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HUD OIG reveals ongoing reverse mortgage oversight priority

In compliance with a 1978 law that requires government agency watchdogs to provide semi-annual reports on their activities, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) published its report on Tuesday. While there were no new indications of scrutiny for the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program, the report did reveal that HECM Life Expectancy...

Opinion: A New Path Forward for Real Estate Sustainability – By Matt Ellis, CEO, Measurabl

By Matt Ellis, CEO, Measurabl Matt Ellis, CEO, Measurabl The proposed elimination of ENERGY STAR (ESTAR) under the U.S. administration's FY2026 budget has pushed the real estate industry beyond contingency planning to contemplate its energy and sustainability future like never before. While perhaps best known for appliance labels, ESTAR's often overlooked component, a software product called ENERGY...

Investor Condo Purchases in U.S. Fall to 10 Year Low in 2025

Yet 1 in 5 Single Family Homes in the U.S. are Purchased by Investors After years of volatile swings in real estate activity during and after the pandemic, U.S. property investors appear to be returning to more measured behavior. According to new data released by Redfin, investors purchased 46,726 homes in the first quarter of 2025--a modest 2% increase from a year ago--signaling a stabilization of...

Arrive Home introduces new versions of its Earned Equity Program

Arrive Home has launched two new iterations of its Earned Equity Program (EEP), which helps consumers achieve homeownership through a long-term purchase contract. The program is now available through two separate products designed for different groups of borrowers: EEP Pathway and EEP DocLight.  EEP Pathway is ideally suited for individual tax identification number (ITIN) holders and certain...

DOGE effect? Housing inventory in DC is rising faster than the rest of the country

Agent Janice Pouch had a listing go up in February for a single-family house in a desirable part of Washington, D.C., where homes typically don’t last long.  She had no reason to think that wouldn’t be the case this time either, especially after a packed open house during its first weekend on the market. Instead, it got only one offer among the 40 people who showed up to see it, and that offer was...

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