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Jul 20, 2026 · 6:27 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire
The U.S. starter home market remains short roughly 300,000 listings under $350,000 compared to 2019, and the income needed to buy an entry-level home has…
Read full article →Jul 20, 2026 · 6:15 PM Scott Finfer HousingWire
We are not in a “normalizing” housing market. We are in an affordability crisis that has learned to wear a better suit. Inventory is up in some places. Days…
Read full article →Jul 20, 2026 · 5:42 PM Darryl Davis HousingWire
Let me ask you something. When was the last time you treated an open house like a one-day event instead of what it actually is: a long-term investment in…
Read full article →Jul 20, 2026 · 5:32 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire
FirstTeam Real Estate has expanded to California’s Central Coast with a new community office in Monterey led by broker-owner Amber Russell of Over the Moon…
Read full article →Jul 20, 2026 · 5:30 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire
Corcoran SRG Residential has opened a new office in Merrick, New York, expanding its presence across Nassau and western Suffolk counties. The…
Read full article →Jul 20, 2026 · 5:28 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire
Despite widespread confidence in employer-provided financial advisors and steady optimism about retiring on time, many Americans remain uncertain about…
Read full article →Jul 20, 2026 · 3:23 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes, HousingWire Automation HousingWire
Large banks posted double-digit mortgage volume growth in the second quarter of 2026 as a group, far outpacing industry forecasts and signaling that…
Read full article →Jul 20, 2026 · 3:09 PM Tim and Julie Harris HousingWire
The industry has spent years scrutinizing Zillow’s lead business, and rightly so. Premier Agent’s ZIP-code auction and the “Contact Agent” routing that…
Read full article →Jul 20, 2026 · 10:00 AM Neil Pierson HousingWire
Finance of America (FOA) continues to be one of the main faces of the reverse mortgage industry. Last year, FOA was No. 2 nationally for Home Equity…
Read full article →Jul 18, 2026 · 9:27 PM Logan Mohtashami HousingWire
The housing market has held its own this year — even with higher inflation, higher oil prices, higher mortgage rates , and crazy headlines about AI taking…
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