Housing

Investor Interest In Senior Housing Swells, Competition For Assets ‘May Intensify’

Independent living and assisted living continue to lead the way for future senior housing investment, with a recent survey showing a 24% increase in positive investment sentiment for the sector fro...

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Longbridge CEO Chris Mayer on reverse mortgage partnerships with forward companies

In 2024, a key element for the reverse mortgage industry was a sense of newfound collaboration that many industry participants felt with forward mortgage players. Longbridge Financial largely sees ...

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GOP bills would eliminate funding for the CFPB

Two Republican lawmakers from Texas have introduced bills that would end funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the latest in a series of swift moves by the Trump administrati...

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InGenius hires Sue Woodard as chief customer officer

InGenius, a data provider for the mortgage and real estate industries, has appointed industry veteran Sue Woodard as its chief customer officer. Woodard, a senior adviser at STRATMOR Gro...

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NC governor needs $1.4B in block grants for post-Helene recovery. That could be a problem

Seeking to maximize the impact of $1.4 billion in federal disaster recovery funding stemming from the impacts of Hurricane Helene, newly-minted North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein (D) is seeking public ...

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Rocket plays the long game with its renter rewards program

The recently announced RocketRentRewards program from Rocket Mortgage — which the company says is the homeownership industry’s first offer to provide closing cost credits for renters — allows homeb...

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Christie’s Sereno founders explore their history and dissect a key business decision

In a recent episode of the RealTrending podcast, host Tracey Velt sat down with Chris Trapani and Ryan Iwanaga, co-founders and leaders of Christie’s International Real Estate Sereno. In th...

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Trump allies fear DOGE’s methods to dismantle CFPB could backfire: report

Not everyone in the Trump orbit is apparently happy with Elon Musk‘s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) method of picking apart the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). S...

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Fello CEO Ryan Young on 30-day listing challenge and community building initiatives

In the latest episode of the Power House podcast, Zebulon Lowe, director of HousingWire‘s Content Studio, sits down with Ryan Young, co-founder and CEO of marketing automation platform Fell...

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DOGE to federal employees it instructed to stop working: Show us what you worked on or be fired

After being plagued for years by civil investigative demands and lawsuits from the Department of Justice (DOJ), the real estate industry hoped for looser antitrust enforcement under a second Trump ...

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Can government job cuts lead to lower mortgage rates for spring?

Could the loss of jobs in the government sector and the withdrawal of funding from the economy significantly increase the unemployment rate and a surge in jobless claims? If this happens, will we s...

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[Updated] Apollo to Acquire Bridge Investment Group In Deal Valued At $1.5B

Apollo (NYSE: APO) on Monday announced the acquisition of real estate firm Bridge Investment Group, one of the largest owners of senior housing in the U.S., in an all-stock transaction valued at ap...

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‘Reciprocal’ tariffs would create chaos for homebuilders

Homebuilders knew that the election of President Donald Trump would likely create a thorny situation with regard to his policy on tariffs, as Trump made blanket duties on Canada, Mexico and China c...

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Internal memo outlines DOGE’s plan to gut HUD

Deep cuts at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) are likely to increase the cost of homes, upend housing markets and complicate mortgage transactions, current and former agency st...

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Sotheby’s growth in 2024 signals the luxury housing market boom

The luxury real estate market is on a growth trend early in 2025. This success pushed one of the country’s top luxury real estate brands to a strong year for sales volume. Sotheby’s Inte...

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Maverix Advisory Group adds Kevin Van Eck as principal

Maverix Advisory Group has added industry veteran Kevin Van Eck to its leadership roster. Van Eck will assume the role of principal after a 16-year tenure at @properties. He served in mu...

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Federal workers union sends cease and desist to HUD, OPM over DOGE directive

A directive handed down by the Elon Musk-led U.S. DOGE Service runs afoul of the law and collective bargaining agreements at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) while infring...

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Mr. Cooper won’t be onboarding as many Flagstar employees as initially anticipated

Mr. Cooper won’t be onboarding as many Flagstar Bank employees as initially projected in its $1.4 billion deal to acquire the depository bank’s residential mortgage servicing operations. ...

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Your Guide to Optimizing LinkedIn for Real Estate Agents

While many agents are all-in on Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube, there’s another social media platform that’s incredibly powerful: LinkedIn. Using LinkedIn for real estate is a hidden gem for connect...

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TVs at HUD headquarters hacked to show falsified video of Trump and Musk

A falsified video created by artificial intelligence that depicted President Donald Trump kissing the feet of Elon Musk was reportedly displayed on TVs throughout the headquarters of the U.S. Depar...

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Retirees may be turning to home equity to finance healthcare shocks: report

Long-term care (LTC) will likely play a large part in the lives of Americans as the population continues to age, but financing it can be a financial challenge for people particularly on a fixed inc...

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