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Berkshire’s Clayton adds McGuinn Homes to Mungo as scale race widens

Jul 1, 2026 · 10:04 PM John McManus HousingWire

Clayton Home Building Group confirmed that its Southeast U.S. powerhouse operator, Mungo Homes has acquired Columbia, S.C.-based McGuinn Homes , a…

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FOA completes deal for Onity reverse mortgage assets, adding $5.2B in UPB

Jul 1, 2026 · 09:16 PM Neil Pierson, HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Finance of America (FOA) has closed an all-cash acquisition of reverse mortgage servicing rights from Onity Mortgage Corp. , adding roughly 20,000 Home…

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California November ballot: a billionaire tax and new local tax limits

Jul 1, 2026 · 08:58 PM Richard Lawson HousingWire

California has long been synonymous with high taxes, but new fights over who will pay them are exposing a sharper fault line. The state increasingly reaches…

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Tom Blanchard keeps Blanchard & Calhoun focused on what big firms can’t buy

Jul 1, 2026 · 08:54 PM Brooklee Han HousingWire

For over a century the Georgia-based brokerage Blanchard & Calhoun Real Estate Co. has continued to serve consumers in the Augusta area all while navigating…

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Why mortgage rates are rising, not falling, with oil under $70

Jul 1, 2026 · 08:08 PM Logan Mohtashami HousingWire

Oil prices are under $69 while mortgage rates are near yearly highs. For some observers that might seem very odd, but for me it makes sense. During the Iran…

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Harvest Capital, TPG close $600M Metro Development Group line

Jul 1, 2026 · 07:28 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Harvest Capital , through its exclusive partnership with TPG Credit , closed a $600 million recapitalization and expansion facility for Metro Development…

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Nonbanks drive agency ARM increase as borrower leverage grows

Jul 1, 2026 · 07:23 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes, HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) remain a minority of total agency originations, but they have reemerged in 2026. This time, independent mortgage banks…

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NAIOP pivots to Commercial Real Estate Development Association

Jul 1, 2026 · 07:21 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

NAIOP has rebranded as the Commercial Real Estate Development Association (CREDA), a name change the group says better reflects its role as an advocacy and…

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Shilo rolls out autonomous 1:1 AI coaching for agent calls

Jul 1, 2026 · 07:08 PM Brooklee Han, HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Shilo , an AI conversation analysis platform for real estate and mortgage teams, has launched 1:1 Coaching, an autonomous AI sales coach that conducts…

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Zillow injunction hearing opens in MRED antitrust case

Jul 1, 2026 · 06:50 PM Brooklee Han HousingWire

A two-day hearing regarding Zillow ’s preliminary injunction motion in its ongoing antitrust battle with Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) and Compass…

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