Old Republic Title is moving its direct operations onto Qualia’s cloud-based platform, marking a technology shift for one of the nation’s largest title insurance underwriters. The rollout began with Oregon operations moving to Qualia’s system — with transition expected to continue across western sta

Mortgage lenders are entering the 2026 spring homebuying season with strengthening business pipelines, fueled by lower mortgage rates, rising refinance incentives and early signs of improving purchase demand. “We’re off to a great start,” Alex Elezaj, executive vice president and chief strategy offi

Cotality reported Thursday that real estate investor activity in the U.S. single-family home market remained stable through 2025, accounting for 30% of all purchases, up slightly from 29% in 2024. Persistent housing unaffordability is keeping many owner-occupant buyers on the sidelines while fueling

Reverse mortgage professionals struggling with consumer hesitation may find their most effective entry point isn’t home equity, but rather Social Security. That was the message from Thomas Drapala, director of strategic partnerships at the National Association of Registered Social Security Analysts

Demand that is awakened — lit by a flame, chasing a well-deserved dream home — is fundamentally different from demand sparked by being a rental refugee, where the walls have closed in and every monthly payment feels like a frittered-away sum that could have done more. Serving both customers today in

Direct retail endorsements for Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs) don’t capture the full picture of origination activity in the federally insured reverse mortgage space. Reverse Market Insight (RMI) and HECMWorld are looking to change that. On Thursday, HECMWorld published an RMI dataset of HE

New York-based Tradeweb Markets Inc., operator of electronic trading platforms, has made a strategic investment in and finalized a commercial partnership with digital mortgage exchange MAXEX. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The collaboration is designed to broaden institutiona

The Housing for the 21st Century Act — a sweeping housing reform package moving through Congress — is the boldest step yet in a broad federal push to increase housing supply and improve affordability. The legislation directs the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to publish “best

National mortgage lender Waterstone Mortgage Corp. announced on Thursday the promotion of four employees to leadership roles at its home office, elevating executives in capital markets, human resources, information security and financial planning. The promotions include Casey Seefeldt to vice presid

A federal judge this week refused to block a special purpose credit program (SPCP) designed to reduce the racial homeownership gap across Washington state, rejecting a constitutional challenge brought by nonprofit Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism (FAIR). U.S. District Court Judge John H. Ch

After 14 years at the helm, Matthew Consalvo has announced that he will be retiring from his role as Arizona Regional MLS’s (ARMLS) CEO in the spring of 2027. ARMLS announced Consalvo’s decision to retire earlier this week.  According to the MLS, during his time at ARMLS, Consalvo has helped to mode

Title agents nationwide are preparing for a sweeping new federal reporting mandate to take effect — and WFG National Title Insurance is rolling out tools to ease the transition. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN) Anti-Money Laundering Regulations for Residential Real Estate Transfer

Multifamily developers share less confidence in the state of their market sector than they did a year ago, a National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) Multifamily Market Survey found. High construction costs, elevated project borrowing and debt expense, stagnant rental growth and shaky consumer

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 (HEIs), is facing a lawsuit from the National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA), alleging that Unison deceptively markets its product as a “no-debt” home equity alternative. According to the complaint, Unison’s product f

PennyMac Financial Services Inc. announced Wednesday afternoon that it’s acquiring Cenlar Capital Corp., the country’s second-largest mortgage subservicer. The all-cash transaction includes an upfront purchase price of $172.5 million and up to $85 million of contingent consideration payable over thr

The late-January snowstorm that blanketed large portions of the U.S. is now clearly visible in national housing data. After showing only mild effects the prior week, housing activity pulled back across several key metrics, led by new listings and pending sales. Even so, the broader market picture re

The Real Brokerage has appointed Ken Pozek to its board of directors, according to an announcement on Wednesday.  Pozek, who leads the eponymous Orlando-based team The Pozek Group, returned to Real with his 38-member team in October after most recently being brokered by Keller Williams Realty Elite

QXO, a distributor of roofing products and building materials, generated acquisition buzz last month, as its senior business leaders announced a combined $3 billion in funding for its war chest. On Wednesday, the Brad Jacobs-backed company announced plans to put its war chest to work by acquiring Ko

The Chicagoland real estate scene is welcoming some new leaders to one of the metropolitan area’s largest brokerages @properties Christie’s International Real Estate. On Monday, the firm announced the appointment of Jim Barcelona as its new executive vice president of brokerage services. Barcelona’s