Housing
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...
President Donald Trump’s ever-shifting tariff policy has homebuilders down in the dumps.
The overall reading of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Marke...
Paul Kennedy’s 1987 book The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers examined how dominant world powers reached extraordinary global influence, only to experience significant declines— often due to shift...
Since the inauguration of President Donald Trump, his administration has aggressively sought to curtail the functions of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). This has led to a coordinat...
The Mortgage Collaborative‘s (TMC) Emerging Technology Fund hosted its seventh annual Mortgage Tech Demo Day (MTD) on March 16 at the collaborative’s “Live Large, Think Big!” conference in Arlingto...
In this week’s episode of the RealTrending podcast, host Tracey Velt sits down with Ohio Realtors President Michelle Billings, an agent at Coldwell Banker Realty in Montgomery, Ohio. They e...
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner and U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Doug Burgum on Monday announced a joint task force on Federal L...
Ryan Serhant is headed west.
His eponymous brokerage SERHANT. has entered Phoenix with the addition of a collection of brokerages that have closed more than $500 million in sales volume over...
The National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) currently has a lot on its plate — from the ongoing debate over its Clear Cooperation Policy, to the current uptick in industry consolidation — but the B...
William Raveis has added its name to the ever growing list of brokerage defendants who have settled the commission lawsuits.
Last Wednesday, the east coast-based firm filed a joint motion w...
While the white homeownership rate still leads all racial groups in the U.S., Black homeowners have had some significant gains recently.
The Black homeownership rate saw the largest year-ov...
The Trump administration was set to release millions in federal grants to New York City organizations that house formerly homeless individuals on Friday, but recent court orders are delaying the ef...
In the most recent episode of the Power House podcast, guest host Tracey Velt sits down with Ryan Schneider, CEO of Anywhere Real Estate. The duo explore Anywhere’s resurgent focus on the luxury ma...
Earlier this year, when mortgage rates soared to 7.26%, a cloud of worry hung over the housing market — many feared that home sales would tumble in 2025, fueled by concerns about inflation and tari...
In separate rulings this week, federal judges in Maryland and California told the Trump administration that it must reinstate thousands of probationary employees who were let go without advance not...
Israeli startup eSelf AI has developed a technology that provides interactive AI real estate agents capable of answering questions and guiding prospective buyers through listings at any time.
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While it’s important to understand the unique challenges faced by older Americans in rural or suburban areas as they seek to age in place in their own homes, there can also be unique challenges for...
Despite a drop in overall profitability in the fourth quarter of 2024, FOA, one of the nation’s leading reverse mortgage lenders, remains optimistic about the total addressable market for home equi...