• With Warsh’s Fed overhaul, mortgage rates face a new risk,Flávia Furlan Nunes

    With Warsh’s Fed overhaul, mortgage rates face a new risk

    Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s new framework for the U.S. central bank carries significant implications for the mortgage industry and broader housing market — a sector that he admits is already facing a restrictive monetary stance. While his hawkish tone points to higher-for-longer mortgage rat

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  • HUD aims to help multi-story manufactured housing go vertical,Tyler Williams, Richard Lawson

    HUD aims to help multi-story manufactured housing go vertical

    For decades, manufactured housing has excelled at producing lower-cost homes. What it has struggled to do is go vertical. Fact is, America’s most severe housing shortages are no longer in places where inexpensive land is abundant. They’re in high-cost metropolitan markets where making housing pencil

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  • Intent beats volume: What real estate teams are learning from AI-powered follow-up,Sam Mehrbod

    Intent beats volume: What real estate teams are learning from AI-powered follow-up

    Real estate has always had a complicated relationship with lead follow-up. Everyone knows speed matters. Everyone knows consistency matters. And almost every team believes there is missed opportunity sitting somewhere inside its database, even if they’re using real estate AI follow up. The common re

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