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Auction.com’s 2026 Buyer Outlook shows buyers of distressed homes at their most bearish levels in five years on home prices and rents.

New data shows that homes in family-friendly neighborhoods cost 42 percent more on average, highlighting how demand for top schools, safety and amenities is reshaping affordability across U.S. housing markets.

The deal pairs Opendoor's closing infrastructure with Doma's AI title automation, including a Fannie Mae pilot program, extended through 2027, that has eliminated title insurance requirements for about 80 percent of eligible refinance transactions.

Economist Lisa Sturtevant says the U.S. housing market isn’t heading for a crash but a gradual correction as affordability pressures and economic uncertainty reshape buyer and seller behavior.

<p>Three of the most closely watched voices in the housing market are telling broadly similar stories; modest national growth, a persistent north-south divide, and an outlook that would look more optimistic were it not for a geopolitical shock that no one had pencilled in. The ONS publishes the offi...

<p>More than one in five homebuyers in the UK are experiencing transaction times of at least six months from offer acceptance to completion, according to new research. A survey of 1,000 homeowners found that 22% of buyers saw the process extend beyond six months.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www...

<p>Wallers Estate Agents Limited has ceased trading and entered liquidation, leaving approximately £60,000 in outstanding debts to creditors. The family-run agency operated from Oxford and Swindon before closing permanently last year.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.propertywire.com/news/oxford...

<p>Technology providers are updating property management software to help letting agents comply with the Renters' Rights Act. MRI Software has announced platform enhancements supporting bulk tenancy conversions, rent review management and digital tenant request workflows.</p> <p>The post <a href="ht...

Mortgage applications fell 0.8% as the 30-year fixed rate dipped to 6.51%, with refis down 3% and purchases up 1%.

Roughly 45% of all listings in Arizona and 44% in Florida now carry price reductions — far exceeding the 34.4% national average.

AI is shifting negotiating power from lenders to borrowers at scale. The institutions that restructure their workflows and tools to meet that reality will grow. The ones that don’t will feel it in pull-through rates before they understand why. For most of mortgage’s recent history, information asym...

The FTC sued Zillow and Redfin last September over a major rental syndication deal. A new filing shows the portals have provided hundreds of thousands of documents for the case.

<p>Data shows only 1.04% of landlords exited the buy-to-let market in the last year, despite widespread concerns about regulatory changes and rising costs. Industry figures question whether recent headlines reflect the sector's reality as the Renters' Rights Act approaches implementation.</p> <p>The...

National housing trends are holding steady, but local markets are splitting as price cuts rise, demand slows and transactions become harder to close.

RenoFi hires Brandon Silvia as national production leader to scale renovation lending and recruit originators nationwide.

Rancho Mission Viejo has tapped Trumark Homes, Lennar and Shea Homes to build 232 homes in the final all-age phase of the Village of Rienda, effectively capping new market-rate supply at the Orange County master plan until 2027, according to a company announcement. The move comes after Rienda logged...

UWM offers a 50-bps purchase incentive for locked loans from April 8-14, with a 700 FICO score minimum and key product exclusions.

New broker-lender agreements are reshaping how reverse mortgage companies work together while taking aim at one of the industry's most persistent problems: churning.

Public comment will be accepted for 60 days after the proposal is published in the Federal Register in the coming days.

The Washington State Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) filed a statement of charges against Newrez, alleging repeated mortgage servicing violations between 2021 and 2026.