• Chris Heller joins PLACE as chief revenue officer

    Chris Heller joins PLACE as chief revenue officer,Jonathan Delozier

    Chris Heller has joined PLACE as its chief revenue officer, a newly created role. The company said Heller will oversee revenue strategy across its technology and services portfolio — including pricing, customer acquisition, retention and cross-platform integration. His responsibilities will also inc

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  • GSEs boost foreclosure prevention as forbearances surge

    GSEs boost foreclosure prevention as forbearances surge,Sarah Wolak

    Foreclosure prevention activity increased in October as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac completed more than 17,000 actions to help struggling homeowners, according to a Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) report released Thursday. The government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) completed 17,032 foreclosure

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  • What D.R. Horton’s dominance means for every U.S. homebuilder

    What D.R. Horton’s dominance means for every U.S. homebuilder,John McManus

    We’ve said it before. When D.R. Horton reports its quarterly earnings, what you’re watching isn’t just the scoreboard of America’s largest homebuilder. You’re watching a business model operating at a different altitude — and with different oxygen — than almost every other homebuilding enterprise in

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  • Philadelphia proposes new retirement savings program

    Philadelphia proposes new retirement savings program,Jonathan Delozier

    The Philadelphia City Council has advanced a proposal to create PhillySaves, a city-sponsored automated retirement savings program designed to reach private sector workers whose employers do not offer retirement benefits. City officials said the initiative aims to expand access to retirement savings

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  • Long-term care advocates speak out on regulatory rollbacks

    Long-term care advocates speak out on regulatory rollbacks,Jonathan Delozier

    The Trump administration has rolled back a series of health care regulations affecting nursing homes, home care workers and Medicare beneficiaries — scrapping minimum staffing standards and launching a new experiment that expands prior authorization in traditional Medicare. The changes reverse years

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  • Real estate leaders applaud Trump’s focus on housing, but question the impact

    Real estate leaders applaud Trump’s focus on housing, but question the impact,Brooklee Han

    During his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday President Donald Trump outlined three policy initiatives he was undertaking to help improve housing affordability for American consumers. In the speech, he did discuss his “ban” on large institutional investors purchasing single-fam

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  • Pennsylvania bill targets local curbs on shared housing

    Pennsylvania bill targets local curbs on shared housing,Richard Lawson

    A group of Pennsylvania lawmakers wants to scrap local limits on shared living in a move that could reopen the door to boarding houses, single-room occupancy buildings, and other shared housing statewide.​ House Bill 2109 – with support from seven state legislators signing on sponsor a committee vot

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  • Trump’s 401(k) proposal could help homebuyers, hurt retirement funds

    Trump’s 401(k) proposal could help homebuyers, hurt retirement funds,Flávia Furlan Nunes

    President Donald Trump’s expected proposal to allow Americans to tap their 401(k) retirement accounts without penalties to fund down payments could ease one of the biggest barriers to homeownership, but it could come at the cost of weakening long-term retirement security. The idea was absent from Tr

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  • First American launches free title monitoring, fraud alerts

    First American launches free title monitoring, fraud alerts,Jonathan Delozier

    First American Title is offering customers a free property title monitoring and fraud alert service, citing growing concerns about real estate crime and identity-based property theft. The service alerts homeowners to new public record filings — such as deeds or liens — that could affect property own

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  • Trade groups urge White House to lower FHA premiums, ease loan fees

    Trade groups urge White House to lower FHA premiums, ease loan fees,Sarah Wolak

    Multiple mortgage lending trade groups are urging the White House to take administrative steps to lower the costs of home loans, arguing that federal regulations have driven up borrowing expenses as affordability worsens. In a letter sent Wednesday to White House National Economic Council Director K

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  • The AI future of real estate runs straight through the MLS

    The AI future of real estate runs straight through the MLS,Jonathan Delozier

    The real estate industry is entering a decisive window as agentic AI moves from novelty to infrastructure. WAV Group’s new strategic white paper lays out how autonomous systems capable of planning, reasoning and executing multi-step workflows will reshape how brokers, agents, MLSs and vendors operat

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  • Prudent AI launches same-day income calculator for all loan types

    Prudent AI launches same-day income calculator for all loan types,Neil Pierson

    Delaware-based fintech company Prudent AI on Wednesday announced the launch of Prudent AI Upfront Income, a tool that it calls the mortgage industry’s “first universal income platform designed to calculate qualified income for any loan type in a single tool with same-day certainty.” The company expl

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  • Florida-based modular builder launches expandable housing model

    Florida-based modular builder launches expandable housing model,Tyler Williams

    West Palm Beach, Fla.-based Mesocore Modular Homes is introducing an expandable modular housing model aimed at improving affordability and disaster relief, an important issue in a state prone to devastating hurricanes.  Positioned as an affordable housing solution for both homebuyers and city leader

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  • Senior home sellers take a hit on profits

    Senior home sellers take a hit on profits,Jonathan Delozier

    Older Americans are leaving money on the table when they sell their homes, with losses widening sharply after age 70, according to new research from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. Using a newly built national dataset, researchers found that sellers in their 70s and beyond cons

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  • Why homebuilding’s R&D blind spot matters more now

    Why homebuilding’s R&D blind spot matters more now,John McManus

    Signature Homes founder and Chairman Dwight Sandlin’s line — “nimbleness without sacrificing time and resources” — may sound like a homebuilder’s pipedream. That’s, unless you take the time to sit with what’s underneath it. In this market, “nimble” isn’t an organizational personality trait. It’s not

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  • ONE Sotheby’s International Realty appoints Daniel de la Vega as CEO

    ONE Sotheby’s International Realty appoints Daniel de la Vega as CEO,Jonathan Delozier

    ONE Sotheby’s International Realty has appointed Daniel de la Vega as chief executive officer, formalizing a leadership transition at the Florida-based luxury brokerage. De la Vega — who joined the firm in 2008 — has spent 17 years with the company and will continue to serve as president in addition

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  • Florida lawmakers muscle up on a raft of new housing reforms

    Florida lawmakers muscle up on a raft of new housing reforms,Richard Lawson

    One of the nation’s most aggressive housing policy reform agendas of the post-pandemic era greets Florida lawmakers as they enter their 2026 legislative session bent on improving housing affordability.​ With a coordinated set of “fix” bills, Sunshine State lawmakers want to add more muscle to the st

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  • Kate Gurevich is the new CEO at One Real Mortgage

    Kate Gurevich is the new CEO at One Real Mortgage,Sarah Wolak

    One Real Mortgage is undergoing a C-suite shuffle. On Tuesday afternoon, Kate Gurevich posted on social media that she’s starting a new position as CEO of the company. “I am thrilled to share that I am starting a new role as CEO of One Real Mortgage, a division of Real Broker LLC,” Gurevich wrote on

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  • Restb.ai targets UAD 3.6 compliance for lenders, appraisers

    Restb.ai targets UAD 3.6 compliance for lenders, appraisers,Jonathan Delozier

    Restb.ai has released a new application programming interface called Feature UAD. The interface is aimed at helping mortgage and appraisal professionals comply with new appraisal data standards set to take effect later this year. The tool is designed to support the Uniform Appraisal Dataset 3.6 — a

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  • Balanced budgets, fewer staff, bigger promises: NAR lays out its post-crisis roadmap

    Balanced budgets, fewer staff, bigger promises: NAR lays out its post-crisis roadmap,Brooklee Han

    In its push for increased transparency and accountability, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) has released an Annual Report for 2025.  The report, which was released Tuesday, discusses the progress the trade group made in 2025 toward the 24 initiatives outlined in its 2026-2028 Strategic Pla

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