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In recent years, renting has become increasingly expensive, particularly since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
While national rent growth has cooled compared to the double-digit...
The historically fragmented mortgage servicing space has been transformed over the past few years due to an influx of large companies and ongoing consolidation, which presents challenges fo...
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In 2024, the senior living industry sits at the crossroads of excitement and uncertainty. That was on full display during panel discussions a...
The housing industry expected mortgage rates to come down in 2025. Then Donald Trump got elected president and the Fed cast doubt on how much—and how quickly—it would cut rates.
The latest s...
Treating older patients with chronic health conditions can already be a challenge for medical professionals, but some of these challenges can bite harder if a patient endures preventable trauma, in...
Continuing care retirement community (CCRCs) occupancy and absorption rates continued to outpace non-CCRC communities in the third quarter of 2024.
Memory care units within CCRCs surpassed o...
A nonprofit developer and provider of affordable housing and supportive services is growing beyond its initial footprint with a new acquisition of affordable communities that serve older adults and...
The reverse mortgage industry has been anticipating the development of a new, complementary Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM)-backed Securities (HMBS) program designed to further address liqui...
As the U.S. housing market slowed down in the third quarter due to rising home prices and higher mortgage rates, investor purchases also ramped down, according to a new report by Redfin.
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President-elect Donald Trump announced late Friday that he has chosen Scott Turner, the former executive director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council (WHORC), to serve as the ...
In this week’s episode of the Power House podcast, HousingWire President Diego Sanchez sits down with Chad Smith, president and chief operating officer at Better. The duo discuss Smith’s de...
It has been almost two months since mortgage rates spiked again, and my initial thought was this would tank housing demand. We had a positive 18-week period with purchase applications before mortga...
U.S. single-family rental properties posted rent-price growth of 2% during the year ending in September 2024, according to a recent CoreLogic report. That’s down from annual growth of 2.4% in Augus...
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MLSs are using AI technology to catch agents who attempt to circumvent the commission lawsuit settlement terms.
Before the commission lawsuit settlements, “three” used to be the magic number...
While shoppers flock to malls and online retailers for Black Friday deals, M/I Homes is shifting the focus to residential real estate with holiday incentives that rival traditional doorbusters. Tha...
The leadership changes at Zillow are continuing. On Thursday the firm announced that Zillow Group President Susan Daimler is stepping down.
Daimler joined Zillow through its acquisition ...
Jerome Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, said on Thursday that the U.S. economy is “not sending any signals that we need to be in a hurry to lower rates.” The statement was enough to raise ...
The reverse mortgage portion of the Federal Housing Administration’s (FHA)’s Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund (MMIF) has reached a positive capital ratio for the fourth year in a row on the overall g...
Sam Valverde, currently serving as the acting president of Ginnie Mae, is resigning from his position as of Nov. 30, 2024, according to an announcement made by the U.S. Department of Housing and Ur...