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An index of contract signings decreased 2.3% to 71.2, the lowest since January and matching the second-worst reading in data back to 2001, according to National Association of Realtors data released Tuesday.

Housing starts fell 12.4% last month to an annualized rate of 1.24 million, according to federal government data released Tuesday.

The overall defect share saw the largest jump in four years, as changes in mortgage rates brought a shift in volume mix, according to ACES Quality Management.

The lending arm of the home builder giant says it was hit this spring with two separate social engineering-based hacks that it believes were unrelated.

Regulators specifically called out Academy's directors for their failure to properly oversee operations and conduct audits in a consent order.

The six underwriters did 17% more business versus the second quarter of 2025, with earnings per share estimates increased for four of them as a result.

The rollout of New York's pied-à-terre tax can proceed for now after an appeals court temporarily put a hold on a Staten Island judge's order blocking the plan.

In a contentious hearing in the House Financial Services Committee, congressional Democrats evinced serious skepticism about the Federal Home Loan Bank System. That could bode ill for the Home Loan banks should control of the House flip in November.

The nation's affordable-housing shortage is leading lenders to securitize portfolios of multifamily mortgages to free up capital for new loans.

The seller surplus was a result of sluggish demand as opposed to increased supply. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose every week in July to 6.66%.