by John G. Stevens | Sep 14, 2026 | News/Current Events, Real Estate News
Airbnb is putting $250 million behind a new effort to get stalled housing developments moving, an unusually direct intervention in the housing-supply debate from a company that has spent years facing criticism over the effect short-term rentals can have on local...
by John G. Stevens | Sep 14, 2026 | News/Current Events, U.S. Housing Market
The U.S. housing market has spent years arguing that it needs more homes. Builders are now sending a different signal: in many of the markets that produced the most new supply during the pandemic-era boom, they are pulling back. A new Zillow analysis released Sept. 14...
by Nathan S. Pierce | Sep 14, 2026 | Mortgage Information, News/Current Events, Real Estate News
Ameritrust Mortgage Corp. has taken an alleged Baltimore investment-property fraud scheme to federal court, accusing a long list of borrowers, brokers, title-related businesses and other defendants of participating in transactions tied to roughly 90 loans that the...
by Nathan S. Pierce | Sep 14, 2026 | Mortgage Information, News/Current Events, Tech Trends
Federal banking regulators are proposing to replace their existing framework for overseeing third-party relationships with a more explicitly risk-based approach, a change that could reshape how banks and credit unions evaluate mortgage technology vendors, outsourced...
by John G. Stevens | Sep 14, 2026 | Commercial Real Estate News, News/Current Events, Real Estate Investing
AB CarVal is putting $340 million of multifamily and build-to-rent construction debt onto its books, a transaction that offers another window into how private credit is moving into parts of real estate lending where traditional capital has become more selective. Funds...