In a week marked by discussions of the potential firing of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and inflation data, mortgage rates remained relatively calm, thanks to improvements in mortgage spreads.Mortgage spreads have improved significantly since 2023, leaving us just 0.49% from normal levels, ba

Travelers to the U.S. must pay a new "visa integrity fee" to visit, but questions remain as to how and when it will be implemented. Here's what we know so far.

A potential buyer has entered the ring at The Raleigh, a stalled condo and hotel project planned in Miami Beach.  New York-based Nahla Capital won a bid to purchase the property for about $275 million, Business Insider reported. Michael Shvo’s firm, New York-based Shvo, has the right of first refusa

Beverly Hills-based jeweler Ildico picked up a retail building in the Miami Design District for $35 million. An entity managed by Ildico CFO Mikhail Cohen bought the two-story, 9445-square-foot storefront at 3800 Northeast Second Avenue, records and real estate database Vizzda show. The deal breaks

Private equity boss David Cohen sold his condo at Four Seasons Residences at the Surf Club for $17.8 million, marking the highest price per square foot sale in Surfside this year. Records show Cohen sold unit N-719 at 9111 Collins Avenue for $5,265 per square foot to Michigan Miami Land Trust, with

Welcome back to Tech Pulse — HousingWire‘s weekly series rounding up the latest in technology news, including tools, integrations and trends that impact mortgage and real estate.Here’s what happened this week:Realtor.com parent Move acquires ZenlistRealtor.com parent Move Inc. has acquired Zenlist,

Canadian travel dropped sharply in the first half of 2025, according to numbers by U.S. Travel Association.

Real estate technology company Rayse has launched a seller-focused module aimed at helping listing agents provide clearer communication and real-time updates to clients throughout the sales process.The new tool is the company’s first major product expansion since its 2024 launch. Originally focused

Property management software company RealPage has acquired Livble, a flexible rent payment provider, in a move that expands RealPage’s reach into financial tools for renters and property managers. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.The deal brings Livble’s installment-based rent payment

Kushner Companies is eyeing a Fort Lauderdale site where Miami-based developer Harvey Hernandez plans a mixed-use tower with short-term rental-friendly condominiums.  An affiliate of New York-based Kushner, led by Laurent Morali and Nicole Kushner Meyer, is seeking to foreclose on the 1-acre site at

Today’s housing starts report from the Census Bureau shows that Federal Reserve policy remains too restrictive for housing production to grow, which in the long run impacts the fight against inflation. This is why the data on single-family construction is not improving; in fact, it is getting worse.

Record-high home prices and persistently elevated mortgage rates have made the housing market difficult for homebuyers and the industry alike — and not even this year’s significant growth in supply seems to be helping.It’s been particularly difficult for prospective buyers who are currently renters,

A west Tennessee firm has joined the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate network — marking the brand’s continued expansion in the region.Conner Real Estate LLC, founded in 2011 by Joey Conner, is now operating under the name Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Conner.The firm serves a wide swath o

The Charleston, South Carolina-based firm bought the property at 6200 Northwest 173rd Street in an unincorporated area of the county from New York-based Nuveen Real Estate, an investment arm of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America, according to records and real estate database Vizzd

Faced with high housing costs, economic instability and declining trust in traditional lending institutions, younger generations are redefining how they approach homeownership.A newly released NextGen Homebuyer Report — compiled by National Mortgage Insurance and financial literacy nonprofit FirstHo

VantageScore and FICO have escalated their rivalry in the mortgage space following the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) decision to allow Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to purchase loans underwritten with VantageScore 4.0 as an alternative to the Classic FICO score. Both companies published analy

U.S. airlines are struggling from weaker domestic spring and summer demand and lower fares.

After launching a new proprietary loan product this spring, one of the nation’s leading reverse mortgage lenders has expanded the offering this week to more states.Mutual of Omaha Mortgage announced on Friday that its SecureEquity+ product, which became available in April to eligible California and

New-home sales have been a relative bright spot in an otherwise stagnant housing market. But that’s changing and homebuilders recognize it.According to June 2025 data released Friday by the U.S. Census Bureau, single-family home construction is down year over year at every stage of the process. This

Developers interested in building a mixed-use project with hotels and restaurants on the waterfront just north of the Port of Palm Beach will soon have another chance. Riviera Beach council members, sitting as the board of directors of the Riviera Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), voted 4