Why agents will ignore your expensive AI tool — and how to fix it
REMAX broker-owner Tyler Morton sat down with HousingWire to share hard-won lessons on building AI infrastructure that agents actually use.
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HUD urges states to cut fees, simplify codes and fast-track permits
HUD urges fee caps, code limits, and faster permits, citing over $100,000 in regulatory costs per new single-family home.
Land leases, ARM buydowns emerge as lending options while mortgage rates stay elevated
Mortgage lenders are getting creative to combat the housing affordability crisis fueled by rising interest rates, rolling out novel products and blending existing options to keep borrowers in the market.
ROAD wins House nod, carving BTR out from institutional investor ban
House passed the ROAD to Housing Act 396-13, removing a 7-year BTR selloff rule while keeping a 350-home investor ban with carve-outs.
DRB Group and Sumitomo Forestry mark a 10-year arc of growth
“Top-five-ranked U.S. homebuilding companies don’t happen overnight. Except when they do. These two lines almost wrote themselves in early 2024 when Sekisui House skyrocketed into the top tier of U.S. homebuilding with its $4.9 billion acquisition of MDC Holdings. Sumitomo Forestry’s announced $4.5 billion acquisition of Tri Pointe Homes closed last week, triggering a similar […]
Kevelyn Guzman on leadership, growth and navigating change
Kevelyn Guzman, 2024 Woman of Influence and Regional Vice President at Coldwell Banker Warburg, shares leadership insights on trusting your instincts, navigating uncertainty and supporting agents through change in today’s real estate market.
AI-powered data remaps builders’ landbuying art and science
Prophetic updated SiteAI to automate parcel yield studies and generate zoning compliant site plans in minutes. The update adds more realistic layouts, lot dimensions, and topography insights including flood zones and wetlands.
Study: Bipartisan Social Security plan to borrow and invest unlikely to pay off
The assessment was critical of a plan championed by Sens. Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican, and Tim Kaine, a Virginia Democrat.
Fault lines surface as projects tap California’s CEQA exemption law
Last July, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a landmark law shielding apartment and residential projects from lengthy environmental review processes to boost the state’s housing supply and improve affordability. It’s working – but not without a fight. Developers wasted no time seizing the opportunity. A growing list of housing developments are securing exemptions from reviews […]
Ginnie Mae’s Joseph Gormley sounds the alarm on ‘risk-layered’ FHA portfolios
Ginnie Mae removed TPP loans from delinquency counts, expects cures to improve and ramps up loan-level transfers to boost liquidity.