• Support grows for Whitmer housing zoning reform bills in Michigan,Richard Lawson

    Support grows for Whitmer housing zoning reform bills in Michigan

    Michigan lawmakers returned from spring recess with housing affordability clearly in their sights. A bipartisan group shepherding a package of bills this week picked up strong support from a coalition of housing advocates and business groups, including the Home Builders Association of Michigan. That

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  • AI isn’t to blame for the housing crisis ,Brandon Palumbo

    AI isn’t to blame for the housing crisis 

    After years of serving as a convenient political target, artificial intelligence is entering a new phase of the debate: one shaped not only by state and local experimentation, but also by a more assertive federal posture. A recent Executive Order on AI directed the Justice Department to create a Lit

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  • Opinion: FICO, the 3Bs: Fruit from a rotten tree. Here’s how we fix It.,Coby Halakir

    Opinion: FICO, the 3Bs: Fruit from a rotten tree. Here’s how we fix It.

    In November 2025, Equifax published a statement making the case that FICO is the villain in the mortgage credit cost story. It was just one more shot across the bow from the 3Bs at FICO; a battle we’ve been watching play out in real time for years. The numbers don’t lie: FICO’s per-score price has g

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