Housing

Where do mortgage rates go from here?

Mortgage rates reached a new year-to-date low Friday after Fed Chair Jerome Powell, during his speech at the Jackson Hole Economic Summit, finally acknowledged that he was concerned about the labor...

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The Florida Association of Mortgage Professionals pushes for condo guideline changes

Florida homebuyers are facing the same affordability challenges that other housing markets are grappling with, but with added regulatory hurdles if they want to buy a condo. The Florida Association...

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Did lower mortgage rates already lower housing inventory?

Housing inventory growth has been slowing down since the last two weeks of June, as mortgage rates have been trending lower. However, last week we saw an actual decline week to week, which is rare ...

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Top Miami agent Raul Santidrian joins Coldwell Banker Realty

Raul Santidrian — a veteran of south Florida’s luxury real estate market — has joined Coldwell Banker Realty’s Pinecrest/Miami office after more than a decade at Douglas Elliman Florida. ...

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Outdated tax law could cost senior homeowners looking to sell

The American dream of homeownership has been a way to build wealth for decades as people pay down their debt while their homes appreciate in value. The result is a nice home equity nest egg — espec...

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Housing inventory growth is starting to stall

Housing inventory growth is starting to stall, despite elevated mortgage rates. As new listings begin their seasonal decline, we might have already reached our peak percentage growth rate for 2025....

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Michael Isaacs out as CEO of Go Mortgage

Go Mortgage‘s majority owner and CEO Michael Isaacs have parted ways, sources told HousingWire this week. Staff at the Ohio-based retail lender were told on Monday that Isaacs’ tenure wa...

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Inspired Healthcare Capital Shutters Volante Senior Living, Moves Communities to Other Operators

Senior living private equity firm Inspired Healthcare Capital (IHC) is winding down Volante Senior Living, the senior living operating company it launched in 2023. On Thursday, Senior Housi...

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Mortgage spreads are almost back to normal

In a week marked by discussions of the potential firing of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and inflation data, mortgage rates remained relatively calm, thanks to improvements in mortgage spread...

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In Northern Virginia, senior housing has a supply-and-demand ‘disconnect’

It’s no secret that low-income housing options are in short supply across much the country. And a report this week out of Fairfax County, Virginia, illustrates the challenges that seniors can face ...

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Housing inventory actually fell last week. What is going on?

Housing inventory decreased last week, while purchase application data grew 25% year-over-year! What is happening in the housing market? In the two weeks leading up to the July 4th h...

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In the Pipeline: PHS Grows in Minnesota; South Carolina Life Plan Community Adds 100 IL Units

In the Pipeline is part of your SHN+ subscription In the Pipeline is brought to you by the Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards, an annual competition that recognizes cut...

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Armando Falcon on the FHFA’s move toward crypto mortgages

It’s been just over a week since Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte directed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to start preparing for the use of cryptocurrency in single-family mort...

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As rates dip and policy shifts, is the housing market about to wake up again?

It’s been a strange season for the housing market, caught somewhere between post-pandemic exhaustion and pre-election caution. And yet, in the quiet shuffles of financial markets and whispered poli...

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Have slightly lower mortgage rates stabilized the housing market?

Mortgage rates have been slowly decreasing, but is this drop significant enough to influence our weekly housing data? Keep in mind that our weekend tracker reports provide insights months ahead of ...

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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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