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Dream Finders Beazer deal targets $100 million cost savings

Aug 7, 2026 · 02:10 PM John McManus HousingWire

“I wooed thee with my sword. And won thy love doing the injuries. But I will wed thee in another key. With pomp, with triumph, and with reveling. Act 1,…

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REMAX posts Q2 net loss of $4.3 million amid Real acquisition

Aug 7, 2026 · 02:01 PM Brooklee Han HousingWire

REMAX Holdings Inc. reported lower revenue and earnings in the second quarter of 2026 as the franchisor prepares to be acquired by The Real Brokerage . The…

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Taste, guts and receipts

Aug 7, 2026 · 07:33 AM Bri Lees HousingWire

Log out of ChatGPT. Not forever. Just for the length of this column. You can log back in at the end. I’ll tell you what to do differently. One of the…

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Leadership has a dress code

Aug 7, 2026 · 07:00 AM Nicole Haba HousingWire

I’ve always believed that leadership has a dress code. Not the one about what you wear. This one is about the connections you carry and the circles you run…

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Blend reports stronger Q2 results on software growth

Aug 6, 2026 · 09:56 PM Sarah Wolak HousingWire

Blend Labs on Thursday reported higher second-quarter revenue and a narrower operating loss, driven by growth in its software platform business as the…

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Rocket weathers spring housing slowdown, gaining purchase and refi share in Q2

Aug 6, 2026 · 09:35 PM Sarah Wolak HousingWire

Rocket Companies reported high second-quarter earnings on Thursday, driven by increased mortgage origination volume, servicing income and record market…

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Are data centers the next constraint on affordable housing supply?

Aug 6, 2026 · 09:17 PM John McManus HousingWire

[Editor’s note: This is part 2 of a 3-part HousingWire special series on the impacts of data centers in housing. Part 1 is here .] In 1998, when Steve Alloy…

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Q2 2026 earnings for publicly traded mortgage, real estate and homebuilder companies

Aug 6, 2026 · 08:21 PM Neil Pierson HousingWire

HousingWire reports on the quarterly earnings of publicly traded mortgage , real estate and homebuilder companies, offering a glimpse into the financial…

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Squeezed NYC affordable housing properties face reckoning

Aug 6, 2026 · 08:20 PM Richard Lawson HousingWire

New York City’s regulated affordable housing sector is confronting a worsening financial squeeze, and a reckoning is coming unless solutions emerge,…

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Public record-linked AI misses key title issues in many searches

Aug 6, 2026 · 07:39 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

DataTrace Information Services has released a new analysis examining whether artificial intelligence (AI) relying solely on public records can produce the…

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