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Landsea Homes Corporation (Nasdaq: LSEA) ("Landsea Homes" or the "Company"), a publicly traded residential homebuilder, announced the highly anticipated sales launch of 113 new homes at Oakview and 92 new townhomes at Thompson Village in Apopka, Florida. "We're thrilled to officially launch sales at Oakview and Thompson Village, two exceptional communities that reflect Landsea Homes' commitment to quality,...

Image Lingering instability in interest rates and geopolitics has slowed transaction activity, keeping REITs cautious in early...

Image First quarter REIT performance, early second quarter performance, and how REITs are positioned amid current market volatility was the focus of the April 8 webinar, “FTSE Nareit US Real Estate Indexes in Review & What’s...

Shrink Expand Partnerships are occurring across a range of REIT property...

According to the Mortgage Bankers Association's Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending April 4, 2025, U.S. mortgage applications jumped 20.0% compared to the previous week. The Market Composite Index, which measures total mortgage loan application volume, rose 20.0% on a seasonally adjusted basis and also increased 20% on an unadjusted basis. Refinancing activity saw a substantial boost....

Last week, beneficiaries of the Social Security Administration (SSA)’s Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program were erroneously told that they were no longer receiving benefits, and could no longer access account history through the program’s online portal. This is according to reporting at CBS News, as well as a letter from a coalition of Democratic senators to Lee Dudek, acting commissioner of...

Illustration of a mortgage loan officer struggling with rate volatility. Image created with ChatGPT 4o While the trade war initiated last week by the Trump administration has brought volatility to mortgage rates, some loan officers have seen an uptick in home loan applications as some borrowers are “staying on course.”  “There’s been a tremendous amount of volatility. I don’t think I’ve...

A bipartisan duo of members in the House of Representatives who largely operate with very different political positions have come together to begin what they’re calling an “initiative to gather public input” on the potential reauthorization of two federal housing programs. Reps. Mike Flood (R-Neb.) and Emmanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.), the chairman and ranking members, respectively of the House Financial...

Despite long maintaining a reputation as being behind the times of technology development — whether that is due to a perception of being slow-to-adopt emerging technologies, or due to regulatory compliance concerns — one top 10 reverse mortgage lender has now rolled out hybrid e-closing processes for its Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) business. Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. announced...