Portland tests PadSplit model to ease inventory, affordability crunch
The pilot aims to unlock spare bedrooms across the city to ease affordability pressures and expand housing inventory.
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Florida’s Sandra Rathe Team joins The Real Brokerage
The team placed 159th nationally and 16th in Florida by sales volume, according to most RealTrends Verified rankings.
What war risk could mean for builders, rates and spring demand in 2026
Nature abhors a vacuum and does something about it. Homebuilders, their business and channel partners, their investors and lenders and their customers abhor uncertainty. But what can and will they do about it? Other than brace for more bumps. More air pockets. More “buying” of sales rather than selling of American households on houses that […]
Experian imposes another price increase on mortgage credit reports, resellers say
Resellers say Experian added another mortgage lender price increase of about 3%, after 2026 credit report hikes reached as much as 50%.
Will war with Iran send mortgage rates higher or lower?
Mortgage rates ended last week at 5.99% as the 10-year hit a 2026 low, but now we have a new variable: war with Iran.
loanDepot executive Alex Madonna departs, starts Trust One Financial
Alex Madonna is departing loanDepot after 16 years and says his new firm, Trust One Financial, will open in early April.
New Jersey reverse mortgage counseling bill would have ‘chilling effect’ on senior home equity use, NRMLA says
NRMLA this week sent a letter to a New Jersey lawmaker, stating its opposition to a legislative proposal tied to reverse mortgage counseling requirements in the Garden State.
Tavant agentic AI portal connects lenders, real estate agents, borrowers
Tavant leaders sat down with HousingWire to detail benefits for mortgage professionals, real estate profesionals, borrowers and all housing stakeholders.
Millrose outperforms with disciplined growth, strong partnerships
Now one for the books, the 2025 homebuilding market slowed in new construction, resulting in contract cancellations and reduced takedown activity. Millrose Properties, whose epic scale and timing launched a new era in land banking and asset-light homebuilding development in early 2025, bucked that trend. Millrose – which began spinning out from Lennar in December […]
Capital One joins BPC housing affordability council
Council members share insights and contribute to policy discussions related to housing supply, affordability and access.