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In DFW, housing affordability slips even as builders report strength

Jul 22, 2026 · 3:11 PM Scott Finfer HousingWire

Public homebuilders say they care about housing affordability. Their earnings calls reveal a more immediate set of priorities: protecting margins,…

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Mike Ryan joins PLACE to lead business development

Jul 22, 2026 · 2:03 PM Brooklee Han HousingWire

Real estate services and technology platform PLACE is welcoming a new executive. In a post on LinkedIn on Tuesday, Mike Ryan announced he was joining PLACE…

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Mortgage applications rise 1.9% despite elevated rates

Jul 22, 2026 · 1:46 PM Sarah Wolak HousingWire

Mortgage applications increased 1.9% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) weekly mortgage applications…

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New Jersey bans algorithmic rent pricing under FAIR Act

Jul 22, 2026 · 1:43 PM Richard Lawson HousingWire

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill added her state to a growing list banning algorithmic pricing tools blamed for higher apartment rents. Sherrill signed the…

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The architecture of trust in the age of AI

Jul 22, 2026 · 7:51 AM Marvin Chang HousingWire

By the time my morning stroll took me past a window of USD-priced for-sale notices for flats in the fashionable Palermo district of Buenos Aires, I was no…

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For better building codes, a more deliberate course is overdue

Jul 22, 2026 · 6:53 AM Nicholas Erickson HousingWire

Building codes are ripe for change as policy analysts and the housing reform movement at large move beyond land use and zoning alone. After working through…

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Will Trump’s new Canadian tariffs add cost risk for builders?

Jul 21, 2026 · 9:55 PM Tyler Williams HousingWire

On Monday, President Donald Trump threatened to impose 50% tariffs on most Canadian goods, raising questions about the potential impacts on homebuilders and…

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D.R. Horton bets operating rigor will outperform uncertain demand

Jul 21, 2026 · 9:42 PM John McManus HousingWire

Few homebuilding enterprises look so voraciously at other homebuilding operators’ share of new-home sales in any given arena as present and future…

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The JMG acquisition gives teams leverage, but not equal valuations

Jul 21, 2026 · 9:31 PM Brooklee Han HousingWire

When Keller Williams announced its acquisition of the Jason Mitchell Group (JMG) earlier this month, Steve Murray, the co-founder of RealTrends Consulting ,…

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Investors list more homes after ROAD to Housing Act, but impact may stay local

Jul 21, 2026 · 9:28 PM Jonathan Delozier HousingWire

Institutional investors are listing significantly more single-family rental homes for sale following passage of the 21 st Century ROAD to Housing Act, but…

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