2025

Minnesota’s NorthstarMLS is shaking up its governance structure. In an announcement on Wednesday, the MLS said that its shareholder associations, which include Minneapolis Area Realtors (MAR), the Saint Paul Area Association of Realtors (SPAAR), and the Southeast Minnesota Realtors (SEMR), have made the decision to embrace what they are calling a new, “business-forward governance...

Welcome back to Tech Pulse — HousingWire‘s weekly series rounding up the latest in technology news, including tools, integrations and trends that impact mortgage and real estate. Here’s what happened this week: Zillow’s Follow Up Boss privacy policy changes spark industry debate Zillow‘s updated privacy policy for Follow Up Boss has sparked debate among real estate agents. The...

Non-QM production at multi-channel mortgage lender Newrez has surged 40% in recent months, with company leaders pointing to enhanced guidelines and growing demand for second mortgages as key drivers of record-breaking wholesale production. Coming off of the company’s Q3 2025 earnings report on Thursday, Tony Kottenbrock, Newrez‘s head of wholesale, sat down with HousingWire to talk about the...

A new architectural addition to Ascaya — one of Southern Nevada’s most design-forward communities — has just come to market. Priced at $11.6 million, Desert Design Study Home 11 was designed by studio g ARCHITECTURE and represents the latest entry in Ascaya’s series of experimental desert residences. The Desert Design Study Homes were conceived in the spirit of California’s Case Study...

A modern Hudson Valley retreat with serious music pedigree just hit the market. The former home of Nesuhi Ertegun — music icon, jazz connoisseur, and co-founder of Atlantic Records (d. 1989) — has is on the market for $2,900,0000 at 7 East Lake Drive, Katonah, NY, exclusively with Sally Slater of Douglas Elliman. Designed to celebrate both nature and art, the residence opens to the water at...

The new season is almost here, and Hawkins is still reeling from the so-called 7.4 “earthquake” (aka, The Rift) that shook the town apart. To reality-check the fallout, the experts at Groundworks (foundation repair and basement waterproofing pros) sized up what that level of shaking would do to typical Hawkins-era homes. Below: what likely broke, why it breaks, and the real repairs pros use to...

A well-designed mudroom entry can make all the difference between calm comings and goings and a daily scramble for shoes and keys. These seven newly remodeled spaces show how smart storage — from cubbies and cabinets to benches and bins — can keep clutter at bay while adding warmth,...

The real estate industry is entering a pivotal year in 2026 of reinvention as technology, demographics, and capital markets forces converge, according to PwC and the Urban Land Institute's newly released Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2026 report. The annual study -- one of the sector's most closely watched outlooks--draws on insights from more than 1,700 investors, developers, lenders, and advisors across...

Mortgage industry experts are divided over the idea of allowing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to increase their purchases of mortgage-backed securities (MBS) in order to reduce mortgage rates, a proposal recently suggested by trade groups.  While the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) could create demand quickly amid a reduction in the Federal Reserve’s presence in the MBS market, some fear this...

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) and its CEO Nykia Wright have broadly acknowledged that things within the trade organization need to change. And while the trade group and its leadership team have taken steps in that direction, meeting with members across the country and pushing for improved transparency through efforts via its 2026-2028 Strategic Plan, some industry leaders don’t feel like...