receipts
- Leadership has a dress code
- Blend reports stronger Q2 results on software growth
- Rocket weathers spring housing slowdown, gaining purchase and refi share in Q2
- Are data centers the next constraint on affordable housing supply?
- Q2 2026 earnings for publicly traded mortgage, real estate and homebuilder companies
- Squeezed NYC affordable housing properties face reckoning
