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Higher financing costs translate to weaker application and sales activity: MBA
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Fed’s Lisa Cook slams ‘unfounded and untrue’ mortgage fraud claims in letter to Trump admin
Nearly one year to the day since her attempted firing, the central banker is still fighting to keep her job
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New-home mortgage demand continues slide in July
Higher financing costs translate to weaker application and sales activity: MBA
Single-family housing starts drop to lowest level since 2022
Home building slowdown worsened in July as experts point to entrenched sector weakness
Data centers are a CRE cash cow. Midterm politics may change the investment calculus.
Rural conservatives are finding common ground with environmentalists over the dangers of data centers — and politicians are listening
Office sector continues to heal as vacancy rates fall and listing prices rise
CommercialCafe finds that 19 of the nation’s 25 largest markets saw year-over-year decreases in vacancy rates
Watch out, Big Apple! St. George is a growing commercial real estate powerhouse
NAR’s 2026 commercial real estate demand index ranks the southwest Utah metro as enjoying the most economic momentum of any city in the nation
Why wholesale lending needs smoother broker-lender handoffs
As workflows fragment after submission, brokers and lenders face growing pressure to improve continuity
The new rules for protecting real estate investors
The mortgage industry’s operational reboot is underway
Stable rates creating new openings in distressed sales
Home repair and renovation costs poised to surge amid Iran war pressures
Annual decline in first-quarter remodeling costs belies a rapid increase from the end of 2025
Home flippers see first rise in profit margins in two years
Total flipped-home sales were almost 9% lower than a year ago, however, as real estate investors adjust to a tricky market
Blockchain blockbuster: Top execs tout Figure-Kiavi deal
Kiavi to gain a wholesale distribution channel as Figure uses agentic AI to write a uniform language for non-agency capital markets
Home seller profit margins sink to five-year low
But after years of outsized returns, sellers still cashed in big during the first quarter
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New-home mortgage demand continues slide in July
Higher financing costs translate to weaker application and sales activity: MBA
Single-family housing starts drop to lowest level since 2022
Home building slowdown worsened in July as experts point to entrenched sector weakness
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Regional divides emerge as flippers in Texas and Florida face supply-side competition and price softening
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Slow demand, trade uncertainty and shifting capital fuel market in flux
Federal judge blocks HUD plan to end funding for fair housing groups
A court ruling preserves grant funding for front-line organizations that investigate and fight housing discrimination
Data centers are a CRE cash cow. Midterm politics may change the investment calculus.
Rural conservatives are finding common ground with environmentalists over the dangers of data centers — and politicians are listening
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