July 2025

US housing starts rebounded in June on the strength of multifamily building, while weakness in the larger single-family market pointed to ongoing struggles with bloated inventories and affordability constraints. New residential construction increased 4.6% to an annualized rate of 1.32 million homes last month, picking up after an almost 10% slide in May, according to […]

Sen. Raphael Warnock, D–Ga., introduced legislation Thursday to address what he called “systemic bias” in the home appraisal process. The proposal comes just one week after the Trump administration disbanded a Biden-era task force that had been focused on addressing racial bias in the housing system. The bill, called the Appraisal Modernization Act, would require

An Indiana loan officer faces a dozen felony counts after being accused of altering borrower information while working as an originator for two different lenders.  State officials filed charges against Laura Mickler in Delaware County circuit court, located in the Central Indiana town of Muncie, in early July. She faces four felony counts each of