
Mortgage underwriting has a blind spot: The homeowner’s largest risk
A diversified benchmark approach could reduce balance sheet shocks that precede credit deterioration

Beazer Homes stockholders approve $2.2B sale to Dream Finders
The all-cash deal is now expected to close on October 20

New York 485-x filings cluster at 99 units to avoid wage rule
Latent Urban found 49 registered projects at exactly 99 units across the April and October releases

Surging jobsite raids put 370,000 new home completions at risk
Census data show 256,000 homes under construction and 114,000 not started, as builders push for year end completions

Homa raises $5M to expand across California, add mortgage lending
The brokerage, also live in Florida and Texas, offers buyers up to 2% of the purchase price back at closing

Former Norcross garden board member files restraining order after workplace threat
A former member of the Norcross Discovery Garden Board has filed a restraining order against a man renting one of the park’s raised garden beds after he allegedly threatened her life on Oct. 13. A clerk at the Gwinnett County Magistrate Court confirmed with Rough Draft Atlanta on Oct. 15 that a judg

Mortgage industry reacts to Pulte’s absence at MBA Annual
MBA said 3,700 attendees still gathered in Chicago as FHFA director cited travel tied to housing funds

MLSs race to set AI guardrails before data slips beyond their control
As agents feed large MLS datasets into LLMs for CMAs, MLSs weigh closed-loop tools and new governance layers

Senators Call For FTC Investigation Into Alleged Anti-Competitive Practices in Homebuying
Just two months after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) settled its lawsuit with Zillow and Redfin over the two portals’ alleged anti-competitive agreement, two U.S. Senators have issued a new letter petitioning the organization to take aim at alleged anti-competitive practices on the home-buying s









