January 2026

Blackstone, homebuilder shares plunge on Trump housing comments

Shares of Blackstone Inc. and other housing-related companies tumbled after President Donald Trump said he would move to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes.  Processing Content Blackstone stock fell by as much as 9.3%, before trimming some losses, after Trump said he was “immediately taking steps to ban large institutional investors from buying more […]

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Optimal Blue, Meridianlink to integrate pricing, LOS tools

Loan-origination software provider Meridianlink reached a deal for an integration with Optimal Blue that aims to streamline processes and offer competitive pricing in secondary market sales for lenders.  Processing Content With the integration, mortgage customers using Meridianlink’s LOS will gain access to Optimal Blue’s product, pricing and eligibility solutions in real time directly through the

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Left to right: Homevision CEO Jeff Foster, Newrez President Baron Silverstein

Newrez invests in AI underwriting platform Homevision

Left to right: Homevision CEO Jeff Foster, Newrez President Baron Silverstein National mortgage lender and servicer Newrez announced it is making a strategic investment into artificial intelligence platform Homevision to create technology capable of addressing all aspects of underwriting. Processing Content Through the partnership, the two companies aim to expand Homevision’s scope of work beyond

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