30-Year Refinance Drops by 11 Basis Points

30-Year Refinance Drops by 11 Basis Points

If you’ve been watching mortgage rates like I have, you’ll be happy to hear that the average 30-year fixed refinance rate dropped by 11 basis points today, February 15, 2026, bringing it... Read more »
Mortgage lead prices to rise as trigger lead ban disrupts lenders

Mortgage lead prices to rise as trigger lead ban disrupts lenders

“We are seeing lead costs trend higher across the board,” said Praveen Chandramohan, senior vice president at Cotality Mortgage Data Solutions. “Because the ban removes a high-volume, low-cost source of data, lenders... Read more »
A Riverfront Revival in a Small Town Is Taking Place Just Miles From New York City

A Riverfront Revival in a Small Town Is Taking Place Just Miles From New York City

A New Jersey town, once bustling with industries and factories, is slowly transforming itself into a cozy and convenient suburb. Harrison is in the shadows of New York City—about eight miles by... Read more »
30-Year Fixed At Multi-Year Lows Offers Huge Savings

30-Year Fixed At Multi-Year Lows Offers Huge Savings

If you’ve been watching the housing market with a keen eye, you know how crucial mortgage rates are. Well, get ready for some good news! Today, February 15, 2026, mortgage rates are... Read more »
Stop marketing moments; start designing systems

Stop marketing moments; start designing systems

Here’s something I’ve been turning over in my head as we grind our way into Spring Selling 2026 — one that feels especially relevant for homebuilders and every functional leader who’s trying... Read more »
Muted Reaction to Hilton & Hyland’s Latest Shift

Muted Reaction to Hilton & Hyland’s Latest Shift

Hilton & Hyland lost its managing director, and you could call industry reaction to the latest in the brokerage’s saga muted to say the least. Steve Katz, who joined the brokerage a ... Read more »
EXCLUSIVE: ’90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days’ Star Rethinks His Marriage After Seeing Wife’s Lavish Home in the Philippines

EXCLUSIVE: ’90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days’ Star Rethinks His Marriage After Seeing Wife’s Lavish Home in the Philippines

Mismatched spending habits are a common cause of conflict in relationships—so when one “90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days” cast member saw his wife’s oversized home in the Philippines for the... Read more »
30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rate Falls Steeply by 78 Basis Points

30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rate Falls Steeply by 78 Basis Points

If you’ve been dreaming of owning your own home, this is fantastic news you won’t want to miss. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate has seen a dramatic drop of 78 basis points... Read more »
Sumitomo Forestry buys Tri Pointe, resetting the arc of homebuilder scale

Sumitomo Forestry buys Tri Pointe, resetting the arc of homebuilder scale

Within a couple of weeks of exactly this time two years ago, the lead-in to a blockbuster $4.9 billion M&A deal involving a Japan-based acquirer of a national public homebuilding enterprise practically... Read more »
Los Angeles Enacts Commercial-to-Housing Conversion Law

Los Angeles Enacts Commercial-to-Housing Conversion Law

Housing production in Los Angeles is poised to pick up even more as a new adaptive reuse law goes into effect this month.  The Citywide Adaptive Reuse Ordinance makes it easier for... Read more »