The U.S. residential housing economy growth will have slowed by 1.1% this year, from 2% in 2024, a result of cost pressures derived from higher tariffs on builder supplies like lumber, labor issues and weaker consumer and homebuilder sentiment about the sector, Fitch Ratings said. Over the next two years, it expects restrained growth rates […]
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Figure Technology Solutions posted a strong quarter in its first public earnings report, including $2.4 billion in home equity line of credit lending. The fintech, which went public in September, recorded $89.8 million in net income for the third quarter, exceeding a Standard & Poor’s consensus estimate of $35 million. That also surpassed its $27.4
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Mortgage application fraud risk increased on an annual basis during the third quarter as one in every 118 applications had indicators of potential misstatements, according to Cotality. When compared with the third quarter of 2024, fraud risk increased by 8.2% but this dropped by 2.7% from the previous quarter, the National Mortgage Application Fraud Risk
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The 50-year mortgage is currently one of the hottest topics in housing, so it is unsurprising that the proposal floated by the Trump administration came up in conversation at the National Association of Realtors (NAR) 2025 NXT conference. In an Advocacy Scoop podcast recording session Thursday evening, the potential of a 50-year mortgage and the
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Price reductions swept through 41.2% of Boise metro listings during the week ending Nov. 7, 2025, as active inventory climbed to 3,335 homes and created a 2.4-month supply in the Idaho capital’s housing market. The surge in seller pricing adjustments coincided with 363 homes leaving the market through absorption, while 248 new properties entered the
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Price reductions swept through 48% of Pittsburgh’s housing inventory during the week ending Nov. 7, 2025, as the metro maintained its position as Pennsylvania’s most affordable major market with a $249,000 median list price. The widespread price adjustments come even as Pittsburgh homes already trade at steep discounts to both state and national levels. The
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The National Association of Realtors (NAR) began its 2025 NAR NXT conference Thursday morning by telling members that it was restructuring the organization based on their feedback and ideas, and on Thursday afternoon, the trade group put its money where its mouth is, soliciting feedback from brokers on how the organization could better serve its
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He wasn’t complaining.He wasn’t catastrophizing.He was being honest. A homebuilding CEO — one of the dozens who write privately in moments of candor — put it this way: “We are far from solving the problem… margins will be in the 18% range if things go well.” Then came the real admission, the one that strips
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The Charlottesville metro housing market has entered neutral territory with 3 months of supply, prompting 41.5% of active listings to reduce their asking prices during the week ending Nov. 7, 2025. Despite the surge in price cuts, the Virginia metro maintains a median list price of $609,890, a 34% premium over the state’s $453,740 median.
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MoxiWorks has introduced RISE, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered real estate marketing platform designed to guide agents through daily tasks rather than relying on manual prompts or traditional CRM workflows. The company said RISE continuously interprets client activity, predicts buyer and seller intent and alerts agents to the contacts and opportunities requiring attention. Leaders said the
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