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Fed hikes rates, with analysts seeing more tightening ahead

Fed raises benchmark rate to 3.75% to 4% range in response to high inflation and solid employment

HousingWire•Flávia Furlan Nunes1h ago

Student loan match program could add up to $20B annually to retirement accounts

EBRI findings highlight an opportunity for employers and plan sponsors to use student loan matching to close retirement savings gaps

HousingWire•HousingWire Automation2h ago

Mainstay acquires Truelist, raises $18M in financing

Mainstay became an independent company after being carved out of Opendoor in 2024

HousingWire•HousingWire Automation2h ago

Reggora launches HomeInspector.com as free service

Inspectors can collect payment before, during or after an inspection

HousingWire•HousingWire Automation2h ago

OriginPoint hires Austin Reed as producing regional manager

The 13-year mortgage veteran will focus on borrowers and agent partners across the Northeast

HousingWire•HousingWire Automation3h ago

Coldwell Banker Apex expands in Texas with acquisition

The firm's 10,478 transaction sides placed No. 40 nationwide last year

HousingWire•HousingWire Automation3h ago

Why leaders must keep customer expectations at the center during times of change

Value comes from improving agent and consumer experiences, not from chasing disruption headlines

HousingWire•Thomas Downing3h ago

UWM broadens condo financing, rolls out eligibility tool

Lender widens nonwarrantable condo eligibility

HousingWire•Flávia Furlan Nunes4h ago

Pennymac, UWM raise conforming loan limits ahead of FHFA update

Pennymac set a $850,000 one-unit cap, while UWM raised its one-unit limit to $847,440 ahead of the FHFA update

HousingWire•Sarah Wolak4h ago

Mortgage applications dip 4% as rates climb near 7%

The 10-year Treasury rate moved toward 5%, pushing the 30-year fixed to 6.97%, its highest level since May 2025

HousingWire•Sarah Wolak4h ago

Federal court denies Zillow injunction, sends MRED claims to arbitration

Illinois judge also paused Zillow’s claims against Compass pending arbitration results

HousingWire•Brooklee Han9h ago

Warranty standardization can unlock trapped building benchmarks

Better measurement can look worse to markets, which weakens incentives to normalize and share benchmarks

HousingWire•Scott Finfer10h ago

A case for permit shot clocks builds as approval durations drag out

Researchers tracked 1.1 million permits from 2000 to 2025, showing approvals, not construction, drive much of the delay

HousingWire•Richard Lawson11h ago

Beyond the back office: Finding margin in field operations

How builder-trade coordination, real-time field visibility and AI construction scheduling can reduce costly friction across the supply chain

HousingWire•Hyphen Solutions12h ago

Is non-QM a modern-day Cinderella mortgage investment?

BofA Securities sees $100B in securitization issuance after record $20.9B non-QM RMBS in Q3 2025

HousingWire•Suha Zehl12h ago

Beyond the national number: What builders need to know about today’s insurance market

S&P GMI shows 1.8% approved rate change through July 2026, while NAIC data points to uneven pressure by region

HousingWire•Christi Burkhardt12h ago

AI can read the mortgage file, but who decides which facts are true?

Conflicting payroll, LOS, tax and bank data push lenders to define when evidence is supported or unresolved

HousingWire•Gerald Green12h ago

Is your title production process creating the problem?

Four ways title companies can reduce workflow friction, improve efficiency and get more from the technology they already have

HousingWire•SoftPro12h ago

Leah Price moves on from Better, will join UWM’s tech team

Price joined Better in June 2025 after leading fintech work at FHFA and Figure Technologies

HousingWire•Sarah Wolak21h ago

State AGs urged to probe Zillow, pocket listings, referral fees

Letter to NAAG cites the Zillow-Redfin settlement, pocket listings, and “Contact Agent” routing as key targets

HousingWire•Brooklee Han22h ago