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Mortgage News DailyOctober 28, 2026
The other day I went to Costco, and for $5.99 bought a pumpkin pie the size of a hubcap. What inflation? Costco’s hot dog/soda combo or the rotisserie chicken are loss leaders, but actual gasoline,…
HousingWireOctober 28, 2026
She led a 140 agent office that produced more than $730 million in closed volume in the past 12 months
HousingWireOctober 28, 2026
Purchase applications rose 4% week over week, while the refinance index was 61% lower than 1 year ago
HousingWireOctober 28, 2026
Earnings call emphasized Fannie's work to support affordable homeownership
HousingWireOctober 28, 2026
News Corp Australia nominated Eales, the Move Inc. CEO, with a shareholder vote slated for REA’s 2027 AGM
HousingWireOctober 28, 2026
Court said permit seekers are the intended beneficiaries of the 60-day ministerial duty
HousingWireOctober 28, 2026
Amended federal complaint asks a judge to affirm that public listing cooperation rules comply with antitrust law
HousingWireOctober 28, 2026
Public bid tabs show about a 3x spread for the same concrete flatwork item, from $4.50 to $13.68 per square foot
HousingWireOctober 28, 2026
Survey results show 34% delayed exploring homeownership over credit assumptions, and 52% want rent and utility payments counted
Mortgage News DailyOctober 27, 2026
Boring, Sideways Day. Does Wednesday's Fed Announcement Even Matter? Neocloud concerns continued to experience a small correction/consolidation after last week's surge. Interest rates could have…
Mortgage News DailyOctober 27, 2026
It was a remarkably calm day for the mortgage market on two separate levels. First off, the average lender set this morning's rates right in line with yesterday's latest levels. Additionally, there…
NAHB Eye on HousingOctober 27, 2026
High mortgage rates and economic uncertainty continued to keep potential home buyers on the sidelines and constrain new home sales in September. New home sales declined from August and remained below…
Mortgage News DailyOctober 27, 2026
The ancient Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu said, “Sometimes the best victory is the battle that was not fought.” In a shrinking residential market there are a lot of potential battles, for example:…
Mortgage News DailyOctober 27, 2026
"Neocloud" has entered the commentary. This is shorthand for the market segment in which Coreweave operates. Neocloud companies have been the epicenter of recent concerns in tech that have helped…
NAHB Eye on HousingOctober 27, 2026
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projects that the economy will add 5.9 million jobs from 2025 to 2035, with total employment increasing from 170.3 million to 176.2 million, a gain of 3.5%.…
Mortgage News DailyOctober 26, 2026
Bonds Hold Ground Despite Some Healing in Tech Monday was exceptionally uneventful for the bond market--as is more often than not the case for data-free Mondays without any other major developments.…
Mortgage News DailyOctober 26, 2026
It was an uneventful day for mortgage rates, which is just the sort of thing you want to see when the average lender is just a hair above the lowest levels in more than a month. There were no…
Mortgage News DailyOctober 26, 2026
Lender and Broker Products, Services, and Software Manual document reviews, repeated data entry and time-consuming “stare and compare” tasks slow down back-office processes. ICE Aurora is an…
NAHB Eye on HousingOctober 26, 2026
Nationwide, the share of non-conventional financing for new home sales accounted for 32.4% of the market, according to NAHB analysis of the 2025 Census Bureau Survey of Construction (SOC) data. This…
NAHB Eye on HousingOctober 23, 2026
When asked if remodelers started a project involving an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) over the past twelve months, 24% indicated that they were building an addition for use as an ADU and 23%…
NAHB Eye on HousingOctober 23, 2026
Nearly three-quarters of new single-family homes started in 2025 were built on slab foundations, according to NAHB analysis of the U.S. Census Bureau’s Survey of Construction (SOC). The share of…
NAHB Eye on HousingOctober 22, 2026
The share of new homes with decks inched upward, from an all-time low of 17.4% in 2024 to 17.8% in 2025, according to NAHB tabulation of data from the HUD/Census Bureau Survey of Construction (SOC).…
NAHB Eye on HousingOctober 22, 2026
State-level employment data for September continued to show a mixed labor market, with job gains and losses split across the county. Although national nonfarm payroll employment increased modestly,…
NAHB Eye on HousingOctober 21, 2026
Diversifying the construction labor force remains a key priority amid persistent skilled labor shortages. According to NAHB analysis of the 2024 American Community Survey, non-Hispanic White workers…
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