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Why Taylor Morrison’s integration playbook matters in builder M&A

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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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Opinion: Congress should protect property rights, not shift title risk to consumers and lenders

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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

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Pennsylvania ADU bill clears House, heads to Senate

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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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Why CoStar, Berkshire Hathaway are betting big on homebuilding

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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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Cole West promotes Chris Winter to President of Homebuilding

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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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Cloze Forge platform lets real estate firms ‘vibe code’ custom tools

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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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BOXABL expands offerings with ‘kit-of-parts’ modular platform

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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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Onity approved to sell reverse MSRs to Finance of America

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Onity Group Inc. won regulatory approval for a revised sale of most of its reverse mortgage servicing rights to Finance of America (FOA), the company said Tuesday. Under the new agreement, Onity will sell MSRs on about 20,000 Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs) with an unpaid principal balance of $5.1 billion as of March 31.

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Windermere promotes founding family member Lucy Wood to regional director

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Windermere Real Estate has promoted Lucy Wood to regional director for western Washington and Oregon, placing her in charge of the company’s largest operating region. The appointment expands Wood’s leadership responsibilities across more than 170 offices and strengthens the company’s presence throughout the Pacific Northwest, leaders said. Headquartered in Seattle, Windermere operates more than 300

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Mortgage rates at 6.71% as purchase demand holds up

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Rates for 30-year conforming mortgages stayed above 6.7% this week, but housing market activity has been resilient as weekly pending sales and purchase loan demand are up slightly compared to this time last year. At HousingWire’s Mortgage Rates Center on Tuesday, 30-year conforming loan rates averaged 6.71%, while rates for 30-year jumbo loans averaged 6.73%

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