Key Takeaways A second mortgage is a loan subordinate to an existing mortgage. A home equity loan offers a lump sum that you repay over a fixed term. A home equity loan or HELOC typically becomes a se...
Aug 31, 2026 · 5 min readHigher mortgage rates have tended to slow housing data over the past few years and that has been the case in 2026. But this year has been a bit more orderly since mortgage rates haven’t broken over 7%...
Aug 29, 2026 · 5 min readWhat does the Wall Street Journal have against nonbanks? That was my first thought when I read the Journal’s recent op-ed: UWM is a government mortgage canary. The op-ed used UWM’s announcement of a $...
Aug 29, 2026 · 5 min read
John Petty, senior partner for KPC Group, had just returned from a site visit at Downtown Los Angeles’ infamous “Graffiti Towers,” the beleaguered mega-development that his firm recently began working...
Aug 28, 2026 · 5 min readAn op-ed published earlier this month by The Wall Street Journal has raised the eyebrows of at least one mortgage industry leader, who penned a rebuttal this week about the outlet tying a capital infu...
Aug 28, 2026 · 5 min readKey Takeaways In 2026, “fast” HELOCs can mean approval in minutes and funding in 3–10 days thanks to online automation and AVM appraisals. Aven is our Best Overall pick: the fastest combination on thi...
Aug 26, 2026 · 5 min readHomebuilding’s Summer of 2026 race to the bottom is on. Even as new home prices fell to a five-year low, sales slowed sharply in July as builders contended with cautious buyers and growing new-home in...
Aug 25, 2026 · 5 min readThe homebuilding industry has a favorite word: Scale. Executives use it. Analysts use it. Investors use it. Consultants use it. Whenever a builder grows, someone inevitably explains why the company h...
Aug 25, 2026 · 5 min readOur #1 priority is that our readers make great financial decisions. That's something we don't compromise on even if we make less money because of it. While we are compensated by our lending partners, ...
Aug 25, 2026 · 5 min readBuilders FirstSource’s strategic and operational blitz to become homebuilders’ go-to partner for an expanding share of the construction and assembly value cycle is picking up speed, even as the new-ho...
Aug 25, 2026 · 5 min readMany real estate downturns are followed by promises of consumer-friendly process reform and increased attention on affordability. As with the subprime mortgage crisis, many believed the ongoing buye...
Aug 25, 2026 · 5 min readKey Takeaways We checked every major lender’s “no closing costs” claim directly against its current disclosures — several advertised offers turned out to be conditional or clawback structures, not gen...
Aug 25, 2026 · 5 min readInfiniG, an enterprise cellular platform for commercial real estate, announced Tuesday that it has raised a $5.2 million seed round. Early-stage venture capital firms J2 Ventures and Stormbreaker Vent...
Aug 25, 2026 · 5 min readStaging can play a critical role in residential real estate. It helps to bring a model unit to life, and it provides potential renters and buyers with a glimpse of what their future home could look li...
Aug 25, 2026 · 5 min read
To the surprise of some, or perhaps many, proptech has reportedly drawn the largest number of $5 million to $10 million seed rounds across industries in 2026. To the surprise of no one, artificial int...
Aug 25, 2026 · 5 min read