Author name: Ricky Vasquez

A delayed December new-home sales release showed a slight increase in 2025 over a year earlier, but median new-home sales prices decreased, reflecting a challenging homebuilding market weighed down by cost reductions, elevated incentives and a slower-than-expected sales pace.  “New home sales ended 2025 on a mixed but resilient note, signaling steady underlying demand despite […]

For REMAX, U.S. agent count remains a challenge, even as the company reported a larger net income in 2025 than it did in 2024, according to an earnings report published on Thursday evening.  In 2025, REMAX reported a net income of $8.2 million, up from $7.1 million. This increase came despite revenue for the year

Kiavi, a digital nonbank lender for residential real estate investors, announced Thursday that it closed a $350 million rated securitization of residential transition loans (RTLs). The transaction marks Kiavi’s sixth rated securitization and 24th deal under its LHOME shelf, bringing its total offered notes to more than $6.8 billion since inception, the company said. The