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2026 homebuilder outlook shifts to “deteriorating”: Fitch

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 […]

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Guild Mortgage poaching suit against CrossCountry is revived

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

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Fresh off seed round, BrokerBot eyes next phase of brokerage automation

For many real estate brokers, the daily barrage of agent questions — “Where’s the W-9?,” or, “What’s our commission split again?” — adds up to dozens of hours each month, often interrupting nights and weekends. BrokerBot, the artificial intelligence (AI) teammate platform built by Ribera AI, Inc. and a HousingWire 2026 Tech100 Real Estate winner,

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