Buying a home now beat waiting in 61% of scenarios, AD Mortgage study finds

AD Mortgage compared buying a home now versus waiting across all states during a three-year period

GSEs open VantageScore 4.0 to all single-family lenders

Lenders cannot mix Classic FICO and VantageScore 4.0 on the same file

REMAX adds Missoula affiliate with REMAX Confluence

Broker owner DJ Smith launches with nine agents and plans to recruit in western Montana counties

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices adds Nevada leadership

Hagan spent nearly 15 years with Coldwell Banker Realty in Illinois

UWM drops high-balance LLPAs, extends Bullseye 90 pricing

Bullseye 90 now includes eligible jumbo loans

Can tech keep agents out of trouble for listing mistakes?

LiDAR measurements and 3D tours can back up square footage and limit misleading AI edited listing photos.

Florida’s housing market looks shaky. Orlando tells a more complicated story

For buyers outside the vacation segment, affordability remains a central concern

Truss Financial scales hybrid model with new direct lending platform

Truss is adding in-house underwriting and funding to cut turn times

FSBO.com rolls out tech platform to streamline home purchase agreements

Developed from technology first built at Homepie, PACT is part of FSBO.com’s broader effort to digitize transactions from listing through closing

George Morales on proprietary reverse mortgages and MISMO standards

The MISMO reverse workgroup chair says standardization is meant to reduce tech barriers for lenders entering the space

Why the best master-planned communities are designed around everyday life

Lasting value comes from a connected framework of streets, parks, trails, schools and daily routines

Housing year-over-year comps need context for the rest of 2026

Last week’s data was really impacted by comparisons to Labor Day weekend in 2025

Trump threatens trade halt if Fed does not cut rates

President urged the Federal Reserve to cut rates after August payrolls rose by 162K and unemployment held at 4.1%

Fay Group acquires VanDyk Mortgage to expand conforming loan footprint

Deal brings Fannie, Freddie and Ginnie execution plus MSR book

ICE raids strain homebuilder labor, cycle times, and bank lines

ICE arrests rose from 32,545 in May to 49,571 in July; homebuilders cite delays, higher bids, and missed closings in some markets

Why mortgage rates barely budged after jobs report beat estimates

A lot is priced into the markets now, as the bond market did the heavy lifting for the Fed

Pulte says FHFA weighing bi-merge, single credit report

FHFA opens door to VantageScore for all lenders

August payrolls rise 162,000, Fed rate hike odds in focus

Construction added 22,000 jobs, real estate lost 3,200, and economists pointed to inflation as the next catalyst.

Hyperlocal micromarkets may be the next big housing data shift

AI can analyze faster, but market definition and entity resolution still decide which properties belong in the dataset.

Investor share slips to 27% of single-family purchases, Cotality says

Cotality counted 273,000 investor buys in Q2, about 40,000 fewer than a year earlier