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Housing Industry News

Confessions of a content hoarder: What 107 dead pages taught me

Oct 8, 2026 · 07:00 AM Alizabeth Leng-Barton HousingWire

Tough-love advice to marketers about their bloated websites

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Housing Industry News

Bank of America: Older Americans have taken on a bigger economic role

Oct 7, 2026 · 08:51 PM Jonathan Delozier HousingWire

Households headed by someone 55 or older held close to $140 trillion in net worth as of Q2 2026

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Housing Industry News

HUD opens probe into Wells Fargo’s race-based mortgage programs

Oct 7, 2026 · 08:30 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes HousingWire

HUD says bank initiatives may violate the Fair Housing Act

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Mortgage Rate News

Mortgage Rates Started Much Higher But Almost Fully Recovered

Oct 7, 2026 · 07:50 PM Matthew Graham Mortgage News Daily

It was an exciting day for mortgage rates, and while we technically ended up slightly higher, it could have been much worse. In fact, it WAS much worse…

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Housing Industry News

FICO to cut 15% of staff, reduce management layers

Oct 7, 2026 · 06:55 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes HousingWire

The move comes as regulators and large lenders are embracing competing credit score models

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Housing Industry News

New $100 million Baltimore fund targets vacant housing pipeline

Oct 7, 2026 · 06:50 PM Richard Lawson HousingWire

The Greater Baltimore Committee and Enterprise will launch a Funders’ Consortium in November

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Housing Industry News

Property tax delinquency reaches highest level since 2017

Oct 7, 2026 · 06:39 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

North Dakota recorded the lowest rate at 1.4%, followed by Wisconsin (1.5%)

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Housing Industry News

Hive MLS agents will soon be able to see buyer demand before a listing hits

Oct 7, 2026 · 06:23 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Rollout starts in December for nearly 20,000 brokers and appraisers across 6 Southeastern states

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Housing Industry News

Your next buyer or seller may ask ChatGPT for an agent. Will your name come up?

Oct 7, 2026 · 06:20 PM Jonathan Delozier HousingWire

An agent's own claims are only part of the information AI can use to evaluate that agent

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Housing Industry News

Civil rights groups warn private listings could widen housing inequities

Oct 7, 2026 · 04:14 PM Gary Acosta HousingWire

The groups cite demographic gaps between sellers and first-time buyers, warning that withheld MLS exposure can advantage older, wealthier networks

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