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Real estate has always had a complicated relationship with lead follow-up. Everyone knows speed matters. Everyone knows consistency matters. And almost every team believes there is missed opportunity sitting somewhere inside its database, even if they’re using real estate AI follow up. The common response has been to increase activity: take a large group of buyers and sellers, load them into an ISA...

For decades, manufactured housing has excelled at producing lower-cost homes. What it has struggled to do is go vertical. Fact is, America’s most severe housing shortages are no longer in places where inexpensive land is abundant. They’re in high-cost metropolitan markets where making housing pencil often requires more homes on less land. That makes manufactured housing’s challenge – up to...

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s new framework for the U.S. central bank carries significant implications for the mortgage industry and broader housing market — a sector that he admits is already facing a restrictive monetary stance. While his hawkish tone points to higher-for-longer mortgage rates in the near term, it also signals the potential for lower long-term rates driven by a firm...

For weeks, a central question surrounding Dream Finders Homes‘ pursuit of Beazer Homes has been unambiguous: Will Dream Finders’ offer for the company and its public relations campaign be enough to convince Beazer shareholders that a sale should occur? A just-completed debt refinancing by Beazer Homes likely raises the cost of any acquisition of Beazer. An ever-relevant issue is that the...

Retirement plan participation among eligible U.S. workers reached a record 86% last year, according to Vanguard‘s 2026 How America Saves report, which analyzed retirement savings behavior across nearly 5 million defined contribution plan participants. The annual report found that automatic enrollment, higher default contribution rates and broader use of professionally managed investments have reshaped...

These Austin, Texas, homeowners love to entertain, but their closed-off kitchen wasn’t supporting the casual gatherings they enjoy hosting. They hired Etch Design Studio and Skelly Build to open the kitchen to the adjacent sunroom and create a layout better suited to the way they cook, eat, gather...

Image CEO Angela Kleiman says start-ups in the Bay Area are “translating into a demand...

Image CEO Andy Power says, “we’re in the largest infrastructure build-out in the history of...

Image CFO Jay Johnson sees new opportunities ahead from pharma advertising, among...

Keeping U.S. Housing Costs Elevated as Inflation Fight Intensifies The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged this week in Kevin Warsh's first meeting as chairman, while signaling a more cautious outlook on future rate cuts and opening the door to the possibility of additional tightening if inflation pressures persist. The Federal Open Market Committee voted unanimously to maintain its benchmark...