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Mortgage Application Activity Down by 6.4%

Mortgage Application Activity Down by 6.4%

by Phil Hall | Jul 29, 2026 | Mortgage Information, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Mortgage application activity slowed down during the week ending July 24, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume, dropped by 6.4% on a seasonally adjusted basis...
Ken Griffin Acquires Historic Cottage That Blocked the Development of His New HQ Campus

Ken Griffin Acquires Historic Cottage That Blocked the Development of His New HQ Campus

by Phil Hall | Jul 29, 2026 | Commercial Real Estate News, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Hedge fund executive Ken Griffin has secured the final parcel that allows him to proceed with the full-block site for his company’s future downtown Miami headquarters. The Miami Herald reports that city commissioners approved a no-bid sale of the historic 121-year-old...
Willie Nelson: Data Centers are ‘Invading Our Land’

Willie Nelson: Data Centers are ‘Invading Our Land’

by Phil Hall | Jul 29, 2026 | Commercial Real Estate News, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Country music legend Willie Nelson has come out against the proliferation of ongoing and proposed data center construction. In a posting on his social media pages, the 93-year-old singer/songwriter slammed a proposal to build a data center near high longtime home in...
HUD Faces New Lawsuits Over HQ Relocation, Fair Housing Funds

HUD Faces New Lawsuits Over HQ Relocation, Fair Housing Funds

by Phil Hall | Jul 29, 2026 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has been hit with a pair of new lawsuits, one trying to stop the relocation of its headquarters and the other trying to block its new fair housing funding policies. The District of Columbia is suing HUD, Ginnie Mae...
Compass Joins the American Real Estate Association

Compass Joins the American Real Estate Association

by Phil Hall | Jul 29, 2026 | Industry Updates, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Compass International Holdings (NYSE: COMPP) announced it has joined the American Real Estate Association (ARA). According to the New York City-based company, agents affiliated with Compass International Holdings portfolio of brokerages will have the choice to become...
Texas Realtor Opens Garage Door and Falls Into a 5-Foot-Deep Hole

Texas Realtor Opens Garage Door and Falls Into a 5-Foot-Deep Hole

by Phil Hall | Jul 28, 2026 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

A Texas realtor conducting a home tour had an unexpected and unwelcomed surprise when she opened the residence’s garage door, stepped inside, and fell into a five-foot-deep hole. According to Newsweek, Victoria D. Kelderman was showing a property in Lewisville, Texas,...
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