[embedded content] As America’s population ages, a growing number of homeowners are entering retirement with substantial housing wealth and new questions about how to use it. For mortgage professionals, that shift is creating opportunities to have broader conversations about housing wealth, cash flow and long-term financial planning. For years, reverse mortgages were often misunderstood as […]

The slow start to the spring selling season is driving Fitch Ratings to revise its 2026 homebuilding outlook. Processing Content The rating agency lowered its 2026 forecasts for single-family housing starts to a 4.5% decline from prior expectations of an increase of 0.5%, while new home sales projections shifted to a 2.5% drop from a

Guild Mortgage is getting another chance to sue CrossCountry Mortgage for allegedly raiding its Seattle-area branch. Processing Content A California appellate court last month revived Guild’s years-old case against the rival, after a lower court dismissed the initial claims. The lender accuses CrossCountry of working with one of its branch managers to divert customers and