Housing, property, and the built environment — markets, design, and the deals behind them.

The new membership platform will give independent firms access to enterprise-grade artificial intelligence-powered operations.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani ran and won on bringing affordability and stronger rent stabilization to the city’s residents. Landlords are having none of it. They sued in Staten Island court over a recent rent freeze, claiming the decision process was rigged. The lawsuit com

Wendy Gilch outlines recurring consumer risk issues across lending, appraisals and agent fees. She points to HEIs, UAD 3.6 adoption on Nov. 2, 2026, and claims of broker steering, urging clearer disclosures.

Despite the reputation production homebuilders get for resisting change – and failing at innovation – the best path to a homebuilding team member’s career advancement is by evangelizing a passion project. Homebuilders have dozens such initiatives in progress at any given time acr

Non-agency is not subprime. The mortgage industry needs to start acting like it. and more — today's lease signal.

Non-QM loans are unfairly stigmatized by the 2008 subprime crisis. Today's non-agency lending serves highly creditworthy, self-employed borrowers backed by strict Ability-to-Repay regulations and risk-retention rules.

Pulte's earnings show BTO share climbing to 45% in Q2 as cycle times hit 100 days, and gross margins improving to 25%.

HousingWire Data reveals how elevated mortgage rates are reshaping local housing markets, with more affordable metros proving more resilient.

Public homebuilders say they care about housing affordability. Their earnings calls reveal a more immediate set of priorities: protecting margins, controlling inventory and preserving pricing power. In Dallas-Fort Worth, the consequences are easiest to see south of Main Street, w

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill added her state to a growing list banning algorithmic pricing tools blamed for higher apartment rents. Sherrill signed the Forbidding the Algorithmic Inflation of Rent (FAIR) Act into law Monday in Newark. New Jersey becomes the fourth state to regu

The JMG acquisition gives teams leverage, but not equal valuations and more — today's lease signal.

Advisors say the JMG deal validates team model M&A, but valuations still depend on EBITDA, margins, and scalable lead sources.

“A rose is a rose is a rose,” according to a 1913 poem Gertrude Stein wrote, called Sacred Emily. In our more earthbound sphere of residential development, investment and construction, a tacit belief is common, but misleading. Peal back a layer or two, and it is clear. A homebuil

Howard Hanna partners with Portside, gaining Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts reach, and expanding to 18 states and 500+ offices.

While AARP agrees Congress must address Social Security, the organization wants lawmakers to do so through traditional legislative processes.

With CrossCountry Mortgage’s deal to acquire Two Harbors Investment Corp. one step closer to the finish line after securing shareholder approval, the focus is shifting to what may be the next major challenge: integrating the businesses.

The new membership platform will give independent firms access to enterprise-grade artificial intelligence-powered operations.

Keller Williams named five senior leaders to growth roles spanning U.S. and Canada divisions, KW Commercial, agent attraction and digital.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani ran and won on bringing affordability and stronger rent stabilization to the city’s residents. Landlords are having none of it. They sued in Staten Island court over a recent rent freeze, claiming the decision process was rigged. The lawsuit com

CFPB nominee Brian Johnson faced Senate questions on independence, a dropped Capital One case and proposed examiner cuts.

Mortgage rates hit 6.85% as the 10-year yield reached 4.71% amid Iran headlines, oil over $90, and a 36% chance of a Fed rate hike.

Voters in key states and districts support larger federal housing investments, following the21st Century ROAD to Housing Act's passage

Although you can't control rates, inventory or affordability, Jimmy Burgess writes, you can help your sellers navigate those realities.

RealPage has completed its acquisition of Cherre, betting that real estate's AI ambitions hinge on cleaner, governed data across the capital stack.