CrossCountry Mortgage launches dedicated homebuilder division

CrossCountry Mortgage launches dedicated homebuilder division

“For the third year in a row, we’re the number one retail mortgage lender because we stay focused on one thing — giving buyers more ways to get to the closing table,”... Read more »
LA Ultra-Luxury Market Favors Buyers

LA Ultra-Luxury Market Favors Buyers

The whispers began last summer. “The market wasn’t teetering, but it was very soft,” Coldwell Banker Realty’s Michael Collins said. “Buyers were taking their time. They weren’t rushing into buying. They were... Read more »
Finance of America 2025 profit jumps 175% on loan volume

Finance of America 2025 profit jumps 175% on loan volume

Adjusted EBITDA totaled $143 million, a 138% increase from 202. This was a reflection of improved earnings quality and the benefits of scale across the company’s platform, CEO Graham Fleming said during... Read more »
Equity Residential Eyes Growth at Mission Viejo Apartments

Equity Residential Eyes Growth at Mission Viejo Apartments

Equity Residential is eyeing a density boost at one of its Orange County apartment complexes. The Chicago-based landlord proposed redeveloping part of its Vista Del Lago residences at 21622 Marguerite Parkway in... Read more »
Verification is the new credit score

Verification is the new credit score

The mortgage industry does not have a speed problem. It has a confidence problem. For decades, the credit score has served as the central organizing mechanism of mortgage risk. It estimates the... Read more »
Santa Barbara Considers Measure ULA-Like Transfer Tax

Santa Barbara Considers Measure ULA-Like Transfer Tax

Measure ULA is causing headaches for high-end developers and home sellers in Los Angeles, but that pushback isn’t stopping officials in Santa Barbara from pursuing the same options to raise revenue.  The... Read more »
Radian shuts down mortgage conduit after divestiture process

Radian shuts down mortgage conduit after divestiture process

Iyer said the company is working with customers to support a “smooth and thoughtful conclusion” to the wind-down. The move follows Radian’s September 2025 disclosure that it planned to divest its “all... Read more »
Yamaha Motor Co. Lists California Campus in Move to Georgia

Yamaha Motor Co. Lists California Campus in Move to Georgia

Yamaha Motor Corporation USA is moving its corporate headquarters from Southern California to Georgia, and it’s offloading real estate ahead of the move.  The company announced it will relocate from Cypress, California,... Read more »
Hilary Duff Lifts the Lid on Most Private Parts of Her Life at Home—as She Lays Bare ‘Devastating’ Family Rifts

Hilary Duff Lifts the Lid on Most Private Parts of Her Life at Home—as She Lays Bare ‘Devastating’ Family Rifts

Hilary Duff has opened up about the most “devastating” parts of her private life behind closed doors, laying bare how her relationships with her father and sister have fallen apart—while also opening... Read more »
Builders gut check what buyers may like vs. what they’ll pay for

Builders gut check what buyers may like vs. what they’ll pay for

As home sizes shrink and a new mega-generation ages into the homebuying market, homebuilders may have to rethink certain aspects of home design.  With affordability the main issue for buyers, builders are... Read more »