March 2026

Underbuilding expands housing supply gap to 4 million

The housing supply gap expanded in the United States last year, driven by continued underbuilding, new industry data shows. Processing Content The gap hit an estimated 4.03 million homes, an increase from 3.8 million in 2024, according to the 2026 Housing Supply Gap Report from Realtor.com. This marked the third-largest annual deficit since 2012, behind […]

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HECM lenders see subdued numbers to start the year

Early-year data shows a noticeable slowdown in government-backed reverse mortgage endorsement volume, and the rise of proprietary products may be playing a role.  Processing Content Endorsements of Federal Housing Administration-backed Home Equity Conversion Mortgages dropped 20.7% between January and February to 1,821 transactions, according to the latest data from Reverse Market Insight. January’s total had

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Elliott, SMBC and Macquarie exposed to collapsed lender MFS

Elliott Investment Management, SMBC and Macquarie Group Ltd. are exposed to Market Financial Solutions Ltd., adding to the list of Wall Street firms caught up in its collapse. Processing Content Elliott holds about £200 million ($268 million) of mortgage-backed facilities tied to the failed lender while Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. has about £100 million of

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