Author: Michael Gersitz

Why innovation matters now In today’s market conditions, lenders who identify strategic opportunities and innovate their operations now stand to gain a competitive advantage. Historically successful lenders have accomplished this by focusing on customer experience, operational efficiencies and the agility

Affordability challenges, evolving demographics, and shifting internal migration are profoundly changing the U.S. housing market, impacting not only renters but investors, too. These winds of change are sharply increasing demand for single-family rental (SFR) build-to-rent (BTR) communities, creating strong opportunities

Onity Group — the parent company of PHH Mortgage Corp. and its reverse mortgage arm, Liberty Reverse Mortgage — announced on Tuesday that the company has entered into a “strategic relationship” with Finance of America (FOA) to sell $9.6 billion

As major builders like D.R. Horton and Tri Pointe Homes trim new home starts to protect margins, Beazer Homes is taking a page out of Lennar’s playbook. Beazer’s Q4 earnings call reveals a builder determined to sustain a robust sales

Figure Technology Solutions Inc. filed a registration statement on Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a proposed public offering of its Series A Blockchain Common Stock, marking the launch of the first blockchain-native public equity security. Figure‘s

A 2021 NPR podcast segment painted a picture of the American Dream turned Nightmare: a Louisiana family faced the loss of their five-generation-home that had been owned by the family’s great, great, great grandfather, Jacob Loud, who was formerly enslaved.  

Starting in January, local MLSs will have a lot more control over things like disciplinary actions and even who can access the MLS. These changes are the result of an 18-policy update approved by the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR)

ATTOM released its October 2025 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, showing 36,766 properties with foreclosure filings — including default notices, scheduled auctions or bank repossessions — a 3% increase from September and more than a 19% increase from a year ago.

ICE Mortgage Technology and Bright MLS, the nation’s largest multiple listing service (MLS), announced that Bright will integrate ICE’s Paragon Connect MLS platform into its technology ecosystem as part of its long-term growth strategy. Paragon Connect is a mobile-first MLS

Strategic paralysis in a buyer-stuck market If land is the lifeblood of homebuilding, then today’s land strategy is a pressure test of a company’s core strength. But how do you act when the market offers no clear signal? After a