April 2026

Inflation outpaces home-price growth for 9th straight month

Although mortgage rates dipped below 6% in February for the first time since 2022, home-price growth continued to slow, two new industry reports found. Processing Content More than half of the major metropolitan markets in the United States posted year-over-year price declines in February, while prices rose 0.7% nationally, according to the S&P Cotality Case-Shiller […]

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The infrastructure cost squeeze and what builders can do

Infrastructure costs and impact fees remain the persistent financial burdens in residential development. Site grading, roads, water systems, sewer lines, drainage, utilities and development impact fees are rising faster than home prices can absorb them. For builders operating on already compressed margins, the question is how to finance these costs without passing every dollar through

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Rethinking the CRM: How Sure Send is redefining daily execution for modern real estate and lending teams

For years, CRM platforms have been positioned as the backbone of productivity for loan originators, agents and sales teams. However, in practice, many have failed to evolve beyond static databases, becoming repositories of stale contacts rather than true systems of execution. As teams scale and pipelines grow, the gaps in maintaining meaningful relationships and operating

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