Texas has put a statewide brake on new data center approvals, a move with implications for land, development, utilities and communities across one of the country’s most active real estate markets. Gov. Greg Abbott on Sept. 21 directed the Texas Commission on...
Artificial intelligence has moved from experiment to routine tool for a large share of real estate agents. Nearly half of Realtors now use AI daily or weekly, according to the National Association of Realtors’ newly released 2026 REALTORS Technology Report. NAR...
Mortgage demand looks very different depending on which slice of the market is being measured. Fannie Mae’s latest weekly mortgage applications data show purchase application dollar volume rose 15.2% for the week ending Sept. 18. Total refinance application...
The Federal Housing Administration is moving to rewrite property standards that it says have gone more than two decades without a comprehensive update, opening a potentially consequential change for FHA borrowers, lenders, appraisers and sellers. FHA on Sept. 22...
Michigan has approved a major state financing component for Arbor South, a planned $651 million mixed-use redevelopment in Ann Arbor that is expected to add 1,069 homes and transform more than 2.2 million square feet of property.The Michigan Strategic Fund board...
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