The U.S. needs a new strategy to address the significant recovery costs following large-scale disasters  Disasters such as fires, floods and tornadoes are striking a widening geographic area across our country, and their frequency appears to be rising. The cobbled-together framework of consumers’ ha

Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs) have long been the gold standard product set for reverse mortgage originators, but they became a minority share of the market earlier this year as proprietary loan volume exceeded HECM volume in the first quarter of 2026. While private-label reverse mortgages

Jessica Edgerton is taking the reins of the Council of MLSs (CMLS) at a time when the industry is grappling with countless questions regarding its purpose, identity and future utility. And while this may cause some to high tail it in the opposite direction, Edgerton said this is exactly why she deci

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index released on Monday found that homebuilder confidence remained low, falling two points to 35 in June. This marked the 14th straight month that confidence was below 40, the longest streak NAHB has recorded since 2011 to