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Mortgage rates hold near 6.85% ahead of Fed meeting

Jul 21, 2026 · 3:24 PM Sarah Wolak HousingWire

Mortgage rates stayed in the upper 6% range over the last week as investors weighed persistent inflation concerns, geopolitical tensions and uncertainty…

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Student loan defaults are rising, and Sun Belt demand may soften

Jul 21, 2026 · 1:15 PM Jody Kahn, JK Housing Advisory HousingWire

Student loan delinquencies and defaults have trended upward since October 2025, when pandemic-driven policy leniency hit a hard deadline. The three U.S.…

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Student loan defaults are rising, a risk to Sun Belt housing demand

Jul 21, 2026 · 1:15 PM Jody Kahn, JK Housing Advisory HousingWire

Student loan delinquencies and defaults have trended upward since October 2025, when pandemic-driven policy leniency hit a hard deadline. The three U.S.…

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Rechat launches AI voice assistant campaign

Jul 21, 2026 · 1:00 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Rechat has launched “Hey Lucy,” a new video-first advertising campaign highlighting how real estate agents can manage their business entirely through voice…

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Is the Zestimate era coming to an end?

Jul 21, 2026 · 7:41 AM Gene Whiddon III HousingWire

For nearly two decades, consumers have had the ability to answer one of life’s biggest financial questions almost instantly: “What is my home worth?” Today,…

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We are not ready for the next housing downturn

Jul 21, 2026 · 7:39 AM Sam Valverde HousingWire

The pandemic wrought financial havoc across the economy, but its impact on the housing market was significantly reduced due to a whole-of-government…

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From automation to intelligence: Why enterprise AI mortgage operations are reshaping the industry

Jul 21, 2026 · 7:00 AM HW Media Content Studio HousingWire

Artificial intelligence has introduced hundreds of tools to the mortgage industry, but many lenders are still struggling with rising costs, fragmented…

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The Holiday acquisition is about Daiwa House’s next decade

Jul 20, 2026 · 10:58 PM John McManus HousingWire

The long game Was never about one Acquisition Viewed through a sharply narrowed lens of a single transaction , Holiday Builders adds another respected,…

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M/I, Meritage team up to fund $7.6M bridge to growth in a Texas town

Jul 20, 2026 · 9:50 PM Tyler Williams HousingWire

A new public-private partnership in Central Texas solves for a common stumbling block for homebuilders, who face having to balance home price affordability…

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Compass moves from AI content creation to AI task execution in Home Platform

Jul 20, 2026 · 9:04 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Compass International Holdings has introduced AI Assistant, a conversational agent embedded across its new Home Platform that lets real estate professionals…

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