KeyBank provides $92.9M for 166-unit Los Angeles affordable housing.
KeyBank arranged $92.9M financing for a 166-unit South Los Angeles affordable housing project with 164 income-restricted units; relevant to private lenders
Virginia senior housing community opens with 130 affordable units.
True Ground opened a $64M, 130-unit affordable senior housing community in Loudoun County, VA—investment-grade opportunity tied to LIHTC-backed cash flows.
How MLSs Can Maintain Relevance as Market Dynamics Shift.
At a CMLS session, former Bright MLS strategy chief David Charron delivered a clear call to action for the multiple‑listing and broader real estate ecosystem. He urged attendees to cut operational and transactional friction—targeting legacy workflows, brittle integrations and poor user experiences that slow [...]
Archwest completes $300M RTL securitization, bringing program to $875M.
Archwest closed a $300M RTL securitization, expanding its rated RTL program to $875M — noted structure, investor demand and credit, covering tranche-level
Ivy Zelman warns of overbuilding amid slowing household growth.
Zelman & Associates’ updated outlook signals a significant deceleration in household formation, projecting roughly 1 million net new households per year in the latter part of the decade compared with about 1.8 million earlier. That moderation materially reduces baseline demand for new housing, altering [...]
Brokerage operating models have reached their practical limits.
Expansion in mortgage firms typically produces more specialized roles and larger teams, but that very specialization increases coordination points and handoffs across origination, underwriting, closing and servicing. Every added role multiplies communication paths and process touchpoints, elevating the chance of misinterpretation, missed documentation and [...]
Fed Approves $76.6M Peoples-Citizens Deal Despite Barr’s Objection.
Fed approves Peoples Bancorp's $76.6M buy of Citizens National 6-1 vote, despite regulator objection to increased banking concentration in eastern Kentucky
Mortgage AI adoption is increasing, but broad scaling remains uncommon
A targeted survey of mortgage lenders and servicers representing a substantial portion of industry activity found a clear consensus: regulatory uncertainty is the principal constraint on operations and growth. Conducted among 31 firms that together account for roughly 40 percent of market volume, the [...]
Compass requests that MLSs block listing data from recruiting tools.
Letter requests opt-out from non-IDX and VOW vendor feeds; outlines impacts for listing access, vendor controls, compliance risk and lenders due diligence.
Fed official Barr says homeownership affordability has declined sharply.
Affordability index hits two-decade low as high home prices, and elevated mortgage rates squeeze buyers—implications for private lenders' lending strategies.