June 2026

An economy that’s been good for the rich makes shares of high-end homebuilders a better bet than those focused on entry-level buyers, according to one Wall Street analyst. Processing Content Keefe Bruyette & Woods’ Jade Rahmani this week upgraded luxury builder Toll Brothers Inc. to outperform and downgraded broader-based Lennar Corp., saying that the former […]

A retail lender is accusing United Wholesale Mortgage of stealing its business by funding loans originated by employees involved in a wider poaching scheme with another brokerage. Processing Content OneTrust Home Loans filed its theft of trade secrets complaint against E Mortgage Capital, UWM and 31 individual defendants last week in an Arizona federal court.

Stylecraft Builders, a second-generation-led Texas homebuilder more than four decades in the making, is not letting homebuilding’s underwhelming 2026 Spring Selling Season go to waste.  Nor, in spite of hesitant homebuyer demand plaguing many of Texas’ submarkets, has Stylecraft’s momentum slowed. The homebuilder, which predominantly targets entry-level and move-up buyers outside of the major metro