Housing
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...
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.
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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...
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...
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...
Policies related to appraisal appeals, or reconsiderations of value (ROV), were rescinded Wednesday by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA).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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
The Georgia-based Tim Stout Group is making the move to eXp Realty, according to an announcement on Wednesday.
The team, which is named after its leader and founder Tim Stout, was previ...
Given the current housing environment in the U.S., the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)’s new leader should prioritize the affordable housing footprint across the country, find ways to cut cos...
“I’m not ready to move in” – it’s a common refrain among prospects going through the senior living sales journey. Often this is a result of the fact that older adults don’t know exactly what senior...
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Viva Senior Living is on a fast growth pace in 2025, with plans to potentially bring on as many as 20 to 30 new communities this year alone.
The Norwood, NJ-based company, now at 33 communi...
Financial services veteran Patrick Halonen has joined reverse mortgage lender and servicer Longbridge Financial as the company’s new head of credit policy, underwriting and quality control.
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Chief operating officer Tammy Richards is taking on a new role at Kind Lending. Richards announced Tuesday on LinkedIn that she’s now the president of retail at Kind Lending, a move that comes a li...
After taking the time to digest elements of a proposal from lawmakers in Hawaii, the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA) has expressed support for a measure to establish a state-r...
The U.S. remodeling industry reached $600 billion in value following the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite recent softening in 2022 and 2023, it still remains 50% above pre-pandemic levels.
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Truework bolstered its mortgage technology platform by creating a new tool, Truework Intelligence, the company announced on Thursday. The platform will give property managers and mortgage lenders a...