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Mortgage demand rises 2.8%, fueled by 7% leap for refis

February 18, 2026  |  Sarah Wolak

Mortgage applications rose 2.8% last week as lower borrowing costs spurred a pickup in refinancing activity, acc...

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The Real Reason Home Sales Slowed in January. And It’s Not What You Think.

February 18, 2026  |   KCM Crew

If you saw headlines that talked about how “home sales fell sharply in January,” it probably raised an eyebrow –...

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Colorado could limit police use of Flock and other mass surveillance networks

February 18, 2026  |  Kiara DeMare

Police in Colorado could face stricter requirements when using automated surveillance systems like Flock Safety ...

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Man left high and dry with 42 swan boats after losing Denver contract

February 18, 2026

Joshua Catron has two problems. The first is that he lost his years-long contract to rent boats and bikes to vis...

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From growth to execution: Daniel Butbul on scaling technology and leadership

February 17, 2026  |  Lesley Collins

The HousingWire Rising Stars award recognizes emerging leaders 40 and under who are driving measurable progress ...

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Keep calm and carry on: Mortgage rates steady as inflation cools

February 17, 2026  |  Neil Pierson

A January storm that wreaked havoc across much of the U.S. pushed existing home sales down, but a positive infla...

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Denver’s next ‘road diet’ is coming to Mississippi Avenue after years of delays

February 17, 2026  |  Paolo Zialcita

Construction crews will soon begin removing two lanes of traffic from Mississippi Avenue between Eliot and Quiva...

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Home equity props up retirees as savings fall short

February 16, 2026  |  Jonathan Delozier

More than one-third of working-age Americans lack access to an employer-sponsored retirement plan, and those who...

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AI powers land and lot search and zoning feasibility. Here’s how

February 16, 2026  |  John McManus

“We have seen enormous innovation across residential and commercial real estate over the last decade, and it has...

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Move-Up Buyers Are Choosing New Construction

February 16, 2026  |   KCM Crew

At some point, a house that once felt perfect just… doesn’t anymore.

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When cheaper rates make homes less affordable: What Zillow, Redfin, and Realtor.com data reveals

February 16, 2026  |  Hector Amendola

Most buyers are conditioned to believe: wait for interest rates to fall and homes will finally be affordable aga...

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Housing demand snaps back as mortgage rates near 6%

February 15, 2026  |  Logan Mohtashami

With mortgage rates near 6% and the snow effect fading away, we got a rebound in the weekly housing demand last ...

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Concerns about better transit for all lead second Broncos Burnham Yard community meeting

February 14, 2026

Hundreds of people packed into the La Alma Recreation Center to hear from the Broncos about the latest plans for...

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Sumitomo Forestry buys Tri Pointe, resetting the arc of homebuilder scale

February 13, 2026  |  John McManus

Within a couple of weeks of exactly this time two years ago, the lead-in to a blockbuster $4.9 billion M&A deal ...

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Investor share of home purchases holds at 30% in 2025

February 13, 2026  |  Sarah Wolak

Cotality reported Thursday that real estate investor activity in the U.S. single-family home market remained sta...

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Annual inflation drops to 2.4% in January

February 13, 2026  |  Jonathan Delozier

U.S. inflation eased more than expected in January, offering tentative relief to consumers and policymakers navi...

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How to comply with FinCEN without breaking your operations — or your budget

February 13, 2026  |  Qualia

The big day is nearly here. Title and escrow teams must be ready. When the new Residential Real Estate Rule (RRE...

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Send your valentine some sweet Denver architecture

February 13, 2026  |  Ryan Warner

Anyone who’s lived in an old house or apartment building knows they have character, idiosyncrasies, and backstor...

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A Central Park wildlife refuge is finally reopening with $8.5 million in improvements

February 13, 2026

Central Park’s wildlife haven, the Bluff Lake Nature Center, is celebrating its grand reopening on Saturday afte...

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Dr. Lee Davenport: Fair Housing Equalizer

February 13, 2026  |  HW Media Content Studio

Featured in this episode: Dr. Lee Davenport MBA Professor & Executive Coach at HousingWire Zebulon Lowe Senior D...

