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February 2026

Joseph Gatti joins Morgan Lewis as structured finance partner

Attorneys, RMBS, Securitization /

International law firm Morgan Lewis has hired Joseph Gatti as a partner in its structured transactions practice, the company announced. Processing Content Gatti will be based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, where he focuses on structuring and executing asset-backed securities deals and other structured finance transactions, the company announced. He joins from Amherst Residential, […]

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CFPB shutdown battle reaches crucial D.C. Circuit hearing

CFPB shutdown battle reaches crucial D.C. Circuit hearing

Law and regulation, Litigation, Trump administration /

Al Drago/Bloomberg Processing Content Key Insight: The high-stakes case revolves around the actions of Russell Vought and President Trump’s publicly stated goal to eliminate the CFPB, challenging Congress’ authority to establish the agency. What’s at stake: The National Treasury Employees Union is fighting to maintain an injunction that has blocked the CFPB’s leadership from laying

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Waller questions January jobs surge, backs possible March cut

Federal Reserve, Interest rates, Monetary policy, Politics and policy /

Key Insight: Fed Gov. Christopher Waller highlighted his skepticism on whether the labor market is showing signs of recovery, or whether the January jobs report was a one-off. Expert Quote: “If the good labor market news of January is revised away or evaporates in February, it would support my position at the FOMC’s last meeting,

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Midwest apartment demand outpaces Sun Belt as rents remain firm

Affordability, Affordable housing, Capital, Housing Market Data, Rental Properties, The Builder's Daily /

Midwest apartment demand has quietly become one of the strongest stories in U.S. housing, even as the national rental market cooled.​ RentCafe, using data from its sister apartment rental analytics provider, Yardi Matrix, listed Cincinnati as the top apartment market to watch this rental season. Minneapolis, Cleveland and Kansas City, Missouri, ranked in the top

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Dan Hultquist on reverse mortgage policy reform and more

HECM, HUD, HWmember, Movement Mortgage, Reverse, Reverse Mortgage Daily, Technology /

Editor’s note: Welcome to the first installment of the Monday Morning Q&A from HousingWire’s Reverse Mortgage Daily (RMD). Each Monday morning, the RMD newsletter will feature an in-depth interview with a reverse mortgage industry figure on a wide range of topics including loan origination and servicing, product development and technology. Dan Hultquist has no shortage

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The rental market has entered its infrastructure era

Contributors, Housing Market, HWmember, Opinion, Rental Properties /

The next housing transition will not be defined by who builds the most units.It will be defined by who controls the rental workflow. For years, the rental conversation has centered on demand. More renters. Longer tenures. Fewer paths to homeownership. That story is familiar and by now well understood by most real estate professionals. What’s

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Weekly pending home sales back to year-over-year growth as we head into spring

Housing Inventory, Housing Market, Housing Market Tracker, HWmember, Mortgage Rates, New listings, Purchase Applications /

Weekly pending home sales, which had shown year-over-year growth up until the late-January snowstorm, got back on track with year-over-year growth again last week. One thing to remember about our weekly pending sales data: it takes about 30-60 days to be reflected in the existing home sales data, so not only did the snowstorm delay

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Zillow seeks dismissal of consolidated RESPA lawsuit in Seattle

HWmember, Legal, Mortgage, Real Estate, Zillow, Zillow Premier Agent /

Zillow is seeking to have the consolidated Taylor-Armstrong Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) lawsuit dismissed.  The real estate giant filed its motion to dismiss in U.S. District Court in Seattle on Friday. The lawsuit, which was consolidated in early December, began in mid-September, when plaintiff Alucard Taylor filed his initial complaint. Taylor alleged that

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January “green shoots” won’t tell homebuilders what July will

Homebuilders, Leadership, New Home Sales, Residential Real Estate, The Builder's Daily /

If you walked the aisles at this year’s International Builders Show, you could feel it. The vibe wasn’t panic. It wasn’t euphoria. It was something in between – a cautious optimism that maybe, just maybe, the worst is behind us. Traffic anecdotes sounded a little better. Some builders spoke about steadier January sales activity. Conversations

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