Author name: Ricky Vasquez

New Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s first-year housing agenda delivered new money and new tools for affordable housing preservation, but it fell short on the package’s biggest supply-side proposal: a statewide push to allow multifamily housing by right in many commercially zoned areas. A pair of bills would have required local zoning codes to allow multifamily […]

Compass is dismissing its antitrust lawsuit against Zillow over the listing portal giant’s listing access standards policy. The Robert Reffkin-helmed firm filed its motion to dismiss the lawsuit without prejudice, meaning that Compass could file another lawsuit against Zillow with similar claims in the future, in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New

Cleveland-based CrossCountry Mortgage (CCM) has struck a deal to acquire Summit Funding, broadening its geographic reach, the companies announced Wednesday. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “In 2025, we financed 1 in 35 homes sold nationwide, ranking as the No. 1 retail mortgage lender,” Ron Leonhardt, founder and CEO, told HousingWire. “This acquisition