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April 2026

Mortgage credit hits three-year high entering spring market

LOAN PRODUCTS, Mortgages, Originations /

Mortgage credit availability reached a three-year high in time for the spring housing market, including a rebound in government-sponsored loan products. Processing Content The Mortgage Bankers Association Thursday also reported modest monthly gains in conforming and jumbo credit in its Mortgage Credit Availability Index for March. The index’s overall 108.3 reading represented a 1.1% gain […]

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AI is making mortgage newsletters personal again

AI is making mortgage newsletters personal again

Marketing, Mortgage technology /

Mortgage leaders have long seen marketing as a prime use case for artificial intelligence, but today’s rapid technology advances are opening opportunities few could have imagined just a few years ago.   Processing Content Thanks to the rapid pace of AI development, mortgage tech providers are responding in kind with marketing platforms today that can

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Should conforming loan limit math change?

LOAN PRODUCTS, Originations, Politics and policy, Secondary markets, Underwriting /

A bill proposing a new way of determining what qualifies as a conforming loan would expand the jumbo market and invite more private capital into mortgage lending — but critics warn it could also push more borrowers into higher-rate loans and worsen an already severe affordability crunch.  Processing Content Rising home prices have swelled the

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Minimum residential lot size dispute heats up in a Texas county

Affordability, Affordable housing, Homebuilders, Policy, Residential Real Estate, The Builder's Daily, Zoning /

A battle has brewed over residential lot sizes in Texas after Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law last year reducing them in the state’s biggest cities. Since the law didn’t apply statewide, Montgomery County, which abuts Houston, is trying again to increase its lot sizes after doing so last March. County planners say the increase

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Tri Pointe Homes unveils its new wellness models in Utah

Architecture, homebuilder, Homebuilder Sentiment, Technology, The Builder's Daily, Utah /

Tri Pointe Homes recently announced the launch of LivingWell, a new wellness concept that expands on its LivingSmart program. The initiative is part of a multilayered strategy to enhance mental and physical health through innovative design focused on performance and human-centered approaches.  The builder started construction on a roughly 7,700-square-foot model home in Utah that

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FNF adds nine senior title and agency professionals across New England

Fidelity, Fidelity National Financial, HWmember, New England, People Movers, Title, Title insurance /

FNF Family of Companies has hired nine experienced professionals across its New England agency operations during the first quarter of 2026, adding senior underwriting and sales capacity in Massachusetts and the broader region, according to an announcement earlier this week. The additions, announced by the company, are intended to strengthen underwriting support, agency relations and

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Recruiting Insight launches agent persona framework for brokerage hiring

Brokerage, HWmember, Real Estate, Real Estate Agents, Real Estate Recruiting /

Recruiting Insight has released a new strategic guide, “Real Estate Personas and Avatars,” designed to help brokerage leaders diagnose agent motivations and tailor recruiting pitches to specific career stages, the company announced Monday. The framework, built from findings in the firm’s 2026 Agent Migration Report, organizes real estate agents into 11 core personas and introduces

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AI killed the real estate agent personal brand — now what?

Agent, Artificial Intelligence, Contributors, HWmember, Opinion, Real Estate, Real Estate Marketing /

Visibility used to win. Now it’s just noise. For the past 20 years, real estate agents have been told the same thing: build your personal brand. Post consistently. Shoot video. Be everywhere. The belief was simple — if people saw you often enough, they would eventually do business with you. And for a while, that

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