• The mortgage industry built a sales infrastructure. It now needs a navigation infrastructure,Gerald Green

    The mortgage industry built a sales infrastructure. It now needs a navigation infrastructure

    Incentives have always driven mortgage lending. Loan officers originate loans. Lenders compete for production. Borrowers search for the lowest available rate. Regulators work to ensure fairness across the process. Over time, these competing forces produced a complex economic architecture designed to

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  • Trump’s AI policy framework calls for single federal standard,Sarah Wolak

    Trump’s AI policy framework calls for single federal standard

    The Trump administration on Friday issued a “comprehensive national legislative framework” regarding artificial intelligence (AI) policy, aimed at boosting U.S. innovation while protecting consumers, children and national security. The proposal outlines six broad priorities aimed at positioning the

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  • Rekindling urgency: A Spring Selling 2026 homebuilders elegy,John McManus

    Rekindling urgency: A Spring Selling 2026 homebuilders elegy

    Show of hands. Who among us has purchased a home to live in – any home, in any place, at any price – without feeling at some point like we were on an emotional roller coaster? Anybody? Buying a home is one of those acts few would call entirely rational. For most of us, it is a leap. A stretch. It’s

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