Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBanks) saw significant growth in support of affordable housing and community development in 2023, according to a report released Thursday by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). FHFA Director Sandra Thompson lauded the development in a statement accompanying the report.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 14, 2025

The brokerage has hired industry veteran Nikol Solares as senior managing director of new development marketing. ” Nikol Solares Solares brings 20 years of experience in luxury development, new construction sales and marketing to her new role. Adam Vellano was promoted to managing director of the South Florida market.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 16, 2025

Using growth indicators that measure upcoming construction and development, southern metros take eight spots in the top 10 list. in builder/developer land, 4% in recent build and 1.1% Southern housing markets have dominated growth lists over the last few years, and a report by CoreLogic today shows Southern markets are still hot.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Developers continue to build in these areas with few obvious signs of slowing, the story said. “La Climate change is having a pronounced impact on the housing market, particularly when it comes to the accelerating risks of extreme weather events in areas that were already vulnerable to impact.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Weaker demand from the local community developers buying at auction suggests continued weakness in the retail housing market into early 2025 given that those local community developers are anticipating retail market conditions about six months into the future,” Daren Blomquist, vice president of market economics at Auction.com, said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 29, 2024

Inclusionary zoning: Policies at the local, state, and federal levels that support affordable housing development and provide financial assistance to low-income families are essential for ensuring housing stability and affordability.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 19, 2024

Those areas that I’m now developing I grew up in. I remember what it’s like to have slumlords,” said Jermaine Morgan, a Columbus, Georgia-based local community developer who purchases distressed property at auction. “I Collectively, local community developers like Jermaine significantly impact neighborhood stabilization nationwide.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Monday announced the disbursement of $72.6 million in new funding under the Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG) program, adding up to $2 million to 38 individual community recipients to bolster housing development , expansion and preservation.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2024

It prevents the development of a skilled workforce that can adapt to new technologies and market conditions. Employee input and engagement are crucial during the development and implementation phases. Change Management Develop robust strategies to manage the human side of technological change.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 2, 2024

Gromowski, the company’s head of data science, and Singh, the vice president of GenAI property insights, discussed the importance of data in the development of artificial intelligence and offered advice for companies that wish to integrate AI into their business processes.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

This can create much confusion when developing and maintaining an emergency response plan. Develop and test plans Office buildings are mandated to develop emergency preparedness plans and conduct evacuation drills. So, how can these situations be handled in condo buildings or managed communities?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Dubbed “HMBS 2.0,” the forthcoming program’s development was initially announced early this year before Ginnie Mae released a more detailed term sheet over the summer. But the industry itself also plays a role in policy development, which Valverde discussed while offering a possible timeline for a final term sheet.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

These include six “Develop the Developer” academies from Freddie Mac, with the goal to better address the capacity for housing development in rural areas. And Fannie Mae “will focus on enabling rural Community Development Financial Institutions to access secondary markets,” the FHFA explained.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

While state-level ADU policies take aim at local rules that hamper ADU development, there’s still work to be done. Colorado’s HB24-1152 and Arizona’s SB 1415 followed the main tenets of what’s become a standard approach to stoking ADU development. That’s because impact fees can add up to more than enough to stifle ADU development.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 7, 2025

Ohio is projected to experience statewide population declines in 74 of 88 counties over the next 25 years, according to the Ohio Department of Development. Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan has expressed intentions to invest in the city’s housing development efforts for years to come.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2024

Understanding the overwhelming preference that older Americans have to age in place, Weakley spearheaded the design and development of the Interactive Care (I-Care) platform. Weakley has partnered with UC Merced engineering professor Shijia Pan to develop the devices. There are six core functions that it relies upon.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 7, 2025

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Tuesday announced the allocation of nearly $12 billion in Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds for communities across 24 U.S. states and territories.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

Mortgage and title clients are undergoing a significant transformation with the shift from Encompass Software Development Kit (SDK) to Encompass Partner Connect (EPC). Increased software development needs : New integrations often require more development resources to ensure compatibility with existing systems.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

