HousingWireHousingWire As California continues to grapple with a deepening housing affordability crisis and escalating climate disasters, one company is working to offer a scalable, budget-friendly solution — and it’s building it one backyard at a time. Samara, a Bay Area-based manufacturer of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) is helping to shelter…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire As part of the broader reconciliation effort involved in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — President Donald Trump’s effort to consolidate administrative and budgetary priorities into a single piece of legislation — the chairman of the House of Representatives’ powerful Financial Services Committee is saying that its deficit-reduction…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), made clear this week that credit-score pricing is firmly on his radar — and changes are coming to the requirements for mortgages purchased by the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs). Pulte’s comments come amid scrutiny of Fair Isaac Corp. (FICO),…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Mortgage lending has long catered to a bygone era of steady paychecks and W-2 forms, leaving millions of self-employed and gig economy workers underserved. But as the gig economy booms, lenders are finding success in the nonqualified mortgage (non-QM) sector by engaging with AI-powered tools like Prudent AI. “Our…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire Welcome to the world of real estate sales! Maybe you’ve recently passed your real estate exam and obtained your license, or maybe you’re simply thinking about becoming a real estate agent. While real estate prelicensing schools will teach you how to pass the test, there’s a lot that they…
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