In this episode of “The House Guest,” host Dorcas Adewole sits down with third-generation builder and real estate developer Matt Panella to discuss how natural...

After remodeling nearly every public space in their Hanover, Minnesota, home, this couple finally decided to treat themselves to a primary bathroom remodel once their youngest child was ready to leave the nest. “What they really wanted was a peaceful place to go at the end of the day,” interior...

With life’s stresses seemingly ever present and screens taking up much of our time, it’s easy to become disconnected from the simple pleasures of living. Restore balance by tapping into your five senses and turning the place you live into a more peaceful...

Image Operational building certifications are one of the most direct ways to lift GRESB Performance scores. These increase the certified floor-area share in your portfolio, which is what GRESB uses to award points in...

Rayonier Inc.’s (NYSE: RYN) merger with PotlatchDeltic in January wasn’t simply another industry transaction; it represented the culmination of years of consolidation and the creation of a company that management believes is increasingly able to unlock value beyond traditional timber...

Mortgage insurers will be required to keep a larger safety net for mortgages originated using VantageScore 4.0 than for comparable loans using Classic FICO, according to new guidance from the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs). In late July, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac published a new grid for their Private Mortgage Insurer Eligibility Requirements (PMIERs) that, for the first time, includes...

Josh Miller, CEO and co-founder of Epique Realty, told attendees at Tuesday’s HousingWire AI Summit that the real estate industry’s most expensive technology investments are often the least used. He offered a three-part prescription to solve the problem. Brokerages spend thousands of dollars on tools their agents refuse to adopt, and the solution lies not in building more technology but in aligning...

FirstTeam has expanded its national brokerage footprint into Kansas and Missouri, partnering with broker-owner Scott Eckhoff and Rival Real Estate to open the company’s first Midwest office in Kansas City, the company announced Tuesday. The move marks the next phase of FirstTeam’s national expansion strategy, which began in April 2025 and has since grown to include offices in California, Arizona,...

Mortgage lenders that adopt artificial intelligence should focus first on the business problems they’re trying to solve rather than chasing the latest technology, according to panelists who spoke Tuesday at HousingWire’s AI Summit. Amanda Tucker, chief risk and compliance officer at Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group, and Michael Crockett, chief operating officer at Xactus, said the growing number of AI...

Only about half of U.S. private-sector workers participate in an employer-sponsored retirement plan at any given time — a gap driven almost entirely by small employers, according to new research from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. While more than 90% of larger employers offer retirement plans, just 49% of firms with fewer than 50 employees do so. Small businesses account for the...