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Higher-for-longer interest rates may yield further growth in ARM lending share
Adjustable-rate mortgages have become essential to qualifying borrowers in high-cost, luxury and high-end markets: Cotality
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Senate Democrats lead effort to exempt home building materials from Trump tariffs
The Housing Tariff Exclusion Act earns broad support from the home building industry
Economic headwinds dragged down residential construction spending in 2025
The resale and new-home markets appear poised for continued recalibration this year

Midwest emerges as rental cash cow in barren market for real estate investors
As investor margins tighten, wage growth and home price gains are under scrutiny
Out-of-market interest has redrawn the map of homebuyer demand
Regional markets on the front lines of AI adoption are seeing a surge in out-of-market buyer demand
Home flippers bullish despite tougher pricing climate
Lower rates and steadier inventory support confidence, even as 4 in 10 flippers cut prices in the fourth quarter

Seven tectonic tech shifts that transformed the mortgage industry
Inside the innovations that moved an industry from manila folders to cloud-powered platforms



Know the keys to unlocking CERCLA defenses

How lenders can stand out with earned media


A real estate investor ban would yank the price floor out of the housing market
In a post-pandemic homebuying environment few can afford, single-family real estate investors are helping an entire mortgage market hold on to profitability
Single-family rent growth deteriorates for fifth straight month in November
Rents for the least expensive price tier averaged no annual growth, while luxury rentals held up
Small landlords control the buy-for-rent market, not the mega-investors targeted by Trump
Investors owning fewer than 11 rentals bought over 1 million homes through the first three quarters of 2025
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Trump administration tariff policies ‘not apparent in material costs’ says analytics firm Verisk
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