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- UHG goes private: Daiwa House’s Stanley Martin strikes $221M deal February 23, 2026In the two-thousand-mid-teens, you would not have needed a crystal ball to predict that three Japan-based vertically integrated real estate powerhouses would each rank among the nation’s top 15 enterprises. That’s because each of those three organizations – Daiwa House, Sekisui House and Sumitomo Forestry – having established beachheads in the U.S. homebuilding and residential […]John McManus
- C2 Financial pushes for nationwide growth, top broker ranking February 23, 2026C2 Financial plans to boost volume beyond 10,000 loans and $5.5 billion, using AI, recruiting and expansion from 42 states to 50.Sarah Wolak
- The hidden housing cost Washington can’t ignore: real estate fraud February 23, 2026Fraud risk is a housing affordability factor, with 2024 losses near $175m and average claims above $143,000, per FBI data.Chris Morton
- Fix-and-flip investor sentiment climbs even as 2025 activity declines February 23, 2026Fix-and-flip investor optimism rose sharply, yet Q4 2025 sales volume dropped to the lowest since 2015, a recent survey found.Sarah Wolak
- Spreads play the superhero as mortgage rates move below 6% again February 23, 2026After a weekend of crazy headlines and a stock sell-off on Monday morning, bond yields are close to hitting 4% again, but mortgage rates are back under 6% once again, which is the multiyear low in recent history.Logan Mohtashami
- VoicePilot lets CAR members draft forms by voice February 23, 2026CAR is rolling out Ethica AI’s VoicePilot via REBS, enabling agents to draft select CAR forms by voice inside zipForms workflows.Brooklee Han
- Where does HUD’s potential reverse mortgage revamp stand? February 23, 2026Nearly two months after three federal housing agencies wrapped up an extended public comment period about the future of two federal reverse mortgage programs, industry stakeholders are waiting to learn what they’ll do next.Neil Pierson
- Compass launches referral program for listing agents’ buyer leads February 23, 2026New Compass program pays listing agents a 10% fee for referring buyer inquiries from their listings to colleagues.Brooklee Han
- City Lending to shut down amid regulatory strain, market consolidation February 23, 2026Virginia-based mortgage lender City Lending Inc. is winding down operations as regulatory burdens and ongoing industry consolidation weigh on independent mortgage banks.Flávia Furlan Nunes
- Single credit bureau pulls: Look before you leap February 23, 2026As momentum builds to replace tri-merge credit reports with a single-bureau pull for GSE loans, lenders should weigh the real tradeoff between lower upfront costs and weaker risk detection that can ripple into pricing, liquidity and repurchase exposure.Taylor Stork