• Tri Pointe Homes shareholders approve merger with Sumitomo Forestry,Tyler Williams

    Tri Pointe Homes shareholders approve merger with Sumitomo Forestry

    Tri Pointe Homes shareholders overwhelmingly voted to approved the previously announced merger with Japanese firm Sumitomo Forestry during a special meeting of stockholders held on Thursday.  While the deal is not yet finalized, the acquisition is expected to close sometime during the second quarter

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  • HOA liens climb 8.6% nationwide in 2025, with Sun Belt states feeling the most heat,HousingWire Automation

    HOA liens climb 8.6% nationwide in 2025, with Sun Belt states feeling the most heat

    Homeowners associations (HOAs) filed 284,933 liens against U.S. homeowners in 2025 — an 8.6% increase from the 262,446 filings in 2024 and the equivalent of roughly one lien recorded every 90 seconds — according to property records compiled by Benutech. An HOA lien is a legal claim placed on a prope

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  • Portable credit reports spark debate over costs, feasibility,Flávia Furlan Nunes

    Portable credit reports spark debate over costs, feasibility

    While the mortgage industry lobbies to reduce credit report costs, the idea of allowing borrowers to use the same file across multiple lenders has slowly emerged. In this consumer-controlled portable credit report model, borrowers would authorize the use of a single credit report during their mortga

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