• Green Brick seizes a margin edge as a land and product outlier,Tyler Williams

    Green Brick seizes a margin edge as a land and product outlier

    While many homebuilders battle a gross margin slippery slope from the 20s into the mid-teens, Green Brick Partners is fairly striding against the tide.  During the company’s Q2 earnings call on Thursday, executives said its gross profit margin expanded to 29.8% in Q2, down 150 basis points from a ye

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  • Regulators move to narrow CRA, drawing fire from advocates,Flávia Furlan Nunes

    Regulators move to narrow CRA, drawing fire from advocates

    Federal banking regulators released a Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) proposal Friday that narrows how banks earn credit for community development while raising asset thresholds for small and midsized institutions. The plan drew immediate criticism from consumer and housing advocates. The Federal D

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  • Retired judges challenge Tuccori opt-in commission suit settlements,Brooklee Han

    Retired judges challenge Tuccori opt-in commission suit settlements

    Although a date has been set for a final approval hearing, the real estate brokerages and associations that settled the homebuyer commission lawsuits through the Tuccori suit’s opt-in settlement may still face some challenges.  The latest of these challenges is that earlier this week by four retired

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