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Housing starts rebounded in June on apartment construction

Homebuilders, Housing Inventory, Originations / Ricky Vasquez

US housing starts rebounded in June on the strength of multifamily building, while weakness in the larger single-family market pointed to ongoing struggles with bloated inventories and affordability constraints. New residential construction increased 4.6% to an annualized rate of 1.32 million homes last month, picking up after an almost 10% slide in May, according to […]

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June sees uptick in new-home loan demand

Homebuilders, Housing markets, Mortgage Rates / Ricky Vasquez

Homebuyers seemed to look past high mortgage rates in their efforts to purchase newly constructed homes last month, offering a bright note amid a broadly uneven housing market. Mortgage applications for new homes increased 8.5% year-over-year in June, according to the Mortgage Banker Association. Applications were down 4% from May, but the report noted that

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Bill aims to construct homes with proceeds from future GSE release

Affordability, Affordable housing, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, GSE Reform, Homebuilders, Homeownership, House of Representatives, Housing Market, HWmember, Legislation, Rental Properties / Ricky Vasquez

U.S. Reps. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) and Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.) have introduced the Housing for US Act — a bipartisan proposal aimed at easing the national housing shortage by investing federal funds into the construction of millions of new homes for middle-class Americans. The bill, which is currently awaiting committee review, calls for up to $250

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HW Media acquires The Builder’s Daily

Homebuilders, Housing Market, HW Media HQ / Ricky Vasquez

DALLAS, TX — July 15, 2025 — HW Media, the parent company of HousingWire, has acquired The Builder’s Daily (TBD), the trusted editorial voice for the homebuilding industry. The acquisition marks a significant step in HW Media’s strategy to deliver market intelligence, editorial excellence and professional community across the entire housing ecosystem — from new

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Housing inventory growth: Good for buyers, bad for builders

Existing home sales, Homebuilders, Housing Market, HWmember, New Home Sales / Ricky Vasquez

Housing inventory growth has been a blessing for the existing home sales market, cooling price growth and giving homebuyers a bit more advantage in 2025. However, as we all know, the inventory growth has been detrimental to the homebuilders this year. On Monday, Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, posted on X about the

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Fannie, Freddie change rules for contributions, incentives

Homebuilders, Mortgage Rates, Originations, Regulation and compliance, Secondary markets / Ricky Vasquez

Recent updates to secondary-market rules for interested party contributions and incentives mean lenders will have to pay more attention to how they use certain strategies that have become popular in the current market. The updates, which generally are in effect now and become mandatory in early September, add additional precision in some cases and more

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Back on the tariff roller coaster: Trump imposes new levies, extends deadlines

Data & Visuals, Donald Trump, Homebuilders, Housing Market, HWmember, Japan, Politics, Tariffs / Ricky Vasquez

After a few months of relative calm, President Donald Trump issued a flurry of new tariffs on key trade partners while indicating an extension of deadlines for most countries to reach a trade deal with the U.S.. Trump paused his new global tariff regime less than a week after it was announced on April 2,

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NAHB’s top economist weighs tariffs, immigration, economics

Homebuilders, Housing Inventory, Housing markets, REALTORS & HOMEBUILDERS / Ricky Vasquez

Economic uncertainty and tariff negotiations have left home builders that lenders increasingly partner with feeling blue. Builder confidence in June sank to a low akin to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the sector’s latest monthly index. The homebuilding industry is dealing with the high mortgage rates suppressing stronger housing demand, and unique

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Walker & Dunlop closes $240 million affordable housing fund

Affordable housing, Homebuilders, Housing Market, HWmember, Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, Multifamily Housing, Rental Properties, Walker & Dunlop / Ricky Vasquez

Walker & Dunlop has announced the closing of a $240 million Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) fund — the largest in the firm’s history — that’s aimed at supporting the development of affordable housing across 10 states. Fund 124 will finance 18 housing developments totaling 1,701 units in California, Texas, Maryland, Utah, Missouri, Michigan, Connecticut,

Walker & Dunlop closes $240 million affordable housing fund

Mayors back Realtor.com’s campaign to address the housing crisis

Affordability, Homebuilders, Housing Inventory, National Association of Realtors, Politics, Real Estate, Realtor.com, Regulatory Compliance / Ricky Vasquez

The U.S. Conference of Mayors formally endorsed a bipartisan statement to support the Let America Build campaign — a housing policy initiative backed by Realtor.com — during the organization’s annual meeting in Tampa on Sunday. The resolution — introduced by Austin Mayor Kirk Watson — acknowledges the mounting housing affordability crisis, and it calls for

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Housing starts rebounded in June on apartment construction

June sees uptick in new-home loan demand

Bill aims to construct homes with proceeds from future GSE release

HW Media acquires The Builder’s Daily

Housing inventory growth: Good for buyers, bad for builders

Fannie, Freddie change rules for contributions, incentives

Back on the tariff roller coaster: Trump imposes new levies, extends deadlines

NAHB’s top economist weighs tariffs, immigration, economics

Walker & Dunlop closes $240 million affordable housing fund

Mayors back Realtor.com’s campaign to address the housing crisis

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