Today’s senior housing boom comes with an expiration date, and the developers who recognize that now will hold the long-term competitive advantage. The financial engine powering this boom is a single...
Sep 10, 2026 · 5 min readOn September 3, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would let every approved lender use VantageScore 4.0, effective immediately. (The enterpris...
Sep 09, 2026 · 5 min read
Pittsburgh Takes Top Spot Among Best Midsized Cities for Gen Z
Sep 08, 2026 · 5 min readHome equity loans can provide seniors with access to cash without having to sell their home, though qualifying with retirement income and managing a new monthly payment can be difficult. This guide ex...
Sep 07, 2026 · 5 min readSummer’s done, and the hustle of fall will soon be upon us. Part of the background noise of the season will be the elections for state and federal legislatures. That includes the New York State Senate...
Sep 06, 2026 · 5 min readLast year I saw that the housing market was shifting in mid-June and that it would take six to nine months for people to understand what was happening. Sales were about to grow, inventory growth was a...
Sep 05, 2026 · 5 min readPresident Donald Trump on Friday demanded that the Federal Reserve cut interest rates, threatening to halt trade with countries with which the U.S. runs a trade deficit if the central bank does not co...
Sep 04, 2026 · 5 min read[Editor’s note: This is Part 3 of a three-part series exploring disruptions, potential solutions and homebuilding’s business impacts of recent immigration enforcement initiatives. Part 1 is here, and ...
Sep 04, 2026 · 5 min readBill Pulte took to social media this week to say the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is “seriously considering” the adoption of a bi-merge credit report while also “studying” the usage of just o...
Sep 04, 2026 · 5 min readThe next useful layer of housing data is hyperlocal: subdivisions, developments, buildings and competitive sets that can matter more to an individual property than broad geographic averages. “Real est...
Sep 04, 2026 · 5 min readInvestors accounted for 27% of U.S. single-family home purchases from March through June 2026, down from 28% at the end of the first quarter, according to a Sept. 3 analysis from Cotality. The decline...
Sep 04, 2026 · 5 min read
Nearly four years after mortgage rates surpassed 6 percent for the first time since the height of the 2008 financial crisis, borrowing conditions for homeowners and prospective buyers have remained st...
Sep 04, 2026 · 5 min read
Century City has long been one of Los Angeles’ most concentrated office districts, but Reuben Brothers is betting that the area’s next chapter will look far more residential, experiential and luxury-d...
Sep 03, 2026 · 5 min readKey Takeaways A divorce decree alone does not remove your ex from the mortgage; only a refinance or loan assumption gets them off the loan. A refinance buyout lets one spouse take the home, pay the ot...
Sep 03, 2026 · 5 min readKey Takeaways Property-tax deferral and a reverse mortgage are not independent tools; both place a lien on your home and can collide. A reverse mortgage generally has to sit in first-lien position, wh...
Sep 03, 2026 · 5 min read