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Jul 29, 2026 · 2:52 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire
Constant Contact has launched Constant Contact for Real Estate, a marketing platform that the firm said is designed for brokerages, franchises,…
Read full article →Jul 29, 2026 · 2:41 PM Sarah Wolak HousingWire
Mortgage applications decreased 6.4% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA)’s weekly mortgage applications…
Read full article →Jul 29, 2026 · 2:00 PM Brooklee Han HousingWire
Foreign buyers purchased $45.3 billion in U.S. existing homes from April 2025 through March 2026, a 19.1% drop in dollar volume and a 14% decline in the…
Read full article →Jul 29, 2026 · 1:52 PM Brooklee Han, HousingWire Automation HousingWire
Homes that appeared on Zillow sold for 1.3% less, on average, than comparable listings that did not show up on the portal , according to new internal…
Read full article →Jul 29, 2026 · 1:44 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes HousingWire
Pennymac imposed another round of layoffs ahead of its after-market earnings report on Wednesday, as the mortgage sector navigates a higher-for-longer…
Read full article →Jul 29, 2026 · 1:07 PM Sarah Wolak HousingWire
Fannie Mae reported $4 billion in net income during the second quarter of 2026, a 7% increase from the prior quarter and a 20% increase from a year earlier,…
Read full article →Jul 29, 2026 · 12:55 PM Richard Lawson HousingWire
City council members in Palo Alto, the center of California’s Silicon Valley, came up with a plan they hoped they might blunt a state law that took effect…
Read full article →Jul 29, 2026 · 12:37 PM Scott Finfer HousingWire
Texas real estate is not running out of opportunity. It is simply becoming less forgiving of lazy assumptions, expensive land and undisciplined execution.…
Read full article →Jul 29, 2026 · 7:47 AM Nikki R. Lanier HousingWire
America has finally begun to acknowledge an uncomfortable truth: We don’t simply have an affordable housing funding problem—we have an affordable housing…
Read full article →Jul 29, 2026 · 7:00 AM Ryan Grant HousingWire
A few weeks ago, I opened ChatGPT and asked a question millions of homebuyers are about to start asking: “What’s the best mortgage company to get…
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