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<p>NAHB shows development loan effective rates at 12.59%, while single-family starts fell to an 808,000 pace in July</p>

Weekly pending sales increased to 75,935 versus 69,636, and purchase apps were up 7% year over year despite higher mortgage rates.

<p>England's social housing waiting lists would take 119 years to clear at current construction rates, according to research by Shelter. More than 1.3 million households are waiting for social homes, whilst only 12,198 were built last year.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.propertywire.com/news/...

Non-QM loans are unfairly stigmatized by the 2008 subprime crisis. Today's non-agency lending serves highly creditworthy, self-employed borrowers backed by strict Ability-to-Repay regulations and risk-retention rules.

Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group adopted EOS to strengthen alignment, accountability and issue resolution across mortgage banking functions. The CFO argues disciplined execution and clear priorities are a controllable competitive advantage when rates and markets shift.

<p>Rightmove has disclosed that it expects to incur £2.3 million in legal costs this year relating to a class action lawsuit alleging anti-competitive behaviour. The property portal's operating costs increased by 17% to £77.7 million as it prepares to defend the £1.5 billion claim at a November trib...

<p>Property portal Rightmove has reported a 7% year-on-year revenue increase to £225.8 million for the first half of 2026. The company has deployed 46 strategic AI initiatives, with its AI-enabled valuation tool contributing to a 50% increase in unique leads to estate agents.</p> <p>The post <a href...

Florida&#8217;s new push to accelerate homebuilding is hitting up a familiar wall of resistance in the Naples area: local resistance. Instead of fighting over zoning, the battle is about permitting. Private-provider inspectors say Collier County officials have thwarted third-party inspections requir...

M/I Homes kept spec homes at 78% of Q2 sales, driving 2,387 closings, up 15%, as gross margin slipped to 22.0%.

Compass reported Q2 2026 revenue of $4.3B, net income of $92M, and $180M free cash flow, boosted by Anywhere.

BankSouth Mortgage appoints Erin Dee as SVP and chief innovation officer, focusing on AI and operations as its targets $2B in production.

<p>SEC filings say the current COO will take the president role after the REMAX deal closes in coming weeks.</p>

If the Iran conflict lasts five to six more months, the peak mortgage rate could run 0.375% to 0.435% above 6.75% despite better spreads.

The best social media marketing, Jimmy Burgess writes, is coming from agents who have figured out how to create content that resonates with the people they actually want to serve.

<p>A National Audit Office report has disclosed that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor received rental income from sub-letting three cottages on the Royal Lodge estate. The report also revealed that the King pays rent for accommodation occupied by Mountbatten-Windsor's daughters from his personal funds.</p...

<p>A group of northern Labour MPs is calling on Andy Burnham to replace Council Tax with a Land Value Tax, arguing the current system creates unfair burdens on lower-value properties in the North. The MPs claim Council Tax, based on 1991 property valuations, disproportionately affects northern resid...

<p>A property agent has been ordered to reimburse a buyer £575 in survey costs after failing to disclose that a property was of non-standard construction. The Property Ombudsman ruled that construction type constitutes material information that should have been made available to prospective buyers.<...

<p>LendInvest has completed a £3.51 million development finance facility for the conversion of a former NHS building in Bromley into 16 residential flats, closing the transaction in 6.5 weeks to meet contractual deadlines. The facility was structured at 65% loan-to-gross-development-value over an 18...

First-time homebuyers are being structurally locked out of the market by soaring income requirements and moving-target down payments. Because real estate operates as a chain of sequential transactions, this missing entry-level buyer is the root cause of today's frozen inventory and stalled volume.

A “poor man’s 1031 exchange” uses cost segregation and accelerated depreciation on a new purchase to offset taxable gains from a sale in the same year. The approach can defer taxes but is constrained by timing, passive loss rules, and depreciation recapture.