HousingWire reports on the quarterly earnings of publicly traded mortgage, real estate and homebuilder companies, offering a glimpse into the financial performance of key players in the housing market. As earnings results start to be released for the second quarter of 2026, here’s a rundown of what’s happening at the major lenders, brokerages, builders, listing portals and title...

New York City’s regulated affordable housing sector is confronting a worsening financial squeeze, and a reckoning is coming unless solutions emerge, according to a new survey of owners, managers, lenders and other industry participants. The survey by affordable housing nonprofit NYC Housing Partnership found that 62% of respondents said operating costs have risen to unsustainable levels. None reported...

In 1998, when Steve Alloy succeeded his father, Martin, as president of Northern Virginia-based Stanley Martin Homes, buying land wisely was, as it is now, both a point of pride and a business necessity. A cardinal rule of engagement and survival, as any homebuilder competing in the NVR- and Ryan Homes-dominated Mid-Atlantic region knew, was to counterpunch on land acquisition rather than compete...

Rocket Companies reported high second-quarter earnings on Thursday, driven by increased mortgage origination volume, servicing income and record market share gains in both purchase and refinance lending, even as the broader housing market remained challenging. The Detroit-based lender reported Q2 2026 net revenue of $2.78 billion, nearly double its $1.45 billion figure from the same period last year and...

Sometimes patience pays off, especially when the architect you want to hire is busy. It certainly did for the owners of this 17th-century English farmhouse. When they first found architect Lydia Robinson of Design Storey on Houzz, she was working on another project. “They’d seen a cottage we’d...

Twenty years ago, the typical overseas buyer wanted a second home -- a place in the sun. That buyer has largely disappeared, replaced by an investor treating international real estate like any other asset class -- on yield, on structure, on exit. Nest Invest Global, a London-based overseas property brokerage, has built its model around that shift. "The conversation used to start with 'where would I like to...

Image Capital markets are also open and well-functioning for the REIT market, managers...

Residential Inventory Builds and Buyers Hold Firm The Las Vegas housing market showed early signs of moderation in July, with home prices retreating from recent records while sales activity remained relatively stable despite elevated mortgage rates and a gradual increase in available inventory. According to a report released this week by Las Vegas Realtors, the median price of an existing single-family...

Image Jonas says the sector is seeing “buy-in” from the REIT investment...

UWM Holdings Corp. is pairing the announcement of a record $2.05 billion strategic capital partnership with its second-quarter 2026 results, which show the nation’s largest mortgage lender is still leaning into growth despite higher leverage and moving into the red. In an internal memo to employees reviewed by HousingWire, chairman, president and CEO Mat Ishbia told staff that UWM has “just...