Retail March 24, 2026 Luxury conglomerates such as LVMH, Richemont and Kering were responsible for 30 percent of store openings in 2025. Image credit: Cushman & Wakefield By Kiran Gill Supply-demand... Read more »
When the Palisades and Eaton fires displaced thousands of tenants last year, landlords across L.A. jacked up rental prices while the flames were still burning. Officials were quick to respond, vowing crackdowns... Read more »
Rent price changes in San Francisco and Los Angeles over the past year tell a tale of two very different cities. San Francisco rents in January were up 13 percent from a... Read more »
If you’ve been keeping an eye on mortgage rates, you’ll be happy to hear that as of February 11, 2026, they’re holding comfortably below the 6% mark. The average 30-year fixed mortgage... Read more »
Opponents counter that the tri-merge model protects borrowers by revealing errors or missing data across bureaus. They warn a single-file approach could enable score “gaming” by allowing lenders to avoid lower scores,... Read more »
Ginnie Mae this week released its fiscal year 2024 financial report, which describes how the company has aimed to provide liquidity to the mortgage industry, accessibility to affordable housing and value to... Read more »
As the reverse mortgage industry prepares to say goodbye to the tumultuous year that is 2024, positive news for the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)’s Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program — which... Read more »
The likelihood of a third Federal Reserve rate cut got higher with Wednesday’s Consumer Price Index from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, which met expectations from economists on inflation. Headline inflation... Read more »
Executives at mortgage lenders anticipate a minimum 20% increase in credit reporting costs in 2025 compared to 2024. And the soaring costs will hit as lenders try to dig out from multiple... Read more »
The Council of Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBanks) lauded this week’s release of a report from the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), which highlighted the banks’ growth in support of affordable housing... Read more »