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Confessions of a content hoarder: What 107 dead pages taught me

Oct 8, 2026 · 07:00 AM Alizabeth Leng-Barton HousingWire

Tough-love advice to marketers about their bloated websites

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Bank of America: Older Americans have taken on a bigger economic role

Oct 7, 2026 · 08:51 PM Jonathan Delozier HousingWire

Households headed by someone 55 or older held close to $140 trillion in net worth as of Q2 2026

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HUD opens probe into Wells Fargo’s race-based mortgage programs

Oct 7, 2026 · 08:30 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes HousingWire

HUD says bank initiatives may violate the Fair Housing Act

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FICO to cut 15% of staff, reduce management layers

Oct 7, 2026 · 06:55 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes HousingWire

The move comes as regulators and large lenders are embracing competing credit score models

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New $100 million Baltimore fund targets vacant housing pipeline

Oct 7, 2026 · 06:50 PM Richard Lawson HousingWire

The Greater Baltimore Committee and Enterprise will launch a Funders’ Consortium in November

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Property tax delinquency reaches highest level since 2017

Oct 7, 2026 · 06:39 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

North Dakota recorded the lowest rate at 1.4%, followed by Wisconsin (1.5%)

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Hive MLS agents will soon be able to see buyer demand before a listing hits

Oct 7, 2026 · 06:23 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Rollout starts in December for nearly 20,000 brokers and appraisers across 6 Southeastern states

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Your next buyer or seller may ask ChatGPT for an agent. Will your name come up?

Oct 7, 2026 · 06:20 PM Jonathan Delozier HousingWire

An agent's own claims are only part of the information AI can use to evaluate that agent

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Civil rights groups warn private listings could widen housing inequities

Oct 7, 2026 · 04:14 PM Gary Acosta HousingWire

The groups cite demographic gaps between sellers and first-time buyers, warning that withheld MLS exposure can advantage older, wealthier networks

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HUD chooses NIBS as factory-built multifamily housing trailblazer

Oct 7, 2026 · 03:41 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

NBIS and MOD X will draft a framework for manufactured housing in developments of five-plus units and team up on HUD demos

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