Purchase Activity Fuels Mortgage Application Uptick

by Phil Hall | Mar 11, 2026 | Current News & Events, Mortgage Information, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Mortgage application activity was on the rise for the week ending March 6, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume, increased 3.2% on a seasonally adjusted basis...

FICO Rolls Out Portfolio Benchmarking Tools for Lenders

by Phil Hall | Mar 11, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

FICO (NYSE: FICO) has debuted the FICO Score Credit Insights Lab, a digital platform designed to provide financial institutions with benchmarking data and interactive portfolio modeling tools. According to the Bozeman, Montana-based company, the new platform’s suite...

Rhode Island Brokerage HomeSmart Professionals Joins REMAX Brand

by Phil Hall | Mar 11, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

REMAX (NYSE: RMAX) announced the Rhode Island-based brokerage HomeSmart Professionals has joined its brand. Owned and operated by Dean deTonnancourt, a former REMAX agent, the brokerage will now operate as REMAX Revolution, bringing more than 300 agents from six...

New CTO at Boxabl

by Phil Hall | Mar 11, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

The Las Vegas-headquartered modular housing manufacturer Boxabl Inc. announced the appointment of Shanmugam “Shan” Palaniappan as chief technology officer (CTO). Palaniappan was most recently senior vice president of engineering at Sagent, a mortgage and...

Yamaha Motor Co. to Relocate US HQ from California to Georgia

by Phil Hall | Mar 10, 2026 | Commercial Real Estate News, Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd. has announced plans to relocate the headquarters of its US group company, Yamaha Motor Corporation USA, from Cypress, California, to Kennesaw, Georgia. The relocation will begin later this year and run until the end of 2028. The company plans to...