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.
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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 […]
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.
FHA turns attention to the ‘flipping rule’ and AVMs
FHA signals push to repeal its 90-day anti-flipping rule and update AVMs, while new loss-mitigation rules are tied to $2 billion in savings.
Google brings real estate listings back to mobile search
Real estate listings are back in Google mobile search in select cities, powered by HouseCanary, with CRMLS and eXp feeds.
Social Security COLA forecast for 2027 jumps to 3.9% in response to rising inflation
The average monthly benefit for retired workers is projected to rise from $2,081.16 to $2,162.33, based on April 2026 figures.
Zillow seeks injunction as MRED threatens data feed cutoff
Zillow seeks an injunction as MRED threatens to suspend IDX and VOW feeds May 19 over listing display and licensing rules.