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Since being named a HousingWire Rising Star, William Salus has expanded his leadership role, helping drive enterprise modernization and cross-functional innovation at Opteon.

Mortgage applications fell 0.3% last week, with FHA and ARM loan shares increasing and refinance activity up 101% year over year.

Sagent appoints Sridhar Sharma as president to lead global teams and boost adoption of its Dara mortgage servicing platform.

January saw 130,000 new jobs and a 4.3% unemployment rate, with most gains in health care and construction, BLS data shows.

New York City’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, is pairing a tougher stance on bad landlords with a broader push to make housing safer and more affordable across the five boroughs. On Sunday, the city put 250 apartment buildings that NYC officials characterize as “most distressed” under...

National Reverse Mortgage Day is an annual tradition to promote consumer awareness of reverse mortgages and their ability to unlock housing wealth for American seniors.

A pocket neighborhood is a deceptively simple idea, with a decades-deep real-life pedigree. A small cluster of homes. Close enough to share green space and create a sense of place. Small enough to fit into an infill parcel that has sat empty because the land math never quite worked out. In Californi...

Unison, one of the nation’s leading providers of home equity investments, is facing a lawsuit from the National Association of Consumer Advocates, which alleges the company deceptively markets its product as a “no-debt” home equity alternative.

Pennymac’s first M&A deal adds 2 million loans and expands its mortgage servicing to more than $1 trillion in unpaid principal balance.

<p>The UK residential property market recorded its least negative readings in several months during January 2026, according to RICS, though overall activity levels remain subdued. The net balance for new buyer enquiries rose to -15% from -21% in December.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.propert...

<p>The UK government is exploring the reintroduction of a Help to Buy-style equity loan scheme as new home sales decline and the target of delivering 1.5 million new homes by 2029 faces mounting challenges. Ministers are examining options to revive the programme, which ended in May 2023, according t...

<p>The housing market in England and Wales showed signs of stabilisation in January following months of subdued activity, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. A net balance of 35% of Rics members expect an increase in house sales over the next 12 months, marking the most optimi...

<p>Glasgow has been ranked first in Colliers' latest assessment of UK residential investment cities. The city recorded average rental yields of 9.3% and a house price-to-earnings ratio of 5, compared with 10.8 in London.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.propertywire.com/news/glasgow-tops-uk-resi...

<p>Estate agents in urban markets need to complete higher transaction volumes to match rural counterparts' earnings, with flat sales generating 73% lower commissions than detached homes on average. Regional analysis shows agents in the South East require more than three flat sales to equal one detac...

<p>Foxtons has been accused of attempting to charge a tenant a £200 check-out fee nearly six years after such charges were prohibited under the Tenant Fees Act 2019. The incident raises questions about compliance systems within letting agencies.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.propertywire.com/...

Mortgage credit availability rose 1.1% to 107.1 in February, MBA said. Conventional gained 2.7% while government fell 0.8%.

View Homes appoints Natasha Gandhi as CEO following its acquisition by Hunt Companies, signaling a new phase of growth pairing regional homebuilding operations with patient capital.

The brokerage, founded in 2021, posted 23,210% three-year growth with revenue between $50 million and $100 million.

<p>Housing minister Matthew Pennycook has confirmed that Labour's plan to build 1.5 million homes by 2029 will affect property prices, predicting a gradual levelling-off in house price growth rather than sharp falls.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.propertywire.com/news/housing-minister-says-1-...

<p>Specialist lender TAB has provided a £5.85 million bridging loan to a borrower through intermediary Abbey Capital, with completion achieved within a short timeframe from initial agreement. The 24-month facility was structured without a planning component, which the lender said enabled faster proc...