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Wall Street’s home vacancy rate is more than double Main Street’s
National vacancies remain below historical norms, despite institutional investors hoarding empty properties
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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

Wall Street’s home vacancy rate is more than double Main Street’s
National vacancies remain below historical norms, despite institutional investors hoarding empty properties
‘Godfather’ of RTL securitizations breaks down Velocity’s $63M Toorak deal
Toorak founder John Beacham discusses what the move means and why his company decided to sell
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

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
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
Midwest bullishness offsets subdued investor confidence
Survey findings show investors brushing off Iran war impacts as conflict drags on
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
Renovation lending lingering bright spot in dour home building outlook
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Toorak founder John Beacham discusses what the move means and why his company decided to sell
Consumer sentiment ends August well below year-ago levels
War, inflation and trade tensions weigh on economic outlooks, says latest U Michigan survey
Job growth in 2025 downgraded in annual BLS revision
Last year was the weakest for job creation in more than two decades, according to the Labor Department
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