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Rents Surged in 2025 as Supply Hits 20-Year Low in 2026 Ireland's rental market tightened dramatically in early 2026, with nationwide rents climbing 4.4% in 2025 amid record-low supply, according to the latest quarterly Rental Report from property portal Daft.ie. The report, authored by Ronan Lyons, professor of economics at Trinity College Dublin, shows market rents accelerated from a 3.6% increase in...

Spring is right around the corner and mortgage rates are already under 6%, but now we have a new variable: war with Iran. Now the question is whether the conflict in Iran will send rates lower or higher before the seasonal push in housing comes.  Last week was already interesting as the 10-year yield closed at a key level and mortgage rates finished the week under 6%. However, with this weekend’s...

Your heating and cooling system works hard throughout the winter, so before spring arrives, make sure to perform this routine maintenance task to avoid any major...

For this Toronto couple, downsizing from their house uptown to an urban condo didn’t mean giving up a garden. “They had a beautiful garden at their house, and they wanted to have one at this home,” says landscape architect Kate Fox-Whyte. Creating a sky garden became the driving idea behind the...

Just months after loanDepot‘s Alex Madonna was named to a new role to focus on emerging technology, artificial intelligence and modern sales structures, it was announced that he’s departing the company. Madonna, who was most recently loanDepot’s executive vice president of direct lending and spent 16 years at the company, confirmed the news in a LinkedIn post on Friday afternoon. “After 16...

Now one for the books, the 2025 homebuilding market slowed in new construction, resulting in contract cancellations and reduced takedown activity. Millrose Properties, whose epic scale and timing launched a new era in land banking and asset-light homebuilding development in early 2025, bucked that trend.  Millrose – which began spinning out from Lennar in December 2024 – once again grew its...

The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) has added Capital One to its Executive Council for Housing Affordability, a group of private-sector leaders focused on expanding access to affordable housing. Gina Metrakas, vice president and head of federal advocacy at Capital One, will represent the company on the council. Metrakas previously held senior leadership roles at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban...

The National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA) this week sent a letter to a New Jersey lawmaker, stating its opposition to a legislative proposal tied to reverse mortgage counseling requirements in the Garden State. The letter is addressed to state Sen. Shirley Turner (D), the sponsor of New Jersey Senate Bill 264, which creates “pre-loan counseling requirements and borrower rights of...

At the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Servicing Solutions Conference & Expo 2026 in Dallas, Tavant unveiled its TOUCHLESS Servicing Portal and embedded artificial intelligence (AI) agent MAYA — expanding its platform beyond loan origination and into post-close servicing. The new portal unifies application, decisioning and servicing in a single borrower-facing experience, allowing homeowners to...