• Blend reports stronger Q2 results on software growth,Sarah Wolak

    Blend reports stronger Q2 results on software growth

    Blend Labs on Thursday reported higher second-quarter revenue and a narrower operating loss, driven by growth in its software platform business as the digital mortgage technology provider expanded customer relationships and rolled out its new AI-powered Autopilot product. The San Francisco-based com

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  • Rocket weathers spring housing slowdown, gaining purchase and refi share in Q2,Sarah Wolak

    Rocket weathers spring housing slowdown, gaining purchase and refi share in Q2

    Rocket Companies reported high second-quarter earnings on Thursday, driven by increased mortgage origination volume, servicing income and record market share gains in both purchase and refinance lending, even as the broader housing market remained challenging. The Detroit-based lender reported Q2 20

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  • Are data centers the next constraint on affordable housing supply?,John McManus

    Are data centers the next constraint on affordable housing supply?

    [Editor’s note: This is part 2 of a 3-part HousingWire special series on the impacts of data centers in housing. Part 1 is here.] In 1998, when Steve Alloy succeeded his father, Martin, as president of Northern Virginia-based Stanley Martin Homes, buying land wisely was, as it is now, both a point o

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