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Aug 3, 2026 · 07:00 AM Ron Terwilliger HousingWire
For years, housing affordability was a problem hiding in plain sight. Rents were climbing faster than wages. First-time buyers locked out of markets their…
Read full article →Aug 1, 2026 · 11:51 PM Logan Mohtashami HousingWire
Housing demand still showed positive year-over-year growth last week, despite the hawkish Fed , escalation of the Iran conflict, rising mortgage rates and…
Read full article →Jul 31, 2026 · 8:50 PM Jonathan Delozier HousingWire
Artificial intelligence (AI) and broader tech investment is reshaping broad swaths of the U.S. economy, but its impact on housing is proving far from…
Read full article →Jul 31, 2026 · 8:35 PM Tyler Williams HousingWire
While many homebuilders battle a gross margin slippery slope from the 20s into the mid-teens, Green Brick Partners is fairly striding against the tide.…
Read full article →Jul 31, 2026 · 6:54 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes HousingWire
Federal banking regulators released a Community Reinvestment Act ( CRA ) proposal Friday that narrows how banks earn credit for community development while…
Read full article →Jul 31, 2026 · 6:42 PM Brooklee Han HousingWire
Although a date has been set for a final approval hearing, the real estate brokerages and associations that settled the homebuyer commission lawsuits…
Read full article →Jul 31, 2026 · 6:39 PM Darryl Davis HousingWire
The briefs are in. The witnesses are done. A federal judge in Chicago now holds the question the whole industry keeps asking: who controls where a listing…
Read full article →Jul 31, 2026 · 5:36 PM Matthew Graham Mortgage News Daily
To be fair, mortgage rates haven't been far from their long-term highs in over a week, but today's 30yr fixed index level of 6.83% is functionally…
Read full article →Jul 31, 2026 · 5:07 PM Brooklee Han HousingWire
In 2017, Kyle Talbott and his wife Karen Talbott, who make up the Corcoran -brokered Talbott Team , were considering a move to Compass , after talk about…
Read full article →Jul 31, 2026 · 4:31 PM Logan Mohtashami HousingWire
Today the 10-year yield hit a yearly high of 4.74% and mortgage rates rose six basis points to 6.83% (as of this writing), as all the Federal Reserve hawks…
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