The White House has sent the nomination of Brian Johnson to serve as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to the Senate, according to a notice filed on Wednesday. The agency has been under the leadership of acting director Russell Vought for the past 16 months. During his tenure, Vought — who also serves as the current head of the White House Office of Management and Budget...

No homebuilder would have asked for the headwinds that 2026 brought to both would-be homebuyers and the organizations that serve them. Still, given the level of preparation and de-risking most homebuilding firms have pursued since before the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, this year’s raft of challenges may be delivering exactly the operating discipline the business needs. That probably sounds...

Unlock Technologies completed a $358.5 million securitization backed by home equity agreements (HEAs), marking the company’s first transaction of 2026 and the largest HEA securitization completed in the market this year. The financial technology company announced on Tuesday that its Unlock HEA Trust 2026-1 transaction closed on May 21 and securitized approximately $358.5 million of home equity...

Mark Luzi has joined Logan Finance Corp. as Western managing director of sales as the non-QM lender looks to grow its footprint across more states. Luzi, who has nearly 30 years of consumer finance and mortgage sales experience, will report to chief operating officer Aaron Samples. His official start date was May 26, according to the company announcement. In his new role, Luzi will be responsible for...

Most real estate investors are juggling at least two browser tabs when they’re sizing up a market: one for rental analytics, one for local sales trends. That gap just...

If you’re planning to stay in your house for the rest of your life, consider renovating your bathroom with accessibility in mind. Along with kitchens, bathrooms are one of the spaces homeowners use the most. They also happen to be wet zones. Reducing slip hazards and ensuring adequate lighting and...

The U.S. housing market gained some momentum in May 2026, with existing-home sales rising to their strongest pace since the start of the year as improving affordability, steady wage growth, and moderating mortgage costs encouraged more buyers to reenter the market. Sales of previously owned homes increased 3.2% from April 2026 and were also 3.2% higher than a year earlier, reaching a seasonally adjusted...

AppFolio has announced a new integration between its Realm-X AI platform and Anthropic’s Claude, enabling property management professionals to trigger and execute operational tasks directly through Claude while maintaining AppFolio’s built-in compliance, accounting and workflow safeguards. The new agent-to-agent connection allows Claude to initiate operational jobs that are executed within...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s push to reshape the state’s housing landscape ended with nary a whimper last week, with no votes as National Homeownership Month began. His sweeping Building Up Illinois Developments plan stalled before the legislature adjourned, leaving the most ambitious housing proposals with little room to maneuver until fall. His plan sought to strip local governments of broad...

From teaming up with brokerages to expand private listing networks nationwide, to opening up membership to real estate professionals outside of their traditional service area, to launching joint ventures supplying listing input and distribution technology, MLSs are employing a variety of diverse strategies as they look to compete with one another.  For Saul Klein, a real estate industry veteran and the...