Educational Bisnow reports that HUD has issued an updated rule aimed at drawing private capital into public housing, a move that could begin to address the roughly $170 billion maintenance backlog facing the nation's stock. The scale of that gap has long made clear that federal funding alone
Pricing strategy has changed for sellers in the past few years, and it's important for buyers to know when they're being taken for a ride.
Educational HousingWire reports that Fay Group has acquired VanDyk Mortgage, a move aimed at expanding its conforming loan and mortgage servicing rights business. The acquired operation produced $894 million in 2025, giving Fay Group a larger footprint in the conventional mortgage space at a time when conforming loan markets remain
Educational BREAKING — Mortgage Professional America reports that the Mortgage Bankers Association has filed suit to block a new disparate-impact rule in New Jersey, with industry groups arguing the regulation leaves lenders with only one available path forward — a path that federal law explicitly prohibits. The dispute centers on fair-
Educational HousingWire observed this week that mortgage rates barely moved even after a jobs report that beat expectations, a sign that bond markets had already priced in much of what the Federal Reserve is likely to do. The excerpt notes that the bond market did the heavy lifting for the
Educational A report from NAHB Eye on Housing highlights an unusual reversal in the housing market during the second quarter of 2026: newly built single-family homes carried a national median price of $410,700, while existing homes reached $435,700. The $25,000 gap marks the widest spread on
Educational Realtor.com News reports that mortgage rates have climbed to their highest level in more than a year, a development that has many prospective buyers reassessing whether homeownership remains within their reach. The outlet frames the moment around a $430,000 purchase at 6.71 percent, a rate that
Educational Realtor.com News reports that the median listing price in The Villages has fallen to $377,784 as of August 2026, marking a nearly 2% decline from the prior August. For a community that has long symbolized the scale and pull of American retirement migration, this softening is notable
Educational BREAKING — National Mortgage News reported Wednesday that eXp World Holdings, the parent company of eXp Realty, and Kind Lending have ended their mortgage joint venture, Success Lending. Joint ventures between large real estate brokerages and mortgage lenders have become a common structure in the industry, and their dissolution leaves
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Educational The Mortgage Reports has published a guide to cash-out refinancing, walking through how these loans function alongside the requirements and rates borrowers can expect. For homeowners sitting on appreciated equity, the piece arrives at a moment when tapping that value has become a live option again. The guidance
Educational Redfin News reports that over the last 50-plus years, homebuyers would have come out ahead by choosing an adjustable-rate mortgage roughly 70 percent of the time, with the savings coming from later opportunities to refinance into lower 30-year fixed rates. The analysis suggests that the fixed-
More homes are hitting the market, giving buyers across much of the country more options and negotiating power. The problem? Buyers aren’t exactly rushing in.