Sellers significantly outnumbering buyers in the market and economic uncertainty have caused a record number of home sales to fall through, a new industry report found. Processing Content Nearly 40,000 home-sale agreements were cancelled in January, according to a Redfin analysis of pending sales data. That’s 13.7% of homes that went under contract in the […]
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Key insight: Fed Gov. Cook said artificial intelligence may already be influencing employment trends, pointing to lower demand for computer engineers as one potential sign of change. Expert quote: “It is very difficult to measure labor productivity and total factor productivity. So we should be patient and we should be nimble in thinking about the
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Enjoy complimentary access to top ideas and insights — selected by our editors.Want unlimited access to top ideas and insights? Subscribe Now Federal Reserve Board Vice Chairman for Supervision Michelle Bowman gave a very significant statement about banks and the Basel III risk weights for residential loans and mortgage servicing rights to the American Banker
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Home prices increased nationwide on a seasonally adjusted basis, a pair of widely followed metrics agree, although they vary on the size of the increase. Processing Content The Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index hit another high in December at 440.36, up from 439.72 in November, a change of 0.1. Price rose 0.8% on
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Processing Content Key insight: Banks made $295.6 billion in net income in 2025. Supporting data: Banks’ net interest margin hit 3.39%. Forward look: Shortly after the data window, which showed no bank failures in Q4 2025, a small Chicago bank failed in January. Banks closed 2025 profitably, with higher rates of lending and stable credit
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Key Insight: Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee said inflation has not eased as quickly as previously forecast, underscoring the need for a cautious approach to interest rate cuts. Expert quote: “I remain optimistic that there can be more rate cuts this year. But that hinges on seeing actual progress on inflation that shows we are
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In land development, timing isn’t just important — it’s everything. The difference between a project that delivers strong returns and one that merely gets by often comes down to how efficiently capital flows through the deal. For developers working in Municipal Utility Districts (MUDs) across Texas, there’s a structural timing problem that’s been eating into
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The real estate grind never stops, and it’s downright draining. Between the endless showings, those 10 p.m. “is this a load-bearing wall?” texts from clients and the pressure to go viral on TikTok, it’s a miracle you get any sleep at all. Most agents are mainlining caffeine and secretly wishing they could clone themselves just
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In the two-thousand-mid-teens, you would not have needed a crystal ball to predict that three Japan-based vertically integrated real estate powerhouses would each rank among the nation’s top 15 enterprises. That’s because each of those three organizations – Daiwa House, Sekisui House and Sumitomo Forestry – having established beachheads in the U.S. homebuilding and residential
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Leadership at C2 Financial is looking to reclaim a top wholesale ranking by strengthening its infrastructure, leveraging artificial intelligence, recruiting and mentoring the next generation of loan officers, and expanding from 42 states to nationwide coverage. In 2021, C2 was ranked No. 1 on Inman’s top 10 list of independent mortgage brokers to gain market share, which used
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