Survey: Down payment concerns delay homeownership for many

Despite strong interest in home-buying, affordability challenges and misconceptions about down payments are deterring many potential buyers, according to a new survey from NeighborWorks America.The nonprofit organization reports that 27% of U.S. adults say they plan to buy a home within the next yea

Century 21 expands in North Carolina with new rural affiliation

Century 21 Real Estate is expanding its footprint in northeastern North Carolina through the affiliation of Carolina Land and Home Realty — a full-service brokerage based in Ahoskie.The office will now operate as Century 21 Land and Home Realty.Broker-owner Clay Revelle, a native of Northampton Coun

LeadingRE adds The Training Academy to preferred vendor program

Leading Real Estate Companies of the World (LeadingRE) has added The Training Academy LLC to its Solutions Group — a curated program of preferred business resources available to its global network of 550 real estate firms.The Training Academy, based in Florida and led by founder Dan Elzer, provides

After departing First American, Kevin Wall lands CEO role at Title Resources Group

Title Resources Group (TRG) has named industry veteran Kevin Wall as its new CEO, effective July 28. Wall will also join the company’s board of directors.J. Scott McCall, the company’s current CEO, will transition to vice chairman of the board.Wall brings more than 30 years of experience in title in

Cornerstone Capital Bank and Tresidio Homes announce joint venture

Cornerstone Capital Bank and Tresidio Homes on Thursday announced the launch of Table Rock Mortgage, a joint venture mortgage brokerage.The new Idaho-licensed brokerage will provide mortgage services to local homebuyers “with goals of promoting affordability and streamlining the mortgage process for

Are seniors getting reduced Social Security or a tax break?

Up to 2 million Americans could see their Social Security payments reduced by 50% in late July as the Social Security Administration (SSA) is cutting payments to recoup the billions of dollars it overpaid to some Americans in recent years.In April, the SSA announced that it would begin recovering ab

What’s in Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ for seniors?

President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is headed back to the House for reconciliation after passing the Senate with a tiebreaking vote from Vice President JD Vance. The 1,116-page multitrillion-dollar bill contains some key changes for older Americans, including a senior bonus tax deduction t

Walker & Dunlop closes $240 million affordable housing fund

Walker & Dunlop has announced the closing of a $240 million Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) fund — the largest in the firm’s history — that’s aimed at supporting the development of affordable housing across 10 states.Fund 124 will finance 18 housing developments totaling 1,701 units in Califor

How many listings have been impacted by Zillow’s new policy?

Zillow’s listing standards policy may have only been in effect for one day, but Eric Johnson, a Boston-based Compass agent and team leader, said he has already seen an impact. “Our team has only received a warning so far, but I personally know several agents whose listings have already been banned,”

Doorify MLS joins Broker Public Portal as strategic investor

Broker Public Portal (BPP) — the industry-led home search initiative backed by real estate brokerages and MLSs — announced that Doorify MLS has joined as its newest strategic investor.Based in Cary, North Carolina, Doorify MLS serves nearly 15,000 real estate professionals across 16 counties in the

eXp Realty introduces CRM of Choice program

eXp Realty has rolled out a new initiative that allows its agents to choose from multiple customer relationship management (CRM) systems, marking a shift in the company’s approach to technology offerings.The program, called CRM of Choice, offers agents the option to select one of three platforms — B

Do you get déjà vu? The PLS sues NAR — again

If you are familiar with ThePLS.com’s original antitrust suit filed in 2020 against the National Association of Realtors over NAR’s Clear Cooperation Policy (CCP), reading the new suit filed Tuesday might give you déjà vu. In its 31-page complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, the PLS

Housing industry cheers Senate passage of the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

Senate Republicans on Tuesday advanced President Donald Trump’s sprawling “Big Beautiful Bill” in a last-second flurry that required Vice President JD Vance to cast a tie-breaking vote.All 47 Senate Democrats voted against the bill, with Republicans Susan Collins, retiring Thom Tillis and Libertaria

Announcing the 2025 Women of Influence

HousingWire is excited to introduce the winners of its annual Women of Influence award, recognizing 100 women whose achievements are driving the housing industry forward. Now in its 16th year, the award honors leaders across mortgage, real estate and fintech who are making a measurable impact on the

With mortgage rates easing, will the summer housing market heat up?

Mortgage rates have eased slightly in the past week, a welcome sign for housing professionals and their clients. With the summer home-buying season in full swing, the question is whether they’re at a low enough level to keep activity flowing through the Labor Day weekend.On Tuesday, data at HousingW

Argyle announces verification of assets through Finicity

Argyle, a service provider automating income and employment verifications, recently announced the availability of verification of assets (VOA) powered by Mastercard’s open finance technology. A release from Argyle says that the expanded offering allows lenders to confirm borrowers’ balances, cash-to

FHFA Director Bill Pulte says arrested Freddie Mac would-be bomber still contacting him

In a social post on X on Thursday, FHFA Director Bill Pulte said a fired Freddie Mac employee who was arrested in March for threatening to blow up the Freddie Mac building in McLean, Virginia has continued to contact him. It’s Pulte’s first public statement on the incident since the woman’s arrest.P

Moder CTO Joe Trapani: ‘The answer to everything is always data’

Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler recently sat down with Joe Trapani, chief technology officer at Moder, to talk about how he approaches problem solving with tech, the shininess of gen AI and why it’s probably smart to keep humans in the loop for some tasks. Moder was recognized as a 2025 HousingWire Te

eXp’s Glenn Sanford fires back at Compass over private listings

While his firm may not be named as a defendant in Compass’s lawsuit against Zillow, it doesn’t that mean Glenn Sanford, the CEO of eXp World Holdings, doesn’t have thoughts to share. In its complaint, Compass (the nation’s largest brokerage by sales volume) named eXp Realty (the top brokerage by tra

Trump’s assault on DEI hasn’t ended federal efforts to stop appraisal bias

The appraisal industry shed no tears when the Trump administration sought to undo the Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity (PAVE) Interagency Taskforce, the federal effort to investigate racial bias in appraisals implemented by former President Joe Biden.But that doesn’t mean appraisers have seen