• Proprietary reverse mortgages are outpacing HECMs. It’s time to raise the bar on fee transparency. ,Jay Zayer

    Proprietary reverse mortgages are outpacing HECMs. It’s time to raise the bar on fee transparency. 

    Recently, a woman contacted me after her daughter encouraged her to get a second opinion before closing on a reverse mortgage. She had already chosen a lender, attended reverse mortgage counseling, completed her application and was ready to move forward. She simply wanted someone to review the numbe

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  • Meritage Q2 2026 earnings telegraph move-up buyer pivot,John McManus

    Meritage Q2 2026 earnings telegraph move-up buyer pivot

    For much of the past decade, Meritage Homes has stood as one of public homebuilding’s clearest business use cases that thoughtfully designed, efficiently built entry-level homes could unlock homeownership for thousands of households who otherwise might have remained renters. The company’s strategy w

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  • FirstTeam and Purlin on avoiding AI mistakes: ‘Some stuff actually creates more work’,Jonathan Delozier

    FirstTeam and Purlin on avoiding AI mistakes: ‘Some stuff actually creates more work’

    FirstTeam Real Estate, a California powerhouse that reported $6.12 billion in 2025 volume across 5,978 transactions — good enough for national ranks of No. 34 and No. 67, respectively — has partnered with Purlin to deploy an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered operating system across the brokerage.

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