2026

From teaming up with brokerages to expand private listing networks nationwide, to opening up membership to real estate professionals outside of their traditional service area, to launching joint ventures supplying listing input and distribution technology, MLSs are employing a variety of diverse strategies as they look to compete with one another.  For Saul Klein, a real estate industry veteran and the...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s push to reshape the state’s housing landscape ended with nary a whimper last week, with no votes as National Homeownership Month began. His sweeping Building Up Illinois Developments plan stalled before the legislature adjourned, leaving the most ambitious housing proposals with little room to maneuver until fall. His plan sought to strip local governments of broad...

AppFolio has announced a new integration between its Realm-X AI platform and Anthropic’s Claude, enabling property management professionals to trigger and execute operational tasks directly through Claude while maintaining AppFolio’s built-in compliance, accounting and workflow safeguards. The new agent-to-agent connection allows Claude to initiate operational jobs that are executed within...

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) on Tuesday announced the launch of a new member forum dedicated to reverse mortgages and other senior-focused mortgage products. The Senior Mortgage Solutions Network (SMSN) will provide MBA members a venue to discuss emerging trends, policy developments and business challenges tied to lending to older homeowners. Its scope includes Home Equity Conversion Mortgages...

Part of this is telling you what you already know. So, make sure you get to the second part. A string of better-than-expected quarters for new-home development players following the pandemic’s onset in 2020 had to end sometime. It did. The first half of 2026 delivered a worse-than-expected spring selling season for many homebuilders — particularly those focused on first-time and entry-level...

Assuming furniture always needs to be against a wall, forgetting to consider lighting, and falling back on a one-size-fits-all setup. These are among the common mistakes that can lead to a living room that just doesn’t quite work. It’s easy to underestimate the planning that goes into...

The REIT is positioning itself as Canada’s premier owner of high-quality health care infrastructure...

Debt Funds Surge as Spreads Hold Firm in 2026 Commercial real estate lending momentum strengthened in the first quarter of 2026, climbing to its highest level in five years as larger loan sizes, expanding non-agency participation, and broadly stable underwriting metrics signaled a firmer--but still disciplined--credit environment, according to the latest CBRE data. The CBRE Lending Momentum Index, which...

The nation’s housing shortage is often framed as a challenge for first-time buyers and growing families. But another group is increasingly feeling the impact — older homeowners who want to downsize yet find themselves with few practical options. Across the country, many seniors remain in large family homes long after their children have moved away. While aging in place is often portrayed as a...

Like many mortgage professionals, Vipul Hapani can see the wave of industry consolidation forming on the horizon and knows it is only a matter of time before it reaches his shores. As the broker-owner of Waxhaw, North Carolina-based Vema Mortgage—the third-largest brokerage originator in the U.S. in 2025, according to HousingWire Mortgage Rankings—Hapani hasn’t yet felt a direct, measurable impact...