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The Dream Finders-Beazer situation has now moved beyond a standard merger-and-acquisition negotiation. It has become a live case study in public company governance, board discretion, shareholder rights, and the limits of process as a defense. On the surface, this resembles a familiar public-company ...

A federal judge denied the FTC partial summary judgment bid in the Zillow Redfin antitrust case, with the trial expected to start Aug. 24.

The median sales price rose to a record $440,600 in June — up annually 1.8% and the 36th consecutive month of year-over-year price gains.

Remodeling contractors remained optimistic in the second quarter of 2026 even as material costs and economic uncertainty delayed larger jobs, according to new data from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). The NAHB Remodeling Market Index (RMI) came in at 61 in Q2 2026, down one point f...

VantageScore 5.0 launches as a tri-bureau model using post-2020 data, claiming up to 9% better prediction and steadier scores.

WNC & Associates closed a $210 million national Low-Income Housing Tax Credit fund that will finance 2,015 affordable units in 18 communities across 13 states.

Not every housing policy labeled “affordable” is actually designed to make housing more affordable. That is the central problem with today’s “missing middle” debate. Across the country, duplexes, triplexes, courtyard apartments, townhomes and small multifamily buildings are being promoted as the sol...

Indianapolis-based apartment developer Milhaus started building an apartment project in Manatee County, Florida, under the state’s Live Local Act after securing its funding earlier this year. It may be one of the few to be built in the county, next to Sarasota, under the law, until lawsuits ov...

[Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part article in the aftermath of filings this week from Dream Finders Homes and Beazer Homes, as Dream Finders pursues Beazer as an acquisition target. Here’s the link to Part 1].  The surface question in the Dream Finders Homes–Beazer Homes tak...

Cleora near Salida, Colorado is building 106 3D-printed homes, using robotics to improve speed, resiliency and labor efficiency.

Rate announced on Thursday that more than a dozen loan officers have joined the company from New American Funding.

The Federal Reserve on Thursday outlined a slate of five new task forces led by prominent academics and business leaders. They will scrutinize how the central bank communicates, manages its balance sheet, interprets data, evaluates productivity and jobs, and responds to inflation.

Moves include a streamlined listing submission process, unified consumer display standards, new privacy controls and expanded pre-marketing.

<p>The Financial Conduct Authority opened just one enforcement investigation into mortgage fraud in 2025, according to Freedom of Information data. The figure marks a significant decline from three to four cases per year in previous years.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.propertywire.com/news/u...

<p>The mortgage lending industry has called for policy intervention to address barriers preventing an estimated 3.5 million households from accessing homeownership. IMLA has endorsed research indicating younger generations could face a £1.6 million wealth gap by retirement if excluded from the prope...

<p>The number of new build housing developments listed for sale has fallen to its lowest level since 2017, according to property portal Rightmove. The decline raises questions about the Government's target to deliver 1.5 million homes during the current Parliament.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://w...

<p>Atom bank has provided a £1.75 million commercial mortgage to a property investor for a light industrial unit located on the London-Essex border. The loan, arranged at 60% loan-to-value, has enabled the borrower to release capital for acquiring additional light industrial properties.</p> <p>The p...

<p>United Trust Bank has completed a £505,000 unregulated bridging loan for a property investment company to acquire and refurbish a four-bedroom detached house in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. The 75% loan-to-value facility enabled the borrower to purchase the property and undertake a £50,000 refurbishment ...

<p>CapitalRise has provided a £5.5 million senior development loan for the acquisition and redevelopment of a townhouse on Chapel Street in Belgravia. The finance will convert an uninhabitable property into a five-bedroom family home.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.propertywire.com/news/uk/len...

<p>The Government has extended cladding funding to buildings under 11 metres for the first time, prioritising properties by risk level rather than height. Campaign groups have warned that limited funding may create further delays for affected leaseholders.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.proper...