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Housing Industry News

Why homebuilders still tend to misread the trade labor shortage

Jun 12, 2026 · 4:02 PM Matt Winter, TradeTrax HousingWire

As new home sales decline across the country, solving the trade labor shortage has become a lower priority for most production homebuilders. Most builders…

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Frame the home inspection so buyers don’t walk after the report

Jun 12, 2026 · 2:06 PM Darryl Davis HousingWire

On our weekly Monday coaching call, an agent brought up a deal she had just lost. The buyer picked their own inspector. The inspector wrote a report so…

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Housing Industry News

OneTrust sues UWM, E Mortgage Capital over trade secret theft

Jun 12, 2026 · 1:40 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes HousingWire

OneTrust Home Loans is suing competitors E Mortgage Capital (EMC) and United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), along with 31 former employees of a former Arizona…

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Housing Industry News

Veteran housing policy needs a preservation strategy

Jun 12, 2026 · 7:59 AM Maureen Carlson HousingWire

America has made a promise to its veterans. Their service will be honored not just in words, but in how they live long after they return home. Yet much of…

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Housing Industry News

Continuity is becoming the new competitive advantage in homebuilder sales

Jun 12, 2026 · 7:00 AM New Home Star HousingWire

For decades, the homebuying journey followed a relatively predictable path. Buyers would visit communities, meet with sales representatives to gather…

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Housing Industry News

Stylecraft Builders’ micro approach to margin, pace and growth

Jun 11, 2026 · 9:08 PM Tyler Williams HousingWire

Stylecraft Builders , a second-generation-led Texas homebuilder more than four decades in the making, is not letting homebuilding’s underwhelming 2026…

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Housing Industry News

Buffini & Company adds three senior executives to scale coaching

Jun 11, 2026 · 8:49 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Buffini & Company has added three senior executives — Steve Pacinelli as chief revenue officer, JB Bolton as chief operating officer and Ethan Beute as…

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Housing Industry News

Rechat adds custom app building features

Jun 11, 2026 · 8:16 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Rechat has expanded its platform to allow brokerages, teams, technology providers and vendors to build and deploy custom branded applications directly on…

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Housing Industry News

New York reform prioritizes housing production over climate review

Jun 11, 2026 · 8:12 PM Richard Lawson HousingWire

New York state’s most sweeping reform of a 50-year-old environmental review law is on the books. Gov. Kathy Hochul secured the changes as part of the state…

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Mortgage Rate News

Rates Drop Sharply to One Week Lows

Jun 11, 2026 · 8:00 PM Matthew Graham Mortgage News Daily

Mortgage rates began the day in uneventful fashion with the average lender right in line with yesterday's latest levels. Things might have gotten off to a…

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