Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2025

Residential building construction added 3,500 jobs from November, while residential specialty trade contractors added just 500 positions. The bulk of the job gains in December occurred in the care (+46,000 jobs), government (+33,000 jobs), retail trade (+43,000 jobs), and social assistance (+23,000 jobs) sectors.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2025

One important data point that we consistently monitor in the jobs report released on Friday which plays a vital role in my recession model is the number of residential construction workers. The last report shows that the unemployment rate rose from 4% to 4.1%.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2025

Between residential and commercial market professionals, SitusAMC can guide all financiers toward increased profit, efficiency, and sharper analytics. The real estate company empowers residential real estate market originators with a licensed underwriting model and loan fulfillment component services , respectively. Click Here

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2025

In addition to this, he has previously served as CEO and abroad member of Broadstone Real Estate Access Fund and Broadtree Residential , and has held leadership roles in commercial real estate lending and credit analysis at BB&T. During his time there he led the companys $629 million IPO.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2025

economy can withstand job losses in the government sector, reduced spending in the economy, and a housing market on the brink of losing residential construction projects. This leads us back to the private sector and residential construction jobs. In the coming months, we will see if the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2025

However, employment for residential construction workers hasnt fallen at all, even with the decline in housing starts and permits. For those looking for recession signals , a decrease in the number of residential construction workers is usually an early sign. Why haven’t the homebuilders started doing layoffs?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The agreement, announced on Monday, will aim to address “critical residential housing needs across the U.S.,” The deal will yield as much as $300 million in new investments into single-family rental (SFR) and built-to-rent (BTR) properties. according to a statement from Wrightwell. “We

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2025

The key data line for me in this part of the economic cycle is residential construction jobs , and while that data is not growing much anymore, its not declining, as we can see below. If the residential construction worker jobs decline, that can push us to a higher unemployment rate since we already have job losses in this sector.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2025

The bill introduces a new section called Consumer Privacy in Mortgage Applications to the Idaho Residential Mortgage Practices Act. Idaho joins several other states in governing the use of residential mortgage trigger leads over the years. Brad Little (R) signed H.B. 149 into law last week.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

While shoppers flock to malls and online retailers for Black Friday deals, M/I Homes is shifting the focus to residential real estate with holiday incentives that rival traditional doorbusters. That’s right, there are Black Friday home sales!

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2024

A California regulator has revoked the residential mortgage lending license of LoanSnap , the latest in a series of difficulties for the fintech lender. According to a filing from the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation dated Oct. 18, LoanSnap had its license revoked after it failed to renew its surety bond.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2025

The Treasurys announcement could still impact the title and settlement services industry as it works to prepare for the anti-money laundering (AML) regulations for residential real estate transfers, ALTA explained. This rule, which goes into effect Dec.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The rule applies existing protections for residential mortgages to borrowers who seek PACE loans to upgrade or renovate their homes through clean energy technology. The rule will implement a congressional mandate to establish consumer protections for residential PACE loans.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2025

Planting his roots Stone got his industry start at just 25 years old, quickly making a name for himself while taking on a variety of projects including residential subdivisions, warehouses and even a medical office condominium. I did residential, I did commercial, you name it. I actually had a real estate license, he said.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2025

RLTY Capital acquires pending residential and commercial commissions, allowing agents to access that money on an expedited timeline. With this support, we’re thrilled to expand our services nationwide to every state, all powered by RLTYco’s proprietary fintech platform.” ” RLTYco provides four primary services.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2025

Mykhailyna, who is based in Denver, had previously held both a Colorado certified residential appraiser license and a controlling appraiser license. In addition to the revocation of his license, Mykhailyna must pay a total fine of $97,500. Mykhailyna was the appraiser at the center of legal action by the U.S.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

1 and Sept 30 of this year based on prices for closed residential sales. A recent report from real estate data provider PropertyShark ranked California , New York and Florida as the states with the most expensive ZIP codes in 2024. The report listed the 100 most expensive ZIP codes between Jan.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2025

Business-purpose residential mortgage lender Dunmor announced Thursday that it has received a minority equity investment from Newfi Lending , a nonagency mortgage lender owned by funds managed by Apollo Global Management. According to Dunmor, the investment is an extension of an original partnership initiated in June 2024.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

However, as illustrated in the chart above, whenever residential construction workers begin to lose their jobs, a recession is typically not far behind. That isnt my line of thinking, as my peak mortgage rate forecast is at 7.25% for this year, but you can understand why some builders are getting spooked by rates this high in 2025.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

