2026

Borrowers are still anchored to ultra-low, pandemic-era mortgage rates, a mindset that is influencing both purchase and refinance trends as the market heads into 2026. That’s according to Mike Vough, Optimal Blue‘s senior vice president of corporate strategy, who highlighted the company’s latest Market Advantage report in a conversation this week with HousingWire at the Intercontinental Exchange...

Growing uncertainty over Social Security, Medicare and fiscal policy has left many older Americans more concerned about their financial futures — with some delaying retirement and shifting to more conservative investment strategies. Findings from a new survey analysis by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College offer critical insights for reverse mortgage professionals as they collaborate...

Positioned above the fifth hole at The Farms Golf Club, the five-bedroom residence offers fairway views, sunset ocean vistas from the upper level, and a 2021 redesign by Somich Design. A reimagined residence overlooking one of Rancho Santa Fe’s most sought-after golf courses has come to market, offering a rare vantage point within the Covenant. Located above the fifth hole of The Farms Golf Club, the...

Some homes don’t have anything obviously wrong with them. The layout works. The finishes are decent. The space is clean and functional. And yet, something feels flat. The rooms don’t quite hold your attention, and nothing invites you to linger. That kind of blandness is surprisingly common — especially in newer homes or recently renovated ones where everything was chosen to be safe, neutral,...

When interior designer Carrie Lucke and her husband, Dave, moved into this 1950s Cape Cod-style home in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, they already knew its history. Dave’s parents had owned the home for two decades, and when it returned to the market years later, the couple jumped at the...

Image Sahn says Hazelview seeing more opportunities in the U..S than over the last several...

Miami‑Dade County's residential real estate market posted solid performance in February 2026, with robust condo sales and steady single‑family home growth, according to the Miami Association of Realtors. Sales and Prices Total closed home sales increased 9.6% year-over-year. Single-family transactions rose 4.3% to 733 units, marking six consecutive months of growth, while condo sales surged 14.7% to...

Following in the footsteps of an initial dataset for 2025, Reverse Market Insight (RMI) and HECMWorld published updated numbers this week for reverse mortgage broker and third-party originator activity. While the top Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) originators for January 2026 did not vary from 2025 as a whole, they offer insight into which companies hit the ground running in 2026 — a year...

Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) moved Monday to formally separate access to its multiple listing service (MLS) from mandatory membership with the National Association of Realtors (NAR) — a change the organization’s leader said is aimed at expansion and risk management. MRED offers wholesale listing data and technology to roughly 40 partner Realtor associations and MLSs across the Midwest. These...

New Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s first-year housing agenda delivered new money and new tools for affordable housing preservation, but it fell short on the package’s biggest supply-side proposal: a statewide push to allow multifamily housing by right in many commercially zoned areas. A pair of bills would have required local zoning codes to allow multifamily and mixed-use residential...