Lew Sichelman

With the Fed divided on future rate cuts, MBA projects modest growth, easing home price pressures, and improving origination volumes amid a cooling job market

Sluggish buyer demand pushed listings lower in November, while pending sales posted their steepest decline in nearly a year and homes took the longest to sell for any November in almost a decade

Zonda has released its first-ever projected 2025 rankings of the top-selling master-planned communities in the U.S., highlighting regional trends based on proprietary sales data and developer surveys

Voxtur Analytics’ bankruptcy filing has reinforced ALTA’s warning that attorney opinion letters are a fragile and inferior alternative to title insurance, raising renewed concerns about risk, liability, and consumer protection for lenders and regulators

Nearly nine out of 10 mortgage brokers expect business growth in 2026, driven by refis, first-time buyers, and Non-QM loans, despite ongoing concerns about interest rates, housing prices, and economic conditions

The Urban Institute says innovative mortgage products like assumable, portable, or 50-year loans may improve mobility at the margins, but will not meaningfully improve affordability

A new Cinch Home Services study finds that land prices vary dramatically across the U.S., highlighting widening regional gaps, but also localized pockets of opportunity for buyers

A new Hometap survey finds that homeowners across generations view traditional home equity products as inflexible, outdated, and poorly aligned with their financial needs, driving rising demand for more adaptable, consumer-focused financing alternatives

A group of major mortgage, banking, insurance, and real estate groups is urging Congress to pass a long-term reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program to prevent disruptive coverage lapses and restore stability to the housing market

House hunters nationwide are increasingly clicking into climate-risk data on listings in the wake of major wildfires or hurricanes — but that spike in concern tends to fade within a few months