Several senior executives in Better’s control and finance teams, including chief financial officer Kevin Ryan, have taken additional jobs or left the company as it navigates financial pressures, according to public announcements and updates to social media profiles.  In July, Ryan also joined invest

Spec home developer Todd Michael Glaser and the Posner Group are looking to flip for $169 million the waterfront Miami Beach estate they bought for $105 million in July — equating to a 60 percent markup. They also listed the property for rent, asking $495,000 a month.  Developer Sonny Kahn, a foundi

The promise that artificial intelligence brings to the mortgage ecosystem through faster processes and reduced expenses is also accompanied by the potential threat it poses to human roles. While the next two years could see an acceleration of AI-related job losses, Diane Yu urges mortgage profession

Airlines are seeing an earlier drop-off in summer travel as children return to school earlier.

Russell Weiner, the billionaire founder of Rockstar Energy Drink, is alleging the project manager and general contractor of his $100 million-plus estate in Miami Beach completed defective work that lacked the proper approvals and permits.  Weiner’s Pine Tree Development filed a new lawsuit this summ

Emerald Group and Infinite Care bought a pair of senior rehabilitation centers in South Florida for a combined $29 million.  In the bigger deal, an entity led by Lakewood, New Jersey-based investor Yisroel Herzka and tied to Emerald and New York-based Infinite Care paid $18.9 million for the 120-bed

The Breakers is planning an eight-story, 155-unit apartment complex in West Palm Beach to house its workers. The iconic Palm Beach hotel has seen the writing on the wall about the lack of affordability in Palm Beach County, the Palm Beach Post reported. City officials are calling it the first employ

Travelers from the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand can apply for Clear+ memberships that verify passenger identities using biometrics.

A small fish in the pond of fintech-focused mortgage companies is trying to race to the front in the artificial intelligence arms race. And it’s not using a typical ChatGPT-style program either. Future Technologies CEO Blake Bianchi announced on Thursday that the company is launching a full-stack, p

In its quest to bring its loan officer count up to 5,000, NEXA Mortgage announced Thursday that it has brought on Eric Mitchell to assist with its goal. Mitchell will serve as a “key hire” recruiting partner for NEXA, newly appointed chief operating officer Jason duPont said in an interview with Hou

Mosaik — a real estate client experience platform — has launched three new collaborations aimed at bringing its technology to a wider network of agents, brokerages and associations. The company has joined the Solutions Group preferred vendor program of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World (Lea

Mortgage originations and home equity lending both increased in the second quarter despite elevated interest rates and home prices, according to TransUnion’s Q2 2025 Credit Industry Insights Report. Originations rose 5.1% year over year, driven largely by a rebound in refinancing. Rate-and-term refi

Edge One Capital has disclosed its stake in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, calling the government’s prolonged control of the mortgage giants the “largest shareholder rights violation in U.S. history.” It’s also proposing a road map to return them to private ownership without the consequence of higher m

Swerdlow Group bought a nearly 2-acre development site in Miami’s Little River neighborhood for $11.5 million.  The property will be part of Swerdlow’s planned 5,000-plus unit affordable and workforce multifamily redevelopment of several public housing complexes in Little River.  Michael Swerdlow’s

Fannie Mae on Thursday published the results of its latest Mortgage Lender Sentiment Survey. The report details lender experiences with eMortgage technology, including challenges to date, adoption plans and business priorities for 2025. The survey found that while most lenders (75%) are familiar wit

Closinglock has introduced a two-way text messaging tool for the title insurance industry, allowing closing professionals to send and receive SMS messages with clients and partners from within the company’s platform. The feature allows real-time communication with buyers, sellers, lenders and agents

Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Company (CATIC) has approved Dono’s automated title search system for use by attorneys in North Carolina, the companies announced Thursday. The decision provides hold harmless protection against errors or claims when attorneys use the platform — a first for arti

Artificial intelligence may be known for its speed, but in mortgage servicing, the real opportunity is in reshaping decades-long relationships with homeowners, according to Leslie Peeler, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Cenlar FSB. Speaking at HousingWire’s AI Summit on Tuesd

Roers Companies landed $91.4 million in construction financing to build a pair of Naples multifamily projects. Los Angeles-based Kayne Anderson provided a senior mortgage of $78.5 million, and Greenwich, Connecticut-based SteepRock Capital provided a $12.5 million mezzanine loan for Roers’ two plann

eXp Realty has added veteran Southern California real estate agent Vivian Lesny to its network, the company announced Thursday. Lesny — who has worked in real estate for more than 20 years — surpassed $70 million in sales in 2024 and has closed as many as 88 transactions in a single year. She has co