HousingWire Mortgage Rankings: The playbook for the top-producing LOs of 2025

Jarret Coleman is not on social media posting about interest rate moves or explaining mortgage concepts to the public — a model successfully adopted by some of his peers. Instead, the Greenwich, Connecticut-based loan officer for US Bank takes a more traditional approach to his business. “I started

Immigration policy, economic uncertainty reshaping housing market

The U.S. housing market is facing unprecedented shifts as immigration enforcement tightens, domestic migration patterns evolve and consumer confidence sours, according to a Tuesday webinar hosted by John Burns Research & Consulting (JBRC). The presentation, “The State of US Demographics and Consumer

Keller Williams names Jason Abrams chief industry and strategy officer

Jason Abrams moves to new Keller Williams role as chief industry and strategy officer. Keller Williams Realty has named Abrams, a longtime executive and educator, as chief industry and strategy officer, charged with the company’s global learning platform and enterprise-wide initiatives, the company

Mortgage rates move higher as inflation fears grow

Mortgage rates continued to rise this week, placing more strain on a 2026 spring housing market that was expected to be robust but is now fighting an uphill battle against a slowing economy. Mortgage News Daily reported Monday that 30-year fixed rates averaged 6.55%. That was up 6 basis points from

ERA President Alex Vidal doubles down on M&A as core growth engine

ERA Real Estate has quietly transformed mergers and acquisitions (M&A) from a tactical growth tool into a pillar of franchise recruitment strategy — closing 24 deals worth more than $1.5 billion in sales volume across 2024 and 2025. Many of these deals were initiated not by legacy franchisees but by

Growing micro markets were a single-family outlier in late 2025

Single-family home construction declined across every major geography in the second half of 2025 except for sparsely populated micro counties, according to the latest Home Building Geography Index (HBGI) from the National Association of Home Builders. The HBGI, released March 30 and delayed by last

The 94% problem: What real estate agents aren’t being told about MLS success rates

A widely circulated statistic is shaping how agents talk to sellers — but the math behind it tells a very different story. Across the industry right now, many agents are being given a simple, powerful talking point: “94% of our sold homes were sold on the MLS.” On the surface, it sounds like a stron

The AI-native mortgage: Supporting intelligent, compliant adoption

Across the U.S., mortgage origination and servicing involve disconnected systems that often rely on manual tasks. It’s an inefficient, costly dynamic that elicits frustration from borrowers and industry participants alike. Now, the application of AI alongside new data and technology is driving a par

The ‘end-to-end’ title tech system has given way to something better

Not long ago, many technology vendors were selling title professionals on a fairly simple idea: one platform, one vendor, every step of the workflow covered. It was an appealing proposition, and a number of providers invested heavily in trying to deliver on it. In fact, some still are. The concept m

What’s Involved in a Transaction?

There’s a lot more to buying and selling real estate than you may realize. It could take a little longer than you’re expecting. The transaction requires meeting several important contract deadlines and extensive communication between everyone involved. There are also several steps designed to protec

What’s Involved in a Transaction?

There’s a lot more to buying and selling real estate than you may realize. It could take a little longer than you’re expecting. The transaction requires meeting several important contract deadlines and extensive communication between everyone involved. There are also several steps designed to protec

Policy turmoil, fiscal uncertainty cause retirement hesitation

Policy uncertainty is pushing older Americans to delay retirement, shift to conservative investments and boost their emergency savings, according to a new survey. The findings published last week by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College show 21% of respondents who’ve yet to retire are

Compass International Holdings names Rory Golod president of growth

Rory Golod has been named president of growth at Compass International Holdings (CIH), the parent company of Compass, Christie’s International Real Estate, @properties and the Anywhere brands. In this newly created role, Golod will be focused on driving agent success across the company’s unified tec

Austin council pushes new zoning laws for missing middle housing

Austin city lawmakers bent on ensuring the Texas capital sustains momentum in a housing supply expansion that cuts into a home shortage and slows price growth took another step last week. Thursday, the Austin City Council approved a new package of land-use changes that would accelerate construction

How the ROAD to Housing Act could improve home affordability

There seem to be very few things that Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill can agree on these days, but one of them is that housing has become increasingly unaffordable for the average American. And with good reason: housing affordability is the worst it’s been in over 40 years – since the 1980

Lennar KB Home synergies could mirror the CalAtlantic playbook

The U.S. homebuilding industry remains more fragmented than outsiders believe, even after years of consolidation. Lennar continues to be one of the biggest builders in the country, but size alone isn’t the main factor anymore; the next advantage comes from blending operational efficiency with custom

How boomer housing dominance is forcing real estate agents to retool

Baby boomers’ decades long control of U.S. housing wealth is not just locking out younger buyers, it’s forcing significant changes to a real estate agent’s job description. Top-producing agents told HousingWire the industry continues to pivot toward multi-generational advisory work. Academic researc

ALTA renews TrustLink as elite provider for 2026

The American Land Title Association (ALTA) has renewed TrustLink as an ALTA Elite Provider for 2026, extending the company’s status in a program that highlights vendors serving title and settlement firms’ operational and compliance needs, according to an ALTA announcement. ALTA’s Elite Provider prog

Citywide Home Mortgage promotes Robert Coomer to chief growth officer

Citywide Home Mortgage, an affiliate of top-10 U.S. mortgage lender Rate, has promoted Robert Coomer to chief growth officer, tasking the veteran executive with accelerating the lender’s national expansion and branch partnership model. Coomer joined Citywide in April 2024 as executive vice president

AI can accelerate real estate transactions — But it can’t replace the professional work that protects property rights

Artificial intelligence is transforming nearly every corner of the housing industry. Real estate professionals are using AI tools to streamline workflows, improve document processing and enhance compliance processes. The title industry is no exception. Title companies across the country are investin