Housing

New listings slowdown shows lack of home seller stress in 2025

The most notable housing trend for me in 2024 and 2025 has been inventory growth, particularly the increase in new listings during this time. I had set a minimal target of 80,000 new listings per w...

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Senior Care and Independence Support Agent

This is a submission for the Runner H "AI Agent Prompting" Challenge What I Built I developed an AI-powered support agent tailored to the needs of seniors living indepen...

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Elevated mortgage rates aren’t discouraging homebuyers

Why aren’t home sales crashing as they did in 2022? Right now we have elevated mortgage rates, trade war uncertainty, rising property taxes and home insurance, terrible consumer confidence data and...

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The HELPER Act promises to open up housing opportunities and give the real estate business a much-needed lift

A firefighter and his pregnant wife were unable to buy a two-bedroom home in the neighborhood where they grew up; two teachers had dashed dreams of owning their bungalow near the school where they ...

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Mortgage rates unfazed by crazy economic headlines

In one of the most chaotic weeks for economic headlines of the year, mortgage rates remained relatively stable, which is a stark contrast to the madness caused by the Godzilla tariffs a few weeks a...

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Bessent weighs mortgage rate risk in potential release of GSEs from conservatorship

Releasing the GSEs from conservatorship became a hot topic again this week after President Trump posted that he was giving it “serious consideration” on Wednesday, followed by a Bloomberg interview...

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eXp Realty launches land and ranch division

eXp Realty has launched a new land and ranch division to serve real estate agents who specialize in rural, agricultural and recreational properties, the company announced this week. The ...

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Mortgage demand still staying firm with elevated rates

If someone had told me that home sales would remain firm this year despite mortgage rates ranging from 7.25% to 6.64%, I would not have taken that bet. However, amid all the chaotic economic headli...

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How Rate wants to close its ‘massive gap’ in the non-QM space

Top 10 U.S. mortgage lender Rate is investing in the nonqualified mortgage (non-QM) space by launching a new suite of products. It aims to attract borrowers with nontraditional financial profiles, ...

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The labor market is still keeping mortgage rates elevated

Another jobs week has come and gone, and while we see some signs of a slowdown in the labor market, it’s not breaking. Since 2022, I have suggested that to get mortgage rates below 6% with a longer...

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To prioritize speed, HUD says it will simplify disaster recovery funding process

In a move designed to increase the speed that recovery funds can be provided, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Thursday published a universal notice about Community Dev...

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Inspiren Secures $35M, Expands AI-Driven Senior Living Tech Offering

Inspiren, an AI-focused solutions provider for senior living, secured $35 million in Series A funding and is rolling out an emergency call system to add to its suite of capabilities. The...

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Fix-and-flip activity was down in 2024, but profit margins grew slightly

The number of home flips across the U.S. fell in 2024, continuing a downward trend as real estate investors grapple with tight profit margins. According to Attom’s 2024 U.S. Home Flipping Re...

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Frustration builds among retirees over more stringent Social Security rules, office closures

Retirees and advocates for older Americans are expressing unease and bewilderment at a series of announcements made by the Social Security Administration (SSA). The agency is seeking to implement n...

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Disaster recovery for mortgage servicers: Navigating crisis with compliance & resilience

Lessons from California wildfires and other natural disasters California’s wildfires highlighted the chaos that natural disasters continue to unleash – not just on homeowners, but also o...

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HUD rescinds appraisal review policies

Policies related to appraisal appeals, or reconsiderations of value (ROV), were rescinded Wednesday by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). “While the adoption of a standardized ROV...

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Build, baby, build: How the US can start fixing its housing supply crisis

Let’s start with the bad news: The U.S. housing deficit is currently between 1.5 million and 8 million homes (estimates among experts vary widely). And worse, the core reasons for such a shortage c...

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FOA appoints new board members, including former US senator

One of the nation’s leading reverse mortgage lenders, Finance of America (FOA), on Thursday announced the appointment of two new members to its board of directors — including a former U.S. senator....

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Top execs at Freddie Mac, FHFA fired: report

The top executives at Freddie Mac, along with a top HR official at the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), were fired Thursday, according to a report on SEMAFOR. The publication repor...

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First-time homebuyers becoming first-time home sellers

The surge in first-time homebuyers during 2020 has led to a new trend: first-time home sellers. Many who bought during the pandemic are now rethinking their decisions, citing changing li...

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Rocket is acquiring Redfin’s huge flow of purchase leads. Can the mortgage giant convert them?

Rocket Companies hopes to close a $1.75 billion deal to acquire resi brokerage and portal Redfin in Q2 or Q3 2025. It seems that everyone in mortgage and real estate has an opinion about Roc...

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