The influencer’s edge: Thriving in real estate during times of change
In the wake of the landmark Sitzer/Burnett commission lawsuit case, the real estate world is in turmoil. As industry players scramble to assess the fallout, there’s...
Modular homebuilding startup Veev on the verge of bankruptcy
Veev, a promising modular homebuilding company that’s raised $600 million, could close after a plan for a capital raise failed, according to reporting out of Israel.
There...
Has your banking partner come of age?
HousingWire recently spoke with David Bernard, senior managing director of Specialized Mortgage Services at Western Alliance Bank, Member FDIC, about warehouse lending and how the warehouse...
Why aren’t there more new homes for sale?
In a country of more than 335 million people, with 157 million of those people working, we still only have 76,000 new homes available for sale...
New Georgia copycat commission lawsuit names Atlanta-area firms
The copycat commission lawsuits have spread to the Southeast. On Wednesday, home seller plaintiffs in northern Georgia filed a class-action antitrust lawsuit accusing real estate industry...
Mortgage rate dip a welcome reprieve, but more industry consolidation is ahead: Piper Sandler
Mortgage rates have pulled back in recent weeks giving consumers and loan originators some breathing room, but headwinds in the industry are far from over.
The decline...
New home sales disappoint in October, prices fall
New home sales fell on a month-over-month basis in October, but continued to outpace last year’s levels. Meanwhile, low supply and high mortgage rates continued to...
Gary Keller accused of embezzlement in updated racketeering lawsuit complaint
Nearly three months after filing an initial complaint accusing Gary Keller and Keller Williams of inflating key profitability metrics including company sales and profits to convince...
Relitix’s Agent Movement Index shows continued real estate agent recruiting slowdown
Real estate agents are continuing to stay put, moving much less between brokerages than the post-pandemic peak seen in the summer of 2021, according to the...
What will lower mortgage rates do to spring housing inventory?
Purchase application data
Now that mortgage rates have fallen from a bit over 8% toward 7.32%, we can see the immediate impact as purchase application data was...