AD Mortgage on Thursday released its first Mortgage Professionals Pulse Report & 2026 Outlook, which offers a glimpse into broker sentiment, performance, challenges and expectations based on a survey of more than 300 mortgage professionals nationwide. The survey, conducted in late November and early

The sales division of Historic & Distinctive Homes LLC, along with its owner Karen Hoff, will join Coldwell Banker Southern Realty in Nashville. “This is an alignment of two incredible brands that combine deep local market history with the power of the Coldwell Banker Global Luxury network,” said Ja

By the time Lennar executives reached the question-and-answer portion of their fourth-quarter 2025 earnings call this morning, the tone had shifted. From explanation to defense. What had looked, just a quarter earlier, like early clues of stabilization instead revealed a more complicated reality: th

If you’re thinking about getting your real estate license in Oregon, it’s important to know that everyone starts out as a broker. Before you can take the state exam, you’ll need to knock out 150 hours of coursework through an approved Oregon real estate school. Those hours cover everything from cont

The Housing for the 21st Century Act advanced in the House on Wednesday after a markup by the Financial Services Committee, setting the stage for a potential floor vote in early 2026.Lawmakers also unanimously passed a separate bill extending the authorization of the National Flood Insurance Program

CrossCountry Mortgage (CCM) announced Wednesday that it’s welcoming the Victor Alpha Group to the company. Led by the husband-and-wife duo of Patton Gade and Shari Gade, the team brings more than 20 mortgage professionals with military ties to CCM. “This team exemplifies the values that define Cross

Mutual of Omaha Mortgage is marketing a $243.3 million securitization backed by newly originated proprietary reverse mortgages, according to a presale report published Monday by Morningstar DBRS. The transaction is backed by 318 reverse mortgages with about $200.1 million in unpaid principal balance

On Tuesday, Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) updated an August homeownership and household growth report with an addendum that adds a low-immigration scenario.  Under the low-immigration scenario, the number of homeowning households would decline by approximately 88,000 t

Equity Union Real Estate has expanded into California’s Central Coast by adding Team Sweasey, a San Luis Obispo-based real estate team led by Hal Sweasey. Team Sweasey will continue to operate from San Luis Obispo, which will serve as Equity Union’s 13th branch location statewide. Sweasey has more t

Americans searching for homes in 2025 placed greater emphasis on lifestyle features and everyday comfort than on size or luxury, according to Zillow’s annual review of home search behavior. Data from the 2025 Zillow Zeitgeist — which analyzes millions of natural-language searches on the platform — s

Movement Mortgage has a new East Coast growth director, according to a press release from the company on Wednesday. Justin Caplan is taking on the role. He is tasked with leading and supporting market expansion, along with strengthening recruiting and leadership development. Caplan, who has 30 years

Century 21 Real Estate has expanded its presence in Idaho’s Magic Valley through the affiliation of Twin Falls-based Gateway Real Estate. The brokerage — now operating as Century 21 Gateway — has been owned and operated since 2010 by Nathan Lyda, a Twin Falls native. Lyda entered the real estate ind

ERA Real Estate affiliate Sprout Realty ERA Powered announced its acquisition of Dallas-based 24Fifteen Realty, expanding its presence into the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and neighboring Waco, Texas. The acquisition includes two offices and nearly 100 agents. Following the transaction, the brokerag

On March 4, 2025, a windstorm cut across Texas and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of homes. Outside Dallas-Fort Worth, the pattern was the same as the storm swept through one of Lennar‘s new communities: the grid went down, the neighborhood went dark. But 46 homes in that same community—

The Supreme Court will not be taking up Real Estate Exchange (REX)’s appeal of a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in REX’s long-running antitrust suit against the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and Zillow. The nation’s highest court denied REX’s rehearing request in a ruling on Monday.

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) on Tuesday named Bob Hart as president of its ICE Mortgage Technology division. Hart will succeed Tim Bowler, who will transition to ICE’s fixed income and data services division, where he will focus on index development and financial institution infrastructure. The l

Home shoppers in 2025 gravitated toward more affordable, midsized U.S. cities, with Midwestern markets accounting for most of the country’s most popular places to buy, according to new data released by Zillow. Rockford, Illinois, ranked as the most popular housing market in the country, moving up fr

The unemployment rate reached 4.6% today!  Nevertheless, the Federal Reserve perceives current conditions as stable, allowing for a policy stance slightly above neutral since labor market deterioration has not yet occurred. Since late 2022, I have consistently argued that the Fed shifted its approac