How to ensure locked-down compliance during HMDA reporting season, and year-round

How to ensure locked-down compliance during HMDA reporting season, and year-round

HMDA reporting season has just wrapped as financial institutions were required to submit detailed data from the previous calendar year’s mortgage applications and loans to their regulators by March 2nd. But for... Read more »
NewMark Merrill Gets OK for Victorville Target Retail Center

NewMark Merrill Gets OK for Victorville Target Retail Center

NewMark Merrill Companies is moving forward with a Target-anchored shopping center development in Victorville.  NewMark Merrill, in partnership with World Premier Investments and R.Y. Properties, received entitlements to develop Desert Sky Plaza... Read more »

New Senate Bill Aims To Lower Home Prices by Cutting Tariffs on Building Materials

A group of Senate Democrats introduced a bill to exempt home construction materials from tariffs, a move the National Association of Home Builders has pushed for. S. 3943 would automatically exempt a... Read more »
Best Places to Invest 0,000 in Real Estate in 2026 for Passive Income 

Best Places to Invest $100,000 in Real Estate in 2026 for Passive Income 

If you’re looking to turn $100,000 into passive income through real estate in 2026, focusing on markets with strong rental demand and affordable entry points is key, and there are definitely solid... Read more »
What war risk could mean for builders, rates and spring demand in 2026

What war risk could mean for builders, rates and spring demand in 2026

Nature abhors a vacuum and does something about it. Homebuilders, their business and channel partners, their investors and lenders and their customers abhor uncertainty. But what can and will they do about... Read more »
Jeff Appel Leases Up Sunset Strip Project With Office Tenant

Jeff Appel Leases Up Sunset Strip Project With Office Tenant

Jeff Appel’s United El Segundo landed its first office tenant for a West Hollywood mixed-used building, The Real Deal has learned. Siebert Financial and its entertainment subsidiary Gebbia Media leased a 10,000-square-foot... Read more »
Ivana Trump’s New York Townhouse Finally Sells at a Massive Discount—More Than 3 Years After Socialite Died in the Home

Ivana Trump’s New York Townhouse Finally Sells at a Massive Discount—More Than 3 Years After Socialite Died in the Home

Late socialite Ivana Trump‘s palatial New York City townhouse has finally found a buyer—more than three years after it was put on the market for $26.5 million. President Donald Trump‘s former spouse... Read more »
Rates at Multi‑Year Lows Spark Buyer Optimism

Rates at Multi‑Year Lows Spark Buyer Optimism

The mortgage market on March 2, 2026, is offering some of the most attractive borrowing costs we’ve seen in years. If you’re thinking about buying a home or refinancing, the numbers are... Read more »
Fairway promotes Holly Mattson to co-president of recruiting

Fairway promotes Holly Mattson to co-president of recruiting

Fairway Home Mortgage announced Monday that Holly Mattson has been promoted to co-president of recruiting, where she will oversee the company’s efforts to onboard mortgage producers. Mattson will work alongside David Lazowski,... Read more »
Riverside County Tax Auction Set With 0 Floor for Bids

Riverside County Tax Auction Set With $100 Floor for Bids

Southern California deal-seekers have the chance to snap up a house on the cheap.  Riverside County opened registration for auctions on tax-defaulted homes, the California Post reported. Nearly 1,000 homes will be... Read more »