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Existing home sales drop 8.4% in January as winter weather slows market

February 12, 2026  |  Brooklee Han

The pace of existing home sales slowed down dramatically in January as much of the nation experienced frigid tem...

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Four Ways Your Home Equity Can Work for You

February 12, 2026  |   KCM Crew

You may have heard homeowners today have a lot of equity built up. But what does that really mean? Let’s break i...

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California’s Acacia Village tests offsite infill’s feasibility advantage

February 11, 2026  |  John McManus

A pocket neighborhood is a deceptively simple idea, with a decades-deep real-life pedigree. A small cluster of h...

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Housing market weathers storm disruption, sets up for spring

February 11, 2026  |  Rachel Bader, HW Data

The late-January snowstorm that blanketed large portions of the U.S. is now clearly visible in national housing ...

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January jobs data beats estimates, but mortgage rates barely budge

February 11, 2026  |  Logan Mohtashami

We got the first jobs report of the year, and it was so strong that the number of jobs created in January is alm...

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Denver’s Skyline Park starts its $30M renovation, and that’s just the beginning

February 11, 2026

Nearly 100 people gathered on Wednesday morning to watch another groundbreaking ceremony for Skyline Park — the ...

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Mortgage applications dip 0.3% as FHA and ARM shares rise

February 11, 2026  |  Sarah Wolak

Mortgage applications decreased 0.3% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Associat...

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U.S. labor market gains 130,000 jobs in January as unemployment falls

February 11, 2026  |  Brooklee Han

The U.S. labor market appeared to pick up in January, with the economy adding 130,000 total nonfarm payroll jobs...

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Inventory Is Making a Comeback in 2026

February 11, 2026  |   KCM Crew

After a long stretch where buyers were competing for too few homes, inventory has made a comeback over the past ...

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A new nonprofit grocery chain is coming to three Denver neighborhoods

February 11, 2026

Donna Garnett isn’t waiting for a corporate savior to fix Denver’s food deserts. That’s why she is leading a pla...

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The Denver mayoral candidate who wants to make 16th Street like downtown Las Vegas, zipline included

February 11, 2026  |  Kyle Harris

Dek: “Tell me that’s not going to bring people downtown,” said Aurelio Martinez. Lifelong Curtis Park resident a...

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Brokerage leaders express optimism for 2026 housing market conditions

February 10, 2026  |  Brooklee Han

Real estate brokerage leaders are entering 2026 more confident and optimistic than they have in years, according...

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Denver approves $13M pedestrian bridge for National Western Center

February 10, 2026  |  Paolo Zialcita

Denver City Council approved a $12.7 million contract on Monday to build a pedestrian bridge at the National Wes...

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Why a big move for Denver’s longest-lived music festival is drawing mixed reactions

February 10, 2026

The announcement that the Underground Music Showcase will move from its longtime home on Broadway to the River N...

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The Underground Music Showcase is back — in RiNo

February 9, 2026  |  Kyle Harris

Turns out the Underground Music Showcase didn’t die last year. Instead, organizers have announced Denver’s longs...

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Why Townhomes Are Popular with Today’s First-Time Buyers

February 9, 2026  |   KCM Crew

Buying your first home can feel frustrating when the numbers don’t line up the way you expected.

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Looming risk for mortgage credit and MBS investors from “Lender Choice”

February 9, 2026  |  Clifford Rossi

Since 1996 when Freddie Mac introduced the industry to the first automated underwriting system (AUS) for GSE-eli...

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Housing inventory and new listings show impact of winter weather

February 7, 2026  |  Logan Mohtashami

I was amazed that the last Housing Market Tracker didn’t show much drama from the epic late-January snowstorm th...

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 ‘It’s hot as hell’: Denver’s hot February is creating unusual scenes around town

February 6, 2026

When it’s 63 degrees on a February afternoon, skiers and snowboarders don’t mind falling quite so much. “When yo...

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A little show at Wax Trax just got a national late night shoutout

February 6, 2026

Nearly a million people watched last night as the English comedian James Acaster gave the ultimate shoutout to W...

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Large apartment owners face criminal charge, lawsuit over ‘corpse of a deceased dog,’ broken heat and ...