On a national level, housing sentiment was largely unchanged in August despite some positive developments for affordability, including a meaningful decline in actual mortgage rates and an uptick in home listings in certain markets, particularly in the Sunbelt,” Mark Palim, Fannie Mae’s vice president and deputy chief economist, said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In August 2023 , the bank disclosed it was under investigation by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) after the nonprofit organization filed a complaint alleging violations of the U.S. Fair Lending Act. metropolitan areas from 2018 through 2021. HSBC has committed $10 million in loan subsidies, including $3.5

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

And actual robotic assistance is something being developed in other parts of the world, including through government endorsement of the idea. In Japan, robot development is being encouraged by the government, industry, and academia, with a general optimism towards their application, the article explained.

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Housing Wire

JULY 16, 2024

Diane Yentel, president and CEO of the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC), released a statement that applauded the proposal as “historic” while also making a call to enact elements of the organization’s National Tenants Bill of Rights, which it developed in conjunction with other affordable housing advocacy organizations.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

In an email to partners on Tuesday, ICE said that it will be closing down the Encompass SDK (Software Development Kit) on the same day it sunsets the program’s Technology Partner Network, Total Quality Loan Services, PSDK and ePass.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Similar to the HousingWire TECH100, which celebrates the most innovative companies in mortgage and real estate tech, Tech Trendsetters highlights the individuals who are developing cutting-edge technology and leading innovation for their clients in these industries. This year, 75 honorees were selected. Take a look at the full list below.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Step 4: Develop a recruitment and retention strategy Attracting and retaining top talent is critical to scaling your team. Offer training, mentorship, and career development plans to support long-term success. Action plan: Develop client-centric processes that make transactions seamless and stress-free.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Once the analysis is complete, REcolorado’s leadership develops strategies based on the insights gained in the aforementioned cross-functional team meetings. Future developments are determined by users’ adoption rates of new releases and/or features. The success of Collective Intelligence has not gone unnoticed.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 20, 2024

Understanding the forces creating the market is indispensable for lenders, real estate professionals, developers, and investors. HW: Can you elaborate on the current supply and demand imbalance in the multifamily sector and its challenges for investors and developers?

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Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) visited the University of Alaska at Fairbanks to tout the possibilities that 3D printing technology could bring to the construction of affordable housing in the U.S. Following a $600,000 research grant to the city of Nome, Alaska , that was issued last year, senior officials at the U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Zoning in America was developed and designed for racial segregation,” Dworkin told USA Today. Milton residents, however, contend that it’s not affordable housing they’re standing against as much as the scale of the proposed development and its unknown impact on the community. This is not a subtle tool.” I welcome it, I love to see it.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Throughout the development process, we worked hand in hand with our staff to develop and perfect it. We’ve invested over $100 million in building the Rate Intelligence platform, including technical development and strategic partnerships to ensure this platform works for today’s mortgage market and future-proofs the industry.

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Housing Wire

JULY 1, 2024

On Friday, the Anthony Lamacchia -helmed firm announced that Atallah had recently joined Lamacchia Realty as its new senior vice president of business development. Prior to joining Lamacchia Realty, Atallah served as senior vice president of sales, development and M&A at Anywhere since May 2023.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Skills such as coaching, conflict resolution, and teammotivation are rarely developed through sales roles alone. How to develop leadership in the mortgage industry To address the leadership deficiency in our industry, we need to change how we approach promotions and leadership development. Heres how: 1.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2025

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Cyndi Danko, Fannie Maes senior vice president and chief credit officer of single-family, added that the company is continuing to monitor developments related to the wildfires and urges impacted homeowners to immediately contact their loan servicer.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Your program should provide a foundation of technical skills but also help participants develop the soft skills they need to guide others effectively. These projects aren’t just practice; they’re the proving ground where leaders develop the confidence to move from learning to leading.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2025

The company is actively monitoring the still developing situation, and will assess further steps once the extent of the impact is known, Smith added. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), there are more than 5,000 HECM originations in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan statistical area and nearly 4,600 endorsements.

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