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Apr 2, 2026 · 03:29 PM Sarah Wolak HousingWire
Mortgage lenders are increasingly formalizing or expanding their homebuilder divisions as they look to capture a larger share of the purchase lending pie,…
Read full article →Apr 2, 2026 · 01:58 PM Brooklee Han, HousingWire Automation HousingWire
Lamacchia Realty has acquired Weichert Realtors – Briotti Group , expanding its Connecticut presence with new offices in Waterbury and Wolcott, the company…
Read full article →Apr 2, 2026 · 01:00 PM Sarah Wolak HousingWire
Rocket Close announced Thursday that it has significantly reduced the time required to process mortgage documents by deploying a generative artificial…
Read full article →Apr 2, 2026 · 11:51 AM John McManus HousingWire
Success in homebuilding over the ages shows a rare, often counterintuitive balance between what changes in an instant and what remains timeless. Living…
Read full article →Apr 2, 2026 · 07:34 AM Tony Kovach HousingWire
“Most men appear never to have considered what a house is, and are actually though needlessly poor all their lives because they think that they must have…
Read full article →Apr 1, 2026 · 10:29 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire
The HousingWire Mortgage Rankings launched this week to give the housing industry a standardized, transaction-based view of origination activity across the…
Read full article →Apr 1, 2026 · 09:41 PM Rachel Bader, HW Data HousingWire
Housing demand is still holding up on a year over year basis, even as mortgage rates sit at 6.64%, a level that has historically marked a key dividing line…
Read full article →Apr 1, 2026 · 09:24 PM John McManus HousingWire
I love Jerusalem Demsas’ “ Housing Breaks People’s Brains ” article in The Atlantic from November 2022. For me, it’s a trailhead for understanding why…
Read full article →Apr 1, 2026 · 08:17 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes HousingWire
When UWM Holdings Corp. lost its bid last week to acquire Two Harbors Investment Corp . (TWO), upstaged by an offer from rival CrossCountry Intermediate…
Read full article →Apr 1, 2026 · 08:12 PM Jonathan Delozier HousingWire
Fourteen months after California’s Palisades wildfires destroyed nearly 5,900 homes, the first fully rebuilt residence has come to market, offering the…
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