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Housing Industry News

Parents follow their kids to the South in ‘baby chaser’ boom

Sep 9, 2026 · 09:32 PM Jonathan Delozier HousingWire

Affordability also plays a role, providing younger buyers with more accessible homeownership

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Housing Industry News

Housing Market Spotlight: When housing market signals don’t agree

Sep 9, 2026 · 09:23 PM Rachel Bader, HW Data HousingWire

Comparing new listings, pending sales and active inventory reveals when local housing market signals agree and when a divergence is worth a closer look

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Housing Industry News

National Home Corp. targets 18% gross margin with pace focus

Sep 9, 2026 · 08:25 PM John McManus HousingWire

CEO Michael Bergman said July results hit plan with 70 closings and 93 starts

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Mortgage Rate News

Mortgage Rates Jump After New Treasury Buyback Announcement

Sep 9, 2026 · 07:07 PM Matthew Graham Mortgage News Daily

What do mortgage rates have to do with Treasuries? Quite a lot, actually. U.S. Treasuries are the bills and bonds issued by the government. In addition to…

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Housing Industry News

Sotheby’s International Realty brings ONE, TTR under company-owned brokerage

Sep 9, 2026 · 06:38 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

ONE posted $6.85B volume in 2025 and TTR posted $5.71B, per RealTrends Verified

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Housing Industry News

Do you have what it takes to scale profitably for the model you are running?

Sep 9, 2026 · 05:56 PM Rick Roque, Jim Deitch HousingWire

MBA data shows a 6,350 per-loan cost gap between top and bottom quintiles in Q2 2026

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Housing Industry News

Buying a home now beat waiting in 61% of scenarios, AD Mortgage study finds

Sep 9, 2026 · 04:43 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

AD Mortgage compared buying a home now versus waiting across all states during a three-year period

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Housing Industry News

GSEs open VantageScore 4.0 to all single-family lenders

Sep 9, 2026 · 04:29 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes HousingWire

Lenders cannot mix Classic FICO and VantageScore 4.0 on the same file

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Housing Industry News

REMAX adds Missoula affiliate with REMAX Confluence

Sep 9, 2026 · 04:27 PM Brooklee Han HousingWire

Broker owner DJ Smith launches with nine agents and plans to recruit in western Montana counties

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Housing Industry News

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices adds Nevada leadership

Sep 9, 2026 · 04:25 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Hagan spent nearly 15 years with Coldwell Banker Realty in Illinois

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