Brown Harris Stevens names Maggie Ross to lead Brooklyn sales

Brown Harris Stevens (BHS) is welcoming Maggie Ross as its new managing director of sales for the firm’s Brooklyn operation, according to an announcement on Wednesday.  Prior to accepting this position at BHS, Ross was an associate real estate broker at Compass.  In her new role at BHS, Ross will be

Atlanta’s No. 3 RealTrends Verified small team launches DOSSIER with Side

The No. 3 RealTrends Verified ranked small team in Atlanta is making the move to Side. On Wednesday, Harvin Greene announced that she and her eponymous team would be leaving Dorsey Altson Realtors to set up DOSSIER, a new boutique firm at white-label brokerage Side.  In 2024, the Harvin Greene team

Shapiro unveils a $1B plan to ‘go big’ on housing and zoning reform

With housing affordability front and center nationally, Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro proposed a $1 billion program to build more housing across the state. Shapiro’s Critical Infrastructure Fund – nested within his broader $53.26 billion budget recommendation – would support housing and

Champion Homes beats expectations with varied product mix, brand power

Champion Homes (SKY), a Michigan-based manufactured, modular, and mobile homes builder, posted better-than-expected results during a difficult homebuilding sales environment. Amid a challenging market, the builder is leveraging its strong reputation and continually expanding product line to grow its

John R. Wood Christie’s International Real Estate taps Anna-Marie Ellison for sales leadership

Anna-Marie Ellison is on the move again, this time joining the leadership team at John R. Wood Christie’s International Real Estate. In a post on LinkedIn on Wednesday, the firm announced that Ellison would serve as its new vice president of sales. According to the brokerage’s announcement, Ellison

Reverse mortgage line of credit remains underused — but advisers may be receptive

Ryan Ponsford, a veteran financial adviser with more than 25 years of experience in wealth management, real estate and lending, is unequivocal: “The reverse mortgage line of credit is one of the most misunderstood, underutilized tools in retirement planning today.”   “The scary part — put five rever

Estimates for insured losses from Winter Storm Fern top $4 billion

Data and analytics firm Verisk said that insured losses to property and automobiles from Winter Storm Fern could reach $4 billion, according to an initial analysis released by the company on Tuesday. Another estimate from Karen Clark & Co. (KCC) is even higher. KCC reported that privately insured lo

Illinois bill targets private real estate listings with new disclosure rules

Lawmakers in Illinois are reestablishing their position in the real estate industry’s private listings debate.  On Wednesday, State Representative Lillian Jiménez introduced a bill into the state’s House of Representatives seeking to amend the state’s Real Estate License Act of 2000. Rep. Jiménez sp

Lone Wolf launches integration hub to connect real estate brokerage tech and eliminate data silos

Lone Wolf Technologies has introduced a centralized platform designed to expand software integrations and data connectivity across its real estate technology ecosystem. The company announced the launch of its API Portal — providing brokers, teams, agents and technology partners with access to applic

Rocket Mortgage alleges $194,000 loss in broker fraud lawsuit

Rocket Mortgage has sued a California mortgage brokerage and one of its executives, alleging they knowingly submitted fraudulent loan applications that concealed borrowers’ debts and caused financial losses after the loans were sold to investors. In a complaint filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Cou

Advocus National Title expands leadership team

Advocus National Title Insurance Co. has expanded its national leadership team as it moves to scale its underwriting platform across the country. The attorney-focused title insurance underwriter said the leadership changes are intended to support national growth while maintaining its long-standing e

Divesting Homes.com would cause ‘irreparable harm’: CoStar

The pressure of even more activist investors does not appear to be enough to cause CoStar Group to change its stance on Homes.com.  The Andy Florance-led firm responded to a letter sent by activist investors at D.E. Shaw & Co., LP. in a press release on Thursday, in which the company reiterated its

Offsite building faces scalability hurdles as Builders First Source expands

Offsite construction is often hailed as the panacea for housing shortages and labor constraints. In practice, it faces the realities of a cyclical, regional business. Builders who buy these companies outright often end up tying capital to rigid factories that can’t flex with demand. Recent experienc

Washington seeks to reset ground-floor retail rules for residential buildings

A fight over ground-floor retail mandates could become one of the most consequential zoning debates of 2026, with Washington state lawmakers moving to curb mandatory storefronts in new residential buildings. A bill in the Washington state Senate would flip the script on commercial zoning, requiring

Long & Foster’s next chapter: Lacey Conway eyes growth, capture and consolidation

The past couple of years have been a whirlwind for industry veteran Lacey Conway. In the spring of 2024, her family firm Latter & Blum, of which she had been serving as CEO, was acquired by Compass, where she would later go on to serve as the executive vice president of mergers and acquisitions. Con

The best offense is a leaner, meaner next drive: Century’s playbook

With a third or so of the public homebuilders’ first 2026 earnings cycle complete, the theme and variations – guidance misses, land impairments, margin compressions, even a net-negative-earnings or two, with the rare upside surprise – confirm it’s one of the most grinding, grueling selling environme

Georgia legislation would curb HOA foreclosures as senior fights loss of his house

Three Georgia state representatives have introduced legislation aimed at stripping homeowners associations (HOAs) of their ability to foreclose on homes while and giving residents a direct vote on whether to dissolve their associations. State Reps. Sandra Scott, Viola Davis and Kim Schofield introdu

More activist investors push CoStar to exit Homes.com business

Investors at D.E. Shaw & Co., L.P. are joining Third Point Investments in calling for CoStar to either divest or shut down Homes.com.  On Wednesday, Edwin Jager and Michael O’Mary, two managing directors at D.E. Shaw, sent an open letter to CoStar Group’s board or directors, expressing their “contin

Out-of-pocket health care costs eat up retirees’ income

Out-of-pocket health care costs continue to take a sizable bite out of retirees’ finances — even as Medicare coverage expands and recent policy changes aim to reduce drug costs, according to a new brief published by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. Using data from the 2018-2022

What’s fueling the mortgage M&A wave creating mega-lenders?

Terry Schmidt believes she surprised the mortgage industry. Schmidt, the director and CEO of Guild Mortgage Co., was referring to the June 2025 announcement that the company would be acquired by Bayview Asset Management. The transaction officially closed in November. “Many found that this was very s