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Jul 21, 2026 · 9:18 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes, HousingWire Automation HousingWire
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is proposing a new structure, called Reinstatement Advance Payment (RAP), that would change how servicers document…
Read full article →Jul 21, 2026 · 6:44 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes, HousingWire Automation HousingWire
Equifax will keep its $1 VantageScore 4.0 price in place through the end of 2027 as it pushes mortgage lenders to adopt the alternative credit score model,…
Read full article →Jul 21, 2026 · 6:39 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire
Housing wealth among homeowners age 62 and older rebounded to a record $14.92 trillion in the first quarter of 2026 after declining in the previous two…
Read full article →Jul 21, 2026 · 6:16 PM Brooklee Han HousingWire
Longtime Keller Williams executive Jay Papasan announced his decision to step down from his role as vice president of strategic content in a post on…
Read full article →Jul 21, 2026 · 6:11 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire
Building a single home on each of the more than 300,000 empty lots listed for sale on Zillow in June could shrink the nation’s housing shortage by about…
Read full article →Jul 21, 2026 · 5:48 PM Richard Lawson HousingWire
A partial building collapse in New York City may more likely be explained by contractor error than from inherent risks in large-scale office-to-residential…
Read full article →Jul 21, 2026 · 5:31 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has suspended funding to the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority (VIHFA) after an investigation…
Read full article →Jul 21, 2026 · 4:55 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire
HomeAdvantage has partnered with Valley First Credit Union to offer a real estate rewards program and cash-back incentives to the California credit union’s…
Read full article →Jul 21, 2026 · 4:28 PM Brooklee Han HousingWire
Last month, Google made some waves announcing that it was taking its real estate listing pilot program nationwide . While the nationwide expansion of the…
Read full article →Jul 21, 2026 · 4:21 PM Anj Catalano HousingWire
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