Real Estate Blogs
- The real test of AI in property management happens the moment a human steps in
- Appeals court sides with Ginnie Mae in Texas Capital Bank’s reverse mortgage lawsuit
- GSEs target income and occupancy to cut buyback risk
- AI can speed up permitting, but messy zoning data holds it back
- When real estate listing scarcity becomes the strategy, who benefits?
- HUD officials offer an action plan to spark FHA lending
- Rechat appoints Audie Chamberlain as chief industry officer
- Compass CEO defends private listings, says MLSs make homes look ‘damaged’
- Saluda Grade invests $20M in manufactured housing lender Zippy
- Every servicing exception needs an owner and a clock
- How equity buyouts work in a divorce refinance
- Miami’s Little Havana confronts housing density’s double edge
- Some builders beat an entry-level retreat. Valera eyes an opening
- HUD eyes 203(k) renovation changes to boost housing supply
- The MLS was built around sellers. Gitcha wants to change that
- Ryan Serhant’s AI bet could help agents create more content in less time
- Optimal Blue data shows non-QM lending, ARM usage is expanding
- Existing home sales beat estimates, but don’t reflect recent higher rates
- Experian expands Power Profile Plus, adds unlimited soft pulls
- Beyond closing: The next chapter of affordability
- The next AI advantage in real estate is remembering the buyer
- Lawsuit claims Compass downplayed regulatory risks ahead of Anywhere acquisition
- Victor Padilla named co-CEO of HIC Land
- Global equity release market projected to hit $52B by 2035
- Criminals used 79 dormant domains to impersonate a top real estate team
- Hispanic homebuyers still want in. Here’s how real estate agents can help
- Optimal Blue expands into borrower engagement with Usherpa acquisition
- Why private homebuilders are getting M&A premiums right now
- Bob Broeksmit says tri-merge ‘won’t be around for long’
- Down payment assistance doesn’t need simplification; it needs standardization
- Mortgage AI needs a standard of trust built on experience
- MBA forecast: Mortgage volume to dip below $2T in 2027 as 7% rates linger
- HHHunt names CFO Ann Kelly as next CEO in 2027 C-suite reset
- Have mortgage rates peaked, or will we see even more chaos?
- Ashton Woods leans into discipline as orders and margins slide
- Inside eXp Con 2026: High energy, AI and a push to help agents win
- Why immigration enforcement is colliding with the housing shortage
- TransUnion, Equifax debut ‘score later’ tools for mortgage lenders
- Senior housing wealth tops $15 trillion for the first time
- Benutech’s Brian Fox on a blind spot in reverse mortgage servicing
- WFG expands DecisionPoint with automated refi title commitments
- Stop saying recapture
- A new NYC policy rebalances zoning powers in 12 city districts
- Trump forms panel to investigate Fed’s Lisa Cook over mortgage fraud claims
- Build vs buy: The traps and benefits that no one wants to talk about
- HUD outlines 7 steps to update manufactured housing code
- A real estate succession plan built over two decades
- Century Communities HistoryMaker deal marks scale pressure shift
- Proprietary reverse mortgages are helping clients in ways that HECM can’t
- Leo Pareja says rising rates have already prompted a housing collapse
- Leo Pareja named CEO of AGNT, Glenn Sanford steps down
- Mortgage credit availability declines slightly in September
- Better authorizes $30 million stock buyback
- MRED, NoCoast MLS partner to expand Midwest market access
- Confessions of a content hoarder: What 107 dead pages taught me
- UAD 3.6 is coming. Hybrid appraisals are built for it.
- Bank of America: Older Americans have taken on a bigger economic role
- HUD opens probe into Wells Fargo’s race-based mortgage programs
- FICO to cut 15% of staff, reduce management layers
- New $100 million Baltimore fund targets vacant housing pipeline
- Property tax delinquency reaches highest level since 2017
- Hive MLS agents will soon be able to see buyer demand before a listing hits
- Your next buyer or seller may ask ChatGPT for an agent. Will your name come up?
