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Housing Industry News

Why the condo sale next door may not be the best comp

Oct 8, 2026 · 01:14 PM Jake Miakota HousingWire

Why market definition may be the missing layer between property data and actionable market intelligence

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Compass, Qualia expand title and escrow partnership

Oct 8, 2026 · 12:30 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Consolidation will replace separate systems Compass inherited following its merger with Anywhere Real Estate

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Vesta raises $30M in Series B funding to expand AI-native LOS

Oct 8, 2026 · 12:00 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Among lender investors in the platform, Pennymac saw a 25% drop in origination costs and 50% LO efficiency gains after moving to Vesta

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Howard Hughes blueprints a 400,000-resident desert community

Oct 8, 2026 · 09:21 AM Tyler Williams HousingWire

Once complete, Teravalis could deliver 130,000-plus homes and 60 million sq ft of commercial space west of Phoenix

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Housing Industry News

UAD 3.6 is coming. Hybrid appraisals are built for it.

Oct 8, 2026 · 07:00 AM Nikkita Phanda HousingWire

Hybrid eligibility is now in the high-90% range for some programs, expanding use cases ahead of Nov. 2

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Housing Industry News

Confessions of a content hoarder: What 107 dead pages taught me

Oct 8, 2026 · 07:00 AM Alizabeth Leng-Barton HousingWire

Tough-love advice to marketers about their bloated websites

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Housing Industry News

Bank of America: Older Americans have taken on a bigger economic role

Oct 7, 2026 · 08:51 PM Jonathan Delozier HousingWire

Households headed by someone 55 or older held close to $140 trillion in net worth as of Q2 2026

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Housing Industry News

HUD opens probe into Wells Fargo’s race-based mortgage programs

Oct 7, 2026 · 08:30 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes HousingWire

HUD says bank initiatives may violate the Fair Housing Act

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Mortgage Rate News

Mortgage Rates Started Much Higher But Almost Fully Recovered

Oct 7, 2026 · 07:50 PM Matthew Graham Mortgage News Daily

It was an exciting day for mortgage rates, and while we technically ended up slightly higher, it could have been much worse. In fact, it WAS much worse…

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Housing Industry News

FICO to cut 15% of staff, reduce management layers

Oct 7, 2026 · 06:55 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes HousingWire

The move comes as regulators and large lenders are embracing competing credit score models

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