Lender demand for non-QM and home equity securitizations is carrying into 2026, following a record year and fresh rankings of leading issuers. Processing Content Non-QM securitization is on track to fuel an overall 25% increase in non-agency issuance this year, according to Standard & Poor’s North American structured finance outlook. “The market still is […]
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Real estate data provider Attom is acquiring the assets of a former residential investment firm, a move that aims to expand its technology and artificial intelligence holdings and support scalability for both platforms. Processing Content The merger with Resishares complements Attom’s own access to housing data across the country and expands it to accelerate development
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Key insight: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent avoided confronting the rate cap directly, but argued banks already are benefitting from deregulation elsewhere. Supporting data: Bessent argued that banks enjoy trillions in extra lending capacity, freed up by the unwinding of compliance standards. Forward look: The White House appears increasingly serious about passing a credit card interest
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News that Danish pension funds are exiting the US Treasury markets produced dramatic curve steepening trades at the openings this morning. Processing Content The 5-year yield began the day 1½ bps higher, the 10-year yield 4½ bps higher, and the 30-year yield 7½ bps higher. Additionally, S&P futures are down more than 100 points and
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As the housing market prices out more and more Americans, federal lawmakers are taking a closer look at manufactured housing as a more affordable supply-side alternative to a traditional stick-built home. Nevertheless, misconceptions about new manufactured housing communities — that they are dilapidated, ugly, or unsafe — continue to beleaguer a segment of the single-family,
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Housing industry participants will closely watch President Donald Trump in Davos, where he is expected to outline measures aimed at improving housing affordability. His speech is expected for Wednesday. Potential initiatives include ideas Trump has already floated on social media, such as encouraging Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to expand their purchases of mortgage-backed securities
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A federal bankruptcy judge ruled to authorize the sale of 5,100 mostly rent-stabilized units in New York City in a deal that Zohran Mamdani tried to stall on the day he swore in as the new New York City mayor. With the decision, international real estate firm Summit Properties USA will acquire 93 buildings from
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The housing market continues to test patience: inventory remains constrained in many regions, buyer and seller activity is starting to normalize and interest rates still shape consumer hesitation (but that may be changing!) By conventional measures, momentum feels limited. Yet beneath those conditions, a different signal is emerging; one that may prove more predictive than
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In 2025, artificial intelligence (AI) shifted to routine use across the real estate marketing industry, according to a new industry report from Rechat analyzing brokerage surveys and platform performance data. . Brokerages increasingly consolidated listings, customer relationship management (CRM) systems and marketing tools into unified platforms — with industry leaders citing integration as a key
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The most competitive markets in the country are largely in the east, driven by constrained inventory and home-price growth. Processing Content Hartford, Connecticut topped Zillow’s list of the hottest housing markets in 2026, edging out Buffalo, New York, which placed first in each of the last two years. The 50 most populated metros were ranked
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