According to Redfin, an investor is “any institution or business that purchases residential real estate,” which includes both institutional and mom-and-pop investors. The report is based on an analysis of home purchase records from 39 of the most populous metro areas since 2000. Investors purchased $38.8

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

According to eXp, the group specializes in residential real estate, fix-and-flips and investment properties. The company announced the addition of the Maine -based Realty ONE Group, a 36-agent team that has closed 338 transactions totaling $128 million in sales volume so far this year.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

According to eXp, Smith’s expertise goes beyond residential real estate. Im excited to collaborate with incredible leaders like Leo and [eXp Realty leader] Mike Sherrard to create the best coaching and mentorship experience for agents and team leaders at eXp.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Residential sale-leaseback platform EasyKnock has abruptly shut down its operations after facing scrutiny from state regulators and being under fire from disgruntled consumers. After many years of serving consumers, EasyKnock has closed its doors, a message on the companys website states.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2025

Kevin Peranio , chief lending officer for Paramount Residential Mortgage Group (PRMG), lives in the Orange County area and said hes witnessed the effects of being displaced by the wildfires. Peranio is also an investor in Pacaso , a second-home co-ownership company, and said that the company is mobilizing its network to help those in need.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

We had no growth in residential construction work hiring earlier in the year when rates were higher. However, even with that reality, when mortgage rates were at 7.50% earlier in the year, housing starts and permits were heading lower, single-family permits were heading lower and the builder’s confidence was falling.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2025

Yost charges UWM with violations of Ohios Consumer Sales Practices Act, Residential Mortgage Lending Act and Corrupt Practices Act. Meanwhile, nearly half of all UWM mortgages in Ohio were originated by brokers who referred 75% or more of their business to the firm in 2023, the suit claims.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Residential construction gained 1,300 jobs in October, while residential specialty trade contractors shed 6,600 jobs. Construction was another sector that posted gains in October, adding 8,000 jobs. Overall, the industry has added an average of 20,000 jobs per month over the past year.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2025

The company analyzed a portfolio of residential , commercial and business-purpose loans totaling approximately $80 billion. Nearly half of real estate transactions reviewed in the first quarter of 2025 showed signs of potential wire and title fraud, according to a report from FundingShield. It found that 46.8%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2025

Its business spans residential and commercial real estate brokerage, franchising, coaching and education services and property management. .” The revenue stream enabled by the program can assist with scaling the company’s business model, while providing support to its 2,500 agent network, he added. La Rosa Holdings Corp.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Production data represents residential transactions only. The RealTrends Verified City Rankings are based on the agent’s and team’s physical location, as submitted to RealTrends in the submission application. RealTrends is a VERIFIED program and obtains documentation on all stated production totals before publishing.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2025

During Tuesday mornings zoom hearing, Judge Saris noted that she was under the impression this lawsuit only involved residential real estate and that none of the named plaintiffs were involved in commercial sales or those involving mobile homes.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Chris Raveis, the company’s president of residential sales, welcomed the JRE team in a statement. The brokerage opened a full-time office known as William Raveis Nantucket on the island’s historic Main Street in 2007. “We welcome JRE to our family company.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The hits keep coming for now-defunct residential sale-leaseback platform EasyKnock. After the company failed to have new council file an appearance, the court dismissed EasyKnocks defamation lawsuit against law firm Feldman & Feldman last Monday. Originally filed by EasyKnock in Nov.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2025

Census Bureau ‘s new residential sales report hit a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 634,000 units in February, up 2.9% The average loan size decreased, signaling that first-time homebuyers remain active in the market, Kan said. MBA estimated that single-family new-home sales often a leading indicator of the U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2025

The American Land Title Association (ALTA) Homeowners Policy available in some states and for certain residential properties may offer some coverage for post-closing issues like forgery or impersonation. Dovidio noted that standard title insurance policies typically only cover issues that arise before a sale is finalized.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

billion deal to acquire the depository bank’s residential mortgage servicing operations. Cooper won’t be onboarding as many Flagstar Bank employees as initially projected in its $1.4 Multiple sources told HousingWire that Flagstar began layoffs on Friday.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2025

Like those settlements, the parties here have negotiated proposed Settlements that resolve on a nationwide basis Plaintiffs claims for damages and injunctive relief against the Settling Defendants for their alleged anticompetitive practices in the market for residential real estate brokerage services, the filing states. million.

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