- Civil rights groups warn private listings could widen housing inequities
- The return of the specialist: Why a more fragmented mortgage market favors active management
- Non-QM is a fit, not a fallout
- Vishal Garg lays out Better 2.0 plan during shareholder call
- Seniors aren’t keeping up with their credit card debt. Reverse mortgages can help
- Timberline Homes buy will push Champion deeper into retail
- CRMLS went on offense against Compass. Will other MLSs follow?
- Upstate New York bucking national housing slowdown
- UWM moves to dual-score model, auto-selects best result
- Rocket Mortgage names Nicole Beattie chief servicing officer
- ARM reset wave set to crest in 2027, hit pockets of borrowers
- UAD 3.6 is almost here. Lenders need to move from awareness to production.
- Beyond mortgage rates: How community lenders can expand access to homeownership
- What the latest rate hike means for you
- Vishal Garg regains control of Better’s board after receiving 52% shareholder support
- Lawmakers float a housing 2.0 push to build faster and cheaper
- Daniel Dennis named Long and Foster president and CEO
- Freddie Mac reshuffles risk leadership as Hinduja exits, Glessner steps in
- Pennymac deploys VantageScore 4.0 across all production channels
- Why Alex Vidal believes REMAX and Real can be stronger together
- White House readies $90 payments to offset Medicare premiums
- Fly-by-wire: Why AI governance is instrumentation, not insurance
- Support starter homes, not looser lending or financial fixes
- What’s next for housing: 7%, 8% or 9% mortgage rates?
- View Homes CEO Gandhi rebuilds builder operating platform
- ‘Lawfare is now the norm’: MLS leaders brace for more legal battles
- Why real estate agents are mentoring college athletes — and getting referrals
- Your best producer is the hardest person in the building to read
- Private listing ecosystems could deepen the housing affordability crisis
- HECM originations sink to lowest level since 2020, HMBS issuance down 17% in September
- Even a missed jobs report and the Fed talking dovish aren’t keeping yields lower
- Mortgage Banking Summit: ‘Street fight’ market concentrates growth toward nondelegated lenders
- Christie’s International Real Estate SoCal adds $180M in agent production with Pasadena expansion
- FHA launches optional transition period to UAD 3.6
- Before your borrower’s AI agent calls mine: Three questions mortgage servicers aren’t asking yet
- Pending home sales are falling, but the slowdown isn’t hitting every market
- A Super El Niño is brewing — what it could mean for housing
- CHLA backs Pulte plan for GSE credit score disclosures
- Compass’s Reffkin gives MLSs an ultimatum: Change listing rules or face lawsuits
- Archwest Capital closes $300M rated RTL securitization
- Zillow’s Samuelson: Undermining the MLS could bring regulators knocking
- Texas Mortgage Source: Reverse is the ‘largest underserved market in the business right now’
- When pricing power disappears, builders have to find margin upstream
- Stockton Mortgage elevates founder David Stockton to CEO, names new president
- The promise and risk of AI in mortgage lending and secondary markets
- The ROAD to Housing Act: The latest milestone in the history of American public housing
- You may not just have one credit score
- Judge denies Zillow’s motion to dismiss antitrust lawsuit
- The ‘choice market’ arrives as sellers face growing price pressure
- New homes still cost less than resales in many U.S. markets
- Signature Homes thinks 100-day builds can win in a smaller market
- FHFA says Fannie, Freddie will use one LLPA grid for FICO and VantageScore
- NRMLA says it will keep pushing for HECM insurance changes after remarks by Ginnie Mae president
- Home prices up 1.9% annually in July — energy, fuel costs loom
- Why connected data matters after the home is built
- The brokerage operating model has reached its limits
- Are 9% mortgage rates possible?
- From policy to a path forward
- Is technology changing the economics?
- UWM’s Mat Ishbia backs VantageScore 4.0, says Underwriting+ results are ‘off the charts’
- Lennar’s “home within a home” targets multigenerational demand
- Sitzer settlement survives another challenge as attorneys fight over $120M commission fund
- Can a $100M homebuilder build his own operating system with AI?
- Benchmark shuts down wholesale division Eleven Mortgage, says it will focus on retail
- Sometimes leaders have to take the stairs
- Mortgage rates have gone wild, so what’s next for housing?
