May 2026

Scissor stairs may lower Washington multifamily building costs

Zoning reform has grabbed most of the attention in housing policy circles, but sometimes it’s the unglamorous, technical building code changes that save builders real money. Single-stair reform was the first to sweep through state legislatures and city halls as a tool to spur missing-middle housing. Washington state is now cutting deeper into the building […]

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StreetMatrix adds Arizona and Utah to its housing index

StreetMatrix has expanded its independent real estate analytics platform into Arizona and Utah, adding two fast-growing Western states to a housing index that already covers California and Nevada, the company announced on Wednesday. StreetMatrix was created by housing analyst Jonathan Miller, president and CEO of Miller Samuel, and economist Nick Huntington-Klein, an associate professor at

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Rocket expands on VantageScore 4.0 pilot for agency, VA loans

Rocket Mortgage and Rocket Pro provided additional details this week on their rollout of VantageScore 4.0 in mortgage lending after officially announcing last week that they have started using VantageScore 4.0 alongside Classic FICO scores. Heather Lovier, chief operating officer of Rocket Companies, told HousingWire that VantageScore 4.0 can currently be used for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and

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