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Millrose Q2 2026 results build on new partnerships, growth mojo

Aug 7, 2026 · 05:36 PM Tyler Williams HousingWire

Millrose Properties , whose spin-off from Lennar less than 18 months ago ushered in a modern era for residential development land-banking, is showing signs…

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Achieve closes $261.5 million HELOC securitization

Aug 7, 2026 · 05:17 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Achieve has closed a $261.5 million securitization of newly originated home equity lines of credit ( HELOCs ), its first of 2026 and ninth overall, the…

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Better signals tough Q3 amid enterprise pivot

Aug 7, 2026 · 05:01 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes HousingWire

Better Home & Finance Holding Co. anticipates a tough third quarter as it rolls out a new strategic plan under the interim leadership of Daniel Lewis. “The…

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U.S. loses 23K jobs in July, economists detail housing effects

Aug 7, 2026 · 03:30 PM Jonathan Delozier, HousingWire Automation HousingWire

The U.S. labor market lost momentum in July, with employers cutting jobs and federal statisticians sharply revising payroll gains from the previous two…

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Sen. Warren questions Compass, MRED private listing network deal

Aug 7, 2026 · 03:24 PM Brooklee Han HousingWire

Massachusetts’ Senator Elizabeth Warren, who is the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, sent a letter to Compass…

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Bryan Ingenito joins Certainty Home Lending as EVP of national operations

Aug 7, 2026 · 02:49 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Dallas-based mortgage lender Certainty Home Lending , an affiliate of Rate , has hired Bryan Ingenito as executive vice president and national operations…

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The AI feature race is over. Real estate agents need tools they can trust.

Aug 7, 2026 · 02:30 PM Paul Parker HousingWire

An AI button sits on nearly every real estate platform today. CRMs draft follow-up emails. Virtual staging tools furnish empty rooms in minutes. Video…

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Dream Finders Beazer deal targets $100 million cost savings

Aug 7, 2026 · 02:10 PM John McManus HousingWire

“I wooed thee with my sword. And won thy love doing the injuries. But I will wed thee in another key. With pomp, with triumph, and with reveling. Act 1,…

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REMAX posts Q2 net loss of $4.3 million amid Real acquisition

Aug 7, 2026 · 02:01 PM Brooklee Han HousingWire

REMAX Holdings Inc. reported lower revenue and earnings in the second quarter of 2026 as the franchisor prepares to be acquired by The Real Brokerage . The…

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Taste, guts and receipts

Aug 7, 2026 · 07:33 AM Bri Lees HousingWire

Log out of ChatGPT. Not forever. Just for the length of this column. You can log back in at the end. I’ll tell you what to do differently. One of the…

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