- Compass asks MLSs to block listing data from recruiting tools
- Where builder discounts are biggest and who is still buying
- Proposal seeks to standardize MSR accounting for recapture values
- Gateless Smart Underwrite earns AZP Platinum AI certification
- Experian integrates Verify with Workday for income verification
- New Jersey looks to remove home interior photos upon buyer request
- How mortgage brokers can tap into underserved VA markets
- Institute for Luxury Home Marketing launches property search platform
- Judge dismisses UWM 401(k) forfeiture lawsuit under ERISA
- MLSs are changing. So is their relationship with Realtor associations
- Why file ops costs are the next pressure point for brokerages
- Search and exam is still mostly manual in an automated industry. But why?
- Why credit unions are missing the boat on reverse mortgage demand
- Builders cut prices as new home supply holds at 8.5 months
- Land strategy math gets tougher for homebuilders in 2027–2029
- Concerns over outliving assets grow among non-retirees
- HouseCanary’s bankruptcy fight is tied to a $175M+ verdict against Rocket Close
- A new MLS ‘constitution?’ Hive MLS CEO Daniel Jones makes his case
- Interlock ransomware claim triggers lawsuit against NFM Lending
- New home sales are at an 8-month high but still stuck after 10 years
- HouseCanary files for chapter 11 bankruptcy in New Jersey
- The silent failure mode: What happens when your AI model quietly gets worse
- Why default servicing breaks at the handoffs
- The examiner never called
- Before you say no: 5 borrower scenarios modern LOs can’t afford to miss
- How agents can vet a referral partner: 10 questions to ask before signing
- Unison faces another class-action lawsuit, this time in North Carolina
- KB Home’ build-to-order pivot pays off, but buyers remain cautious
- Perchwell CEO on landmark MLS shift to next-generation tech
- AI won’t get sued over a bad listing — the agent will
- Hot economic data sends mortgage rates to yearly highs
- Five questions loan officers should ask before preapproving complex income
- AARP lays out six areas of financial health for retirees
- Mortgage rates face several hurdles before they can return to 6%
- Housing boom expected to follow SpaceX Louisiana arrival
- Millrose plans $1 billion bond sale to fund homesite growth
- NextHome large-office model adds 5 former Keller Williams offices
- Why more real estate agents are getting their mortgage loan originator license
- Massachusetts ballot puts lot density up for a vote of the people
- New American Funding promotes Stacy Chevalier to Northwest regional VP
- LoanCare names Amy Jones chief information officer
- Technology is not culture
- Florida’s new law bars zoning discrimination against factory-built homes
- The mortgage industry starts helping borrowers too late
- Never quote your real estate commission by text
- Auction.com taps John Ken as SVP of marketing
- Networking for real estate agents, ask better questions and follow through
- HUD showcase spotlights Cavco chassis-free manufactured home
- Miami Realtors + RWorld forms new education partnership
- First-time homebuyers get help from Airbnb in New York City
- Real estate has a new-agent launch problem, not recruiting
- Will mortgage rates rise to 8% or drop to 6%?
- Realtor.com lead dispute heads to closed-door arbitration after appeal fails
- NIL era brings new wealth — and new buyers — to college housing markets
- Lennar defends even-flow, land banking strategy as risks build
- Hagens Berman seeking plaintiffs for Compass MRED class action
- Zillow-MRED antitrust battle shifts from courtroom to arbitration
- Key Mortgage hires Kevin Christopher as SVP of production
- Better board fight escalates as Vishal Garg selects 3 director candidates
- Zillow names Rikki Tremblay principal accounting officer
- Sidewalk gaps, train counts ignite California SB 79 zoning lawsuits
- The unseen shift in agency pools: How ‘lender choice’ is quietly repricing specified pools
- Gateway First Bank to acquire Colonial Savings
- Settlor integrates with TitleSphere, expands transaction data use
- Taylor Morrison CEO says trust can scale in a stress-test market
- Florida Agency Network expands CertifID use across closings
- NYC buyers caught in the middle of StreetEasy, Compass listing fight
- Housing starts outlook turns negative through 2027 as costs rise
- Zillow Preview listings now live on Realtor.com
- UWM says 25% of borrowers benefit from new credit score model
- Foreclosure filings rise 13% year-over-year, South hit hardest
