Housing

Katie Davis Joins myLifeSite as Senior Advisor

RALEIGH, N.C. — Katie Davis has joined myLifeSite, a company that develops digital tools for senior living providers and prospective residents. Davis has previously held multiple executive ...

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Inside the Expansion Strategies of 4 Fast-Growing Senior Living Operators

This story is part of your SHN+ subscription Senior living demand is palpable in the tail-end of 2025 as average industry occupancy continues to rise. In 2026, the first baby boomers are...

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LCS, CCI Partnering On New Mixed-Use Life Plan Community Coming Together Near Los Angeles

California Commercial Investment Group (CCI) is moving forward with its plans to develop a luxury life plan community nearLos Angeles as it prepares for the next generation of senior living custome...

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Berkshire exits D.R. Horton, adds to Lennar — what it means for homebuilders

While headlines scream that Berkshire Hathaway has taken a $4-plus billion position in Alphabet, a quieter, “closer-to-home” move slips into the latest 13F filing. In the same quarter t...

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Oregon agents launch Christie’s International Real Estate Evergreen

A group of longtime top-producing Oregon real estate professionals has launched a new brokerage, Christie’s International Real Estate Evergreen, that marks the brand’s latest expansion on the West ...

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Century 21 expands in central Florida

Century 21 Real Estate has expanded its presence in the Orlando metro area through the affiliation of Hancock Realty Group in Clermont. The move brings the Lake County brokerage — now op...

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Illinois moves to boost housing by curbing parking mandates

Eliminating or reducing parking minimums for new housing developments near public transit has become an increasingly popular policy tool for cities and states across the U.S., with the primary obje...

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Harrisonburg housing market trends test seller patience

Active listings in the Harrisonburg, VA, metro jumped 72.8% year-over-year to 216 homes while weekly absorption held flat at 20 properties, creating a supply-demand imbalance that pushed 36.6% of s...

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HomeLight: Lenders optimistic about 2026 originations growth

The 2025 U.S. housing market has been marked by high mortgage rates, elevated home prices and economic uncertainty, but a new HomeLight survey of loan officers at 80 top lending companies found tha...

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NAR’s MLS cleanup shifts power locally. Here’s what you need to know

When the National Association of Realtors (NAR) quietly conducted an antitrust risk assessment of every MLS policy earlier this year, the result was a sweeping 18-policy purge across the MLS Handbo...

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October new-home mortgage applications fall 2.6%

Mortgage applications for new-home purchases decreased 2.6% compared to a year ago, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA)’s Builder Application Survey data for October 2025. ...

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Despite economic uncertainty, weekly housing demand up double digits over 2024

Last week was a solid week for housing demand. Our weekly pending sales data increased by 15.36% year over year, and the Mortgage Bankers Association‘s purchase application data showed 31% year-ove...

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How Safety Investments Build Trust in Senior Living Communities

Establishing trust is an ongoing challenge for many seniors housing communities, with operators continually working to draw in new residents while simultaneously recruiting staff in an industry pla...

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‘A thunderclap unpacking UMH CEO Sam Landy’s statements defines the failure metric’ in ROAD to Housing Act

UMH CEO Sam Landy should be thanked for sharing via HousingWire his recent op-ed which weaves together what is arguably a subtle call for the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) to do what the Man...

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RE/MAX accelerates real estate innovation with AI and technology

RE/MAX is accelerating the integration of AI and cutting-edge technology to transform how agents engage with clients, generate leads, and deliver results. Initiatives like Max AI, MaxRefer, MaxEnga...

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NAR’s new 3-Year plan is massive. Here’s what actually changes in 2026

After much build up, the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) 2026-2028 Strategic Plan was unsurprisingly approved unanimously by all 64 members of NAR’s Executive Committee during a meeting on ...

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“Landman” shows why Taylor Sheridan’s NBCUniversal deal could reshape TV drama

With “Yellowstone” in the rearview mirror, but never entirely out of sight, “Landman” may be the most quintessentially Taylor Sheridan show on TV right now. For Paramount+ subscribers, that stateme...

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Fraud, lawsuits, AI missteps: what NAR says will put Realtors in the crosshairs next

For many Realtors, the legal maelstrom that engulfed the industry over the past two years, served as a wake up call of sorts, forcing them to look for ways to mitigate and manage risks. Given this ...

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Housing’s real problem now: job growth at the high end has stalled

For several years now, much of the focus in our industry has been on affordability. Closely tied to that, we have had many discussions regarding existing owners being frozen in place with their low...

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The 50-year mortgage: I’m not buying the “forever loan”

A 50-year mortgage sounds like the next big innovation in housing finance, a way to make homes “affordable” again in an era of high prices and stubborn interest rates. But the way I was raised and ...

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HUD announces drastic changes to homelessness strategy

The Trump administration is preparing a major overhaul of its homelessness strategy, moving away from long-term housing support and reducing funding for those programs. The plan redirect...

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