EverBank and WaFd are combining in a $3.9 billion transaction that will create a roughly $75 billion banking company — but for the housing industry, the more revealing part of the deal may be what both banks have been moving away from. The companies announced Monday...
A fintech company has raised $125 million around a simple but revealing premise: Americans may be able to afford their housing payment, but they increasingly struggle with when that payment comes due. Split Pay, formerly known as Rent App, has raised approximately...
What does it take to get people to volunteer nowadays? For California’s historic Point Reyes Lighthouse, there’s a unique incentive: free rodent-infested housing. KRON reports the volunteer lighthouse keeper position at the Marin County landmark requires about 30...
A Florida woman pretending to be a licensed real estate broker was arrested for defrauding a first-time homebuyer out of roughly $37,000. CBS12.com reports Cherisse Louidor of Riviera Beach was hired in May 2024 by a woman seeking help in buying her first home....
Blue Owl Capital (NYSE: OWL), an alternative asset management firm headquartered in New York City, is reportedly planning to launch a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on data centers. According to a Bloomberg report sourced from unnamed...
Fed Beige Book Finds Housing Weakness Spreading as Rates Squeeze Buyers
