Author name: Ricky Vasquez

Homebuilders’ spring toolbox: Incentives rose, but conversion stayed weak

Part of this is telling you what you already know. So, make sure you get to the second part. A string of better-than-expected quarters for new-home development players following the pandemic’s onset in 2020 had to end sometime. It did. The first half of 2026 delivered a worse-than-expected spring selling season for many homebuilders — […]

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MISMO updates PaVS procurement dataset for UAD 3.6

MISMO, the real estate finance industry’s standards organization, released an update to its Property and Valuation Services (PaVS) Procurement Dataset Specification on Tuesday, aiming to modernize how valuation services are ordered across the mortgage ecosystem. The updated specification replaces legacy form-based ordering with a standardized, data-driven framework for exchanging valuation service orders. It is designed

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2026 The Thousand: eXp team provides ‘Anchor’ for military families

When Kelli Salter launched Anchor Real Estate in 2020, the military spouse and real estate professional was searching for a better way to serve members of the armed forces who form the backbone of the Jacksonville, North Carolina, housing market. Six years later, that decision has helped propel Anchor Real Estate to national recognition. The

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