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Many prospective homebuyers are sitting on the sidelines unnecessarily because they overestimate the credit scores, down payments and rate conditions needed to qualify for a mortgage.

Artificial intelligence is often framed as a labor story. Which jobs will it eliminate? How quickly will it scale? Will entire industries be rewritten overnight? That framing overlooks a more immediate and measurable constraint: cost. Not theoretical cost curves or long-term efficiencies, but the re...

Chase Home Lending launches a mortgage rate sale from May 4-17 for purchase and refinance loans, with discounts ranging from 5 to 100 bps.

Mortgage and credit experts explain what buyers, sellers and agents should expect from the Iran war's impact — and what to do now.

New contributor Michael Krein, president of the REO Broker’s Association, says agents need to start paying attention to how credit-stressed consumers are right now.

Strong agents don’t just react when problems arise, coach Verl Workman writes. They align expectations before the stress hits.

MRED going national is not innovation, coach Darryl Davis writes. It is the beginning of the end of the guardrails provided by local MLSs.

Executives at Better.com said the conflict in Iran is causing some borrowers to delay closing on mortgages, prompting the company to lean more heavily on home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) to sustain origination volume.

Rachel Treadwell, Chief Valuations Officer at Nationwide Property and Appraisal Services, shares how hands-on experience shaped her leadership approach and why staying connected to the realities of the field is critical in today’s appraisal environment.

eXp acquired NextHome, adding 500 plus franchisees and a franchise option, and will change its Nasdaq ticker from EXPI to AGNT May 8, 2026.

Rocket Companies has priced the issuance of $1.5 billion in senior notes in an oversubscribed transaction, with proceeds to refinance an existing term loan.

Price-first search can hide financeable homes and surface unworkable ones. A payment-first approach reframes supply as payment-qualified inventory, which could expand usable options and support transaction chains as sellers become buyers.

Buffini and Company names a CRO, COO, and chief ambassador, extending leadership changes after Darin Dawson became CEO.

If AI gave you 10 hours back this week, Jason Waugh asks, what would you do with them? Be sure you're investing those hours where they'll compound.

UWM Holdings Corp. is challenging Two Harbors Investment Corp.’s board after it rejected a $12 per share acquisition proposal in favor of an $11.30  per share deal with CrossCountry Mortgage LLC.

Real’s REMAX acquisition adds $400 million in debt and raises questions on franchise execution, recruiting and durable profitability at scale.

The story of American homebuilding is mostly one of bootstrapped businesses. They mostly get forged in hard circumstances, with a single, almost instantaneous reckoning that there are no shortcuts to success … or even to being around in five years, fighting to achieve it. It requires leaders willing...

Green Brick Partners posted a 28.9% Q1 2026 gross margin as incentives rose to 10.1% and Trophy backlog reached 40%.

Forsythe urged women to not wait until the most comfortable moments to make big moves, and to not be afraid to "build their own tables."

Home builders now have a sharper incentive to pitch to prospective first-time homebuyers in Iowa after lawmakers passed a sweeping property tax overhaul on Sunday, the final day of the legislative session. A provision in the bill replaces a nearly decade-old first-time homebuyer savings program with...