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CCM parent to sell $750 million in senior notes

Aug 11, 2026 · 2:28 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes, HousingWire Automation HousingWire

CrossCountry Intermediate HoldCo , the direct parent of CrossCountry Mortgage (CCM), has priced an upsized offering of $750 million in senior notes due in…

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Illinois Realtors launches housing supply accelerator program

Aug 11, 2026 · 2:20 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Illinois Realtors is launching a statewide partnership program with local officials to accelerate housing production by identifying and removing local…

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SERHANT. enters Colorado with 11-agent founding class

Aug 11, 2026 · 1:00 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

SERHANT . is launching in Colorado with an 11-agent founding cohort that has closed more than $1 billion in sales over the past 12 months, the firm…

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Data center boom is putting more homes near facilities

Aug 11, 2026 · 1:00 PM Jonathan Delozier, HousingWire Automation HousingWire

The growing share of U.S. home sales occurring near large data centers is being driven primarily by where the facilities are being built, rather than by…

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Judge pauses NYC pied a terre tax rollout, luxury rentals jump

Aug 11, 2026 · 10:06 AM Richard Lawson HousingWire

Late Monday afternoon, a judge dealt a blow to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan to charge a so-called pied-à-terre tax on vacant second homes owned…

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Why late payments are stalling construction projects, and how to break the cycle

Aug 11, 2026 · 7:00 AM Petr Marek HousingWire

Seventy percent of general contractors and subcontractors consistently face late payments, costing the construction industry nearly 300 billion dollars last…

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Waiting until fall won’t make homes more affordable, but here’s what will

Aug 11, 2026 · 7:00 AM Roger Strecker HousingWire

In the last six years, the typical American home started requiring a much higher salary. Today, according to the Housing Studies’ 2026 State of the Nation’s…

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Six keys to tuning up the $15 trillion mortgage servicing sector

Aug 11, 2026 · 7:00 AM Shane Leonard HousingWire

I’m a mortgage servicer by trade, but also a music lover and guitar player. A guitar has twelve notes, and from this comes every song, every genre, every…

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Splitero expands home equity investment offering to four new states

Aug 10, 2026 · 8:54 PM Jonathan Delozier, HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Splitero , a financial technology company that aims to help homeowners access their home equity without taking on additional debt, has expanded to Idaho,…

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CCM to issue $500M in senior notes as Two Harbors deal nears closing

Aug 10, 2026 · 8:15 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes, HousingWire Automation HousingWire

CrossCountry Intermediate Holdco (CCM) is expected to issue $500 million of senior unsecured notes, coinciding with the projected August closing of its Two…

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