Residential properties and housing market
Lower mortgage rates finally stopped the decline in housing demand last week. After mortgage rates peaked around 7.60% and fell toward 7.30%, housing demand stopped bleeding temporarily, and we saw a ...
Oct 24, 2026 · 5 min readAs technology and specifically artificial intelligence have grown and changed over the past few years, consumers and real estate professionals have become increasingly concerned about the privacy of t...
Oct 23, 2026 · 5 min readPresident Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at reduced housing costs, which could save some mortgage borrowers thousands of dollars, but the final text is narrower than an earli...
Oct 23, 2026 · 5 min readFor Taylor Morrison, trust is more than just a buzzword. The company was ranked as the most trusted homebuilder on Time’s 2026 list of America’s Best Companies, was named America’s most trusted homeb...
Oct 23, 2026 · 5 min readFocus on the things you can control. At a time when $20 million, $50 million, $100 million, $500 million, up to $33 billion homebuilding firms need to discern and act decisively to ride out a 2027 [an...
Oct 23, 2026 · 5 min readKey Takeaways An HEI pays you a lump sum for a share of your home’s future value. It has no stated interest rate or required monthly payment, but it is not cost-free: settlement is based on your home’...
Oct 22, 2026 · 5 min readOver the past three weeks, three MLSs have publicly come forward to reject Compass International Holdings’ demands that they stop enforcing rules that penalize brokers or agents for publicly marketing...
Oct 20, 2026 · 5 min readReal REMAX Group CEO Tamir Poleg urged agents to prepare for several more years of sluggish home sales — while arguing that The Real Brokerage’s merger with REMAX and rapid investment in artificial in...
Oct 20, 2026 · 5 min readMortgage rates have been on the upswing for most of the second half of 2026, but consumers and housing professionals got a respite this week. At HousingWire‘s Mortgage Rates Center, rates for 30-year ...
Oct 20, 2026 · 5 min readThe housing affordability conversation has a blind spot. For decades, it has centered almost entirely on entry: down payments, mortgage rates, inventory, supply. That work matters, and while there is ...
Oct 20, 2026 · 5 min readHousing starts missed estimates today, which isn’t shocking, as builder sentiment plunged yesterday, hitting levels last seen in 2012. But as mortgage rates are parking near 7.5 %, housing constructio...
Oct 20, 2026 · 5 min readOver the course of my career, I’ve been fortunate to work in several industries during periods of extraordinary change. I’ve experienced those transitions from different perspectives — as an employee ...
Oct 16, 2026 · 5 min readMike Rogers, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan, launched a seven-figure ad buy in August titled “Builders,” a 30-second video calling out housing’s affordability crisis and an essen...
Oct 16, 2026 · 5 min readFrom frenzied COVID-19 housing market to today’s tight attention economy and penchant for instant gratification, for years agents, team leaders, brokers and technology providers, stressed that the “sp...
Oct 16, 2026 · 5 min readHomebuilding’s belles-of-the-ball mergers-and-acquisitions pandemic surge has recently entered an inflection zone marked by a reset of acquirer and seller dynamics, imbalances in available capital, an...
Oct 16, 2026 · 5 min read
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Oct 13, 2026 · 5 min readHispanic Heritage Month is a time to celebrate the contributions Hispanic families, entrepreneurs, workers, and community leaders have made to our communities and our economy. It is also an opportunit...
Oct 12, 2026 · 5 min readThe surge in homebuilder merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions over the past 12 months raises questions about the potential for more deals, their drivers and their mechanics. Will builder M&A deal...
Oct 12, 2026 · 5 min readIn 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 read