The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) on Tuesday announced the launch of a new member forum dedicated to reverse mortgages and other senior-focused mortgage products. The Senior Mortgage Solutions Network (SMSN) will provide MBA members a venue to discuss emerging trends, policy developments and business challenges tied to lending to older homeowners. Its scope includes Home Equity Conversion Mortgages...

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...

For decades, wealthy New Yorkers followed a familiar script. Work in Manhattan. Escape to the Hamptons. Repeat. Lately, however, some buyers are rewriting the playbook. Instead of splitting time between multiple properties, they’re looking for homes that can deliver the same resort-style experience year-round while remaining close enough to the city for an easy commute. That’s exactly the...

Assuming furniture always needs to be against a wall, forgetting to consider lighting, and falling back on a one-size-fits-all setup. These are among the common mistakes that can lead to a living room that just doesn’t quite work. It’s easy to underestimate the planning that goes into...

The REIT is positioning itself as Canada’s premier owner of high-quality health care infrastructure...

Debt Funds Surge as Spreads Hold Firm in 2026 Commercial real estate lending momentum strengthened in the first quarter of 2026, climbing to its highest level in five years as larger loan sizes, expanding non-agency participation, and broadly stable underwriting metrics signaled a firmer--but still disciplined--credit environment, according to the latest CBRE data. The CBRE Lending Momentum Index, which...

The nation’s housing shortage is often framed as a challenge for first-time buyers and growing families. But another group is increasingly feeling the impact — older homeowners who want to downsize yet find themselves with few practical options. Across the country, many seniors remain in large family homes long after their children have moved away. While aging in place is often portrayed as a...

Class Valuation has partnered with Makena to provide appraisers with new mobile data-collection tools ahead of the mortgage industry’s transition to the Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD) 3.6 standards later this year. The appraisal management company announced last week that appraisers working through Class Valuation will gain access to InstaPlan, Makena’s mobile property data collection and floor...

A pair of ultra-modest, little-noticed funding opportunities from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development may signal a new strategy taking shape in Washington. The Builder’s Daily has learned that HUD recently opened applications for two new demonstration programs totaling $13 million that target two of the industry’s chronic obstacles to delivering housing at scale: the speed and cost...

Like many mortgage professionals, Vipul Hapani can see the wave of industry consolidation forming on the horizon and knows it is only a matter of time before it reaches his shores. As the broker-owner of Waxhaw, North Carolina-based Vema Mortgage—the third-largest brokerage originator in the U.S. in 2025, according to HousingWire Mortgage Rankings—Hapani hasn’t yet felt a direct, measurable impact...