Construction industry and development projects
Key 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 readKey Takeaways Right after closing, federal law gives a 3-day right of rescission to cancel a reverse mortgage outright. After that window, you can still exit by paying off or refinancing out of the HE...
Sep 03, 2026 · 5 min readKey Takeaways A LESA is money a reverse mortgage (HECM) holds back to cover your future property taxes and insurance. It is triggered by the HECM financial assessment, usually when credit or income ra...
Sep 03, 2026 · 5 min readTop 3 CRE Investment Strategies: Core, Value-Added, And Opportunistic Investments
Sep 03, 2026 · 5 min readKey Takeaways Savings and high-interest personal loans aren’t your only way to fund aging-in-place modifications like ramps, grab bars, and walk-in tubs. Home equity options (a small HELOC, FHA 203(k)...
Sep 02, 2026 · 5 min readMonday’s lawsuit settlement between Compass and Northwest Multiple Listing Service (NWMLS) could have implications well beyond Washington state. An end to litigation comes as brokerages and multiple l...
Sep 02, 2026 · 5 min readRocket Mortgage has filed an amended complaint that accuses United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) of violating contractual restrictions on soliciting borrowers whose mortgage servicing rights (MSRs) were so...
Sep 02, 2026 · 5 min readI ordered a grill online last year. Standard purchase, nothing special. But at some point after clicking buy, I noticed I could see exactly where it was at any given moment. Which facility it left. Wh...
Sep 02, 2026 · 5 min readHome Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) origination activity sank again in August, with the nation’s top 100 lenders endorsing 1,919 loans during the month, down 5.7% from July. That represented the “l...
Sep 02, 2026 · 5 min readIt may be peak hurricane season, but homeowners and real estate professionals in Florida are feeling far more confident this year when it comes to all the possible weather-related what ifs that could ...
Sep 02, 2026 · 5 min read
Retail real estate has never lacked data. It has lacked a reliable way to connect that data to the health of an individual store. A rent roll shows what a tenant is obligated to pay. Demographics desc...
Sep 02, 2026 · 5 min read
Residential · Condo Manhattan Development The Plan: At 44 West Eighth Street, the Goal Is a ‘Wonderful Visual Cacophony’ By Amanda Schiavo September 2, 2026 6:00 am reprints The exterior facade...
Sep 02, 2026 · 5 min readAs the need for affordable housing in the U.S. grows, the tax-exempt commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) market is emerging as a potential financing tool to deliver more homes. New federal ru...
Sep 01, 2026 · 5 min readEverything You Need To Know About Commercial Foreclosures
Sep 01, 2026 · 5 min readKey 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 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 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 read