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Leadership has a dress code

Aug 7, 2026 · 07:00 AM Nicole Haba HousingWire

I’ve always believed that leadership has a dress code. Not the one about what you wear. This one is about the connections you carry and the circles you run…

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Blend reports stronger Q2 results on software growth

Aug 6, 2026 · 09:56 PM Sarah Wolak HousingWire

Blend Labs on Thursday reported higher second-quarter revenue and a narrower operating loss, driven by growth in its software platform business as the…

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Rocket weathers spring housing slowdown, gaining purchase and refi share in Q2

Aug 6, 2026 · 09:35 PM Sarah Wolak HousingWire

Rocket Companies reported high second-quarter earnings on Thursday, driven by increased mortgage origination volume, servicing income and record market…

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Are data centers the next constraint on affordable housing supply?

Aug 6, 2026 · 09:17 PM John McManus HousingWire

[Editor’s note: This is part 2 of a 3-part HousingWire special series on the impacts of data centers in housing. Part 1 is here .] In 1998, when Steve Alloy…

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Q2 2026 earnings for publicly traded mortgage, real estate and homebuilder companies

Aug 6, 2026 · 08:21 PM Neil Pierson HousingWire

HousingWire reports on the quarterly earnings of publicly traded mortgage , real estate and homebuilder companies, offering a glimpse into the financial…

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Squeezed NYC affordable housing properties face reckoning

Aug 6, 2026 · 08:20 PM Richard Lawson HousingWire

New York City’s regulated affordable housing sector is confronting a worsening financial squeeze, and a reckoning is coming unless solutions emerge,…

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Public record-linked AI misses key title issues in many searches

Aug 6, 2026 · 07:39 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

DataTrace Information Services has released a new analysis examining whether artificial intelligence (AI) relying solely on public records can produce the…

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Senator moves to regulate home equity investments at the federal level

Aug 6, 2026 · 07:37 PM Jonathan Delozier, HousingWire Automation HousingWire

A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate would amend the Truth in Lending Act ( TILA ) to explicitly include home equity investments ( HEIs ) within the law’s…

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NYC expands finance pool for office-to-residential makeovers

Aug 6, 2026 · 06:39 PM Richard Lawson HousingWire

New York City administration officials took a stride toward spurring more office-to-residential conversions by expanding a long-term financing option used…

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Stewart Title expands Mid-Atlantic footprint

Aug 6, 2026 · 06:17 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Stewart Title has acquired Lawyers Signature Settlements (LSS), a Frederick, Maryland-based title agency, expanding its presence in the Mid-Atlantic region.…

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