Georgia lawmakers left the state’s main construction incentive for affordable housing untouched this year. And they offered no new relief from rising property tax valuations on apartments that rely on the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program. Senate Bill 476 served as a centerpiece of a Republican push to finance income tax cuts. The bill […]
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Seattle-based Friday Harbor, an AI-powered mortgage underwriting platform, has hired two mortgage industry veterans, naming Kate Schilling as director of sales and Melina Stayton as customer success manager, the company announced Monday. Schilling brings more than 13 years of mortgage experience to the newly created sales role. Stayton adds nearly 15 years of banking and
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Over the past year, consolidation has consumed the real estate industry, with many questioning if mid-sized regional independent firms would be able to survive, let alone contend in this emerging environment dominated by national monoliths like eXp Realty and Compass International Holdings. The 2026 RealTrends Verified Rankings, however, make these concerns seem irrelevant. Independent brokerages
The Jackson Arnett Group, a top-producing luxury real estate team in Rancho Santa Fe, has joined Douglas Elliman Realty in Rancho Santa Fe and North County coastal San Diego after more than seven years at Compass, the brokerage announced Monday. Led by Delorine Jackson and Ian Arnett, who both serve clients along side agent Bayley
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The housing market doesn’t turn all at once. But over the past decade, one pattern has shown up again and again: Housing cycles tend to unfold in a recognizable sequence, and the earliest signals appear when pricing behavior and buyer response start to diverge. That’s the real playbook for navigating today’s housing market. Housing cycles
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RealTrends Verified’s 2026 brokerage rankings reveal clear momentum for technology-fueled challengers, with The Real Brokerage and LPT Realty again emerging as significant movers. The Real Brokerage, led by CEO Tamir Poleg, held steady at No. 5 by sales volume with $65.2 billion. But the company’s more notable achievement came in transaction sides, where it jumped
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As consolidation reshapes the mortgage landscape, Bayview Asset Management’s acquisition of Guild Mortgage is emerging as a case study in how to scale without disruption, particularly in the often-misunderstood reverse mortgage space. In a conversation with HousingWire‘s Reverse Mortgage Daily, Jim Cory, managing director of reverse mortgages at Guild Mortgage and co-chair of the board
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Mortgage servicers and their partners need dashboards for speed and transparency. Interactive dashboards are a practical application of business intelligence (BI) technology, designed to make data accessible and actionable for day-to-day decisions. Microsoft Power BI and similar platforms allow users to filter, drill, and visualize data in an interactive way. Many leading dashboard platforms also
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Is housing inventory about to go negative? Since mid-June 2025 I’ve been writing that housing market dynamics have shifted, which we could already see in our HousingWire data while it might take other sources six to nine months to show that. This shift should create some negative year-over-year inventory in 2026 and if the Iran
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America’s workers are clinging to their jobs at a decade-low quit rate of 2%, driven by fear rather than fulfillment, new data shows. The research from Economist Enterprise surveyed 2,063 full-time employed Americans ages 18 to 62 across industries, including energy, manufacturing, media, financial services and government. It found that 62% of workers now prioritize
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