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Housing Industry News

Beazer Homes stockholders approve $2.2B sale to Dream Finders

Oct 15, 2026 · 11:10 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

The all-cash deal is now expected to close on October 20

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New York 485-x filings cluster at 99 units to avoid wage rule

Oct 15, 2026 · 9:28 PM Richard Lawson HousingWire

Latent Urban found 49 registered projects at exactly 99 units across the April and October releases

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Surging jobsite raids put 370,000 new home completions at risk

Oct 15, 2026 · 9:15 PM John McManus HousingWire

Census data show 256,000 homes under construction and 114,000 not started, as builders push for year end completions

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Homa raises $5M to expand across California, add mortgage lending

Oct 15, 2026 · 9:03 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

The brokerage, also live in Florida and Texas, offers buyers up to 2% of the purchase price back at closing

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Mortgage industry reacts to Pulte’s absence at MBA Annual

Oct 15, 2026 · 8:47 PM Sarah Wolak HousingWire

MBA said 3,700 attendees still gathered in Chicago as FHFA director cited travel tied to housing funds

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MLSs race to set AI guardrails before data slips beyond their control

Oct 15, 2026 · 8:37 PM Brooklee Han HousingWire

As agents feed large MLS datasets into LLMs for CMAs, MLSs weigh closed-loop tools and new governance layers

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Mortgage Rate News

Another Big Improvement to Another 3 Week Low

Oct 15, 2026 · 8:09 PM Matthew Graham Mortgage News Daily

Mortgage rates dropped again today, and at a much faster pace than yesterday's decline. Top tier 30yr fixed rates are now down to 7.33% for the average…

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Housing Industry News

What midterms could mean for Realtors and the housing market

Oct 15, 2026 · 7:37 PM Jonathan Delozier HousingWire

Data points to close races to determine razor thin Senate and House majorities

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Housing Industry News

Will home equity investments take flight once their regulatory status is resolved?

Oct 15, 2026 · 7:05 PM Neil Pierson HousingWire

With the MBA forecasting mortgage volume below $2 trillion in 2027, Point is framing HEIs as a viable business alternative

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Housing Industry News

New American Funding adds Mullinix Mortgage Group

Oct 15, 2026 · 5:31 PM Sarah Wolak HousingWire

Mullinix ranked No. 32 on HousingWire’s Top Purchase Originators list with $197.2 million across 355 units

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