Firefighters battle flames during the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles on Jan. 7, 2025.Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg Processing Content Key insight: At least 12 states have passed laws requiring banks to pay interest on escrow accounts in a complex legal battle over federal preemption of state laws. What’s at stake: The case deepens a federal circuit court […]
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One of 2026’s latest acquisition deals involves two companies eyeing growth — one through addition and the other via the sale of assets, allowing it to focus on its core mission since inception. Processing Content The May deal between Valon Technologies and Carrington Mortgage Services spotlights two running themes in the current wave of mergers
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Processing Content Key insight: The Federal Reserve’s bylaws — or lack thereof — mean that the Fed chair’s actual powers are largely undefined and based on precedent, norms and persuasion. Forward look: The possibility of a Democratic appointee after the next presidential election could create the conditions for a power struggle on what has long
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A home is more than a financial asset. It is where families build stability, save for the future and pass opportunity to the next generation. For many Americans, it is the largest investment they will ever make. That investment depends on a strong, transparent system that is accountable to the people it serves. When a
Flashback Shortly after Sheryl Palmer became chief executive officer of Taylor Morrison in 2007, I met with her in Scottsdale, Arizona, to discuss a challenge that would have intimidated many experienced homebuilding leaders. The company she had inherited was not merely navigating the early stages of what would become the worst housing downturn in modern
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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro declared he intended to go big on housing. On Monday, at least one piece of that ambition cleared the state House with a bipartisan vote, setting up a tougher sell in the Republican-controlled Senate. The House passed House Bill 2186, requiring municipalities statewide to allow one accessory dwelling unit per residential
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BOXABL is moving beyond its flagship Casita accessory dwelling unit with a Phase 2 product lineup that uses three standardized modules to configure more than 20 different home and apartment types, the company announced Tuesday. The Las Vegas-based modular manufacturer launched a beta online catalog and configurator on its developer webpage that shows how the
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Cloze announced Cloze Forge at the 1000WATT Signal conference on Tuesday. It’s a new platform allowing real estate brokerages to build and deploy fully branded digital tools without needing an internal development team. Cloze says Forge enables firms to “vibe-code” custom apps through its Forge Studio tool, powered by Cloze’s unified brokerage data layer, including
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Utah-based Cole West named Chris Winter as the company’s new president of homebuilding to help facilitate the developer’s expanding footprint across Utah, according to a company announcement. Winter will oversee Cole West’s homebuilding operations in both Northern and Southern Utah, according to the company announcement. He previously led the firm’s Southern Utah homebuilding division and
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The past week saw two companies traditionally associated with the real estate industry make a splash in the homebuilding space. Things kicked off on Friday with CoStar Group’s $800 million all-cash acquisition of Zonda, a data company that tracks land development, construction activity, home sales and builder operations in North America. The action continued over
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