HUD adopts 14 changes to FHA policies, aiming to lower costs and ease credit access

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is rolling out 14 changes to the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)’s single-family mortgage insurance program, including less stringent appraisal rules, expanded flexibility for the 203(k) rehab loan program and simplified closing forms.

That House That’s Been Sitting Could Be Your Best Shot at a Deal

Open up a home search and you'll see them. Listings that have been on the market for two months. Three. Some longer.

Keys to the housing market for the rest of 2026

As we gear up for the second half of 2026, what are the key things we should be watching for? With the first six months being a dramatic version of the show 24, we can hope for a calmer second half of 2026 now that the conflict with Iran is hopefully ending. Housing has outperformed some people’s ex

What a 50-year-old letter says about accountability in homebuilding

Exactly 50 years ago this time of year, a 51-year-old man handwrote a four-page letter on a legal pad to his then 21-year-old son, one of seven children – six of them sons and one angel of a daughter – who was spending a semester studying in Dublin, Ireland. The letter’s narrative arc, now mostly a