Construction industry and development projects
In July, the manufactured housing industry secured a major policy win — the removal of the permanent chassis requirement — following the passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. Industry lead...
Oct 08, 2026 · 5 min readFor real estate professionals, succession planning can be easy to postpone. The business is personal, the work is demanding and many agents remain deeply involved long after they could have stepped aw...
Oct 08, 2026 · 5 min readFor Century Communities, acquisition of a five-generation Texas homebuilder had a simple motivation: Expand its Dallas-Fort Worth footprint to compete seriously there with the big guys. For the seller...
Oct 08, 2026 · 5 min readFor reverse mortgage originators, the winds of change have been blowing in the direction of proprietary products for much of 2026. And one of the nation’s leading lenders, Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, ha...
Oct 08, 2026 · 5 min read
All eyes were on the most controversial asset class in America during Commercial Observer’s Data Centers Development and Infrastructure Forum, held Oct. 6 in Midtown Manhattan at the City University o...
Oct 08, 2026 · 5 min read
Marlene Hamad was going to make it in New York City come hell or high water. She was a fresh-faced 22-year-old college graduate pursuing a dream. At first, that dream looked like a career as a certif...
Oct 08, 2026 · 5 min read
In the last 10 years, Brooklyn’s development market was defined by factors including rapid growth, spiking property values and a willingness to take bigger risks. Developers pursued ambitious projects...
Oct 08, 2026 · 5 min readKey Takeaways If you have a low mortgage rate, a HELOC or home equity loan lets you access your equity without changing your current rate. A HELOC offers flexible access to funds, usually at a variabl...
Oct 05, 2026 · 5 min readEditor’s note: This installment of Built for This is part of HousingWire’s ongoing examination of homebuilding leaders and companies improving their businesses in a housing market that offers little o...
Oct 02, 2026 · 5 min readIt is no secret that the MLS industry is facing legal and regulatory scrutiny. On top of an antitrust lawsuit filed by Zillow against Council of MLSs (CMLS) member Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) and...
Oct 02, 2026 · 5 min readWhat began in as a small experiment in Salt Lake City and has since grown into a national program connecting college athletes with real estate licensing and mentorship. Katy Cookston, who now directs ...
Oct 02, 2026 · 5 min readIn a commission business, leadership watches one signal. Production. It is objective, it updates daily, it is already on a dashboard and it decides compensation, territory and standing. Nobody has to ...
Oct 02, 2026 · 5 min readIt was encouraging to see lawmakers make good on their promise to prioritize homeownership earlier this year with the bipartisan passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. But more than two mont...
Oct 02, 2026 · 5 min readSeptember produced more declines in the market for federally insured reverse mortgages, with the number of Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsements dropping 6.7% and HECM Mortgage-Backed Se...
Oct 02, 2026 · 5 min readOffice Hudson Yards Leases · Office Leases Sony in Talks to Anchor Tishman Speyer’s 99 Hudson Boulevard By Lois Weiss October 2, 2026 1:53 pm reprints Allyson Bowen (top) and Erik Schmall (bott...
Oct 02, 2026 · 5 min readKey Takeaways Markets are watching to see if the Fed changes course on rates Mortgage rates are currently averaging 7.32% for a 30-year fixed Watch for changes in the Fed’s statement language — subtle...
Oct 01, 2026 · 5 min readWhat is Amortization in Commercial Real Estate?
Oct 01, 2026 · 5 min readPending home sales are sending a clearer warning about housing demand. Nationally, new pending sales fell to 59,316 for the week ending Sept. 25, down 4.8% from the prior week and 9% from a year ago. ...
Sep 30, 2026 · 5 min readA powerful El Niño brewing in the Pacific could reshape housing market conditions across the U.S. this winter — exposing vulnerabilities in homes and testing the resolve of real estate agents, insurer...
Sep 30, 2026 · 5 min read