February 6, 2026

Ashley Arias is certain she got hypothermia in her own apartment. As she recovered from a cancer surgery that le...

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Get to know Michael Guzman, candidate for Senate District 34

February 6, 2026

Michael Guzman is running for the Democratic nomination for Colorado’s 34th Senate District in the 2026 primarie...

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Denver falls into severe drought

February 5, 2026  |  Andrew Kenney

Warm temperatures and a lack of snow have put the metro area in severe drought for the first time in more than a...

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Sloan’s Lake boathouse to become a $7M events center

February 5, 2026  |  Paolo Zialcita

The boathouse at Sloan’s Lake Park is inching closer to a new look — changing the utilitarian city building into...

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The fate of the L Line will be weighed in a Welton Street study

February 5, 2026

Welton Street, the Five Points corridor that is the historic heart of Denver’s Black community, is taking its fi...

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Denver DMV offices and online services will close for tech upgrades in February

February 5, 2026  |  Kyle Harris

Statewide technology upgrades will shut down the Denver Department of Motor Vehicles for a few days this month. ...

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Top 3 Reasons To Buy a Home Before Spring

February 5, 2026  |   KCM Crew

If you’re planning to buy a home this year, you may be focused on the spring market.

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What we saw as we joined city workers counting the people sleeping outside

February 5, 2026  |  Kyle Harris

After the sun set on the last Monday in January, Lakewood housing manager Chris Conner and Westwoods Community C...

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The best offense is a leaner, meaner next drive: Century’s playbook

February 4, 2026  |  John McManus

With a third or so of the public homebuilders’ first 2026 earnings cycle complete, the theme and variations – gu...

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Mortgage applications drop 8.9% as snowstorm freezes homebuyer demand

February 4, 2026  |  Sarah Wolak

Mortgage applications decreased 8.9% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Associat...

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It’s Getting More Affordable To Buy a Home

February 4, 2026  |   KCM Crew

There’s finally a little good news for anyone who’s been priced out or sitting on the sidelines.

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Home equity is still strong despite dipping in Q4 2025

February 3, 2026  |  Jonathan Delozier

A new ATTOM analysis released Tuesday shows that U.S. homeowners ended 2025 with slightly less equity than earli...

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Will steady mortgage rates calm buyers and sellers this spring?

February 3, 2026  |  Neil Pierson

Despite some key economic and policy announcements in the past week, mortgage rates have remained stable, which ...

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Lisa Calderón is running to unseat Mayor Mike Johnston

February 3, 2026

After months of hinting at a mayoral run, community activist and former city worker Lisa Calderón is betting tha...

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PulteGroup to divest ICG as factory costs challenge builders

February 3, 2026  |  John McManus

It’s a classic, almost predictable homebuilding “I-told-you-so” moment. The most important thing PulteGroup told...

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SERHANT. names founding agents for Boston expansion

February 3, 2026  |  Jonathan Delozier

As SERHANT. enters the Boston market — marking its first presence in Massachusetts and completing its expansion ...

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Where are Denver’s grocery store deserts?

February 3, 2026  |  Paolo Zialcita

When Aldi announced it would open new stores in Colorado as part of a $9 billion nationwide expansion, fans of t...

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Homebuying power improves as prices cool, inventory expands

February 2, 2026  |  Jonathan Delozier

U.S. homebuyers are gaining ground on affordability as price growth slows and housing supply expands, according ...

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Pulte sharpens its segmentation focus in a push to resecure margins

February 2, 2026  |  Tyler Williams

Emerging from the last quarter of 2025 unscathed was no small task, PulteGroup’s Q4 2025 earnings call revealed,...

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High energy performance lowers mortgage costs for buyers

February 2, 2026  |  Ryan Meres

When President Donald Trump floated the idea of a 50-year mortgage last November, it ignited a debate over housi...

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Home Insurance Costs Are Rising: What Buyers Should Plan For

February 2, 2026  |   KCM Crew

Buying a home is one of the biggest purchases you’ll ever make. And homeowner’s insurance is what protects that ...

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Transportation advocates gave Denver mayor a ‘D’ rating. Here’s what he says

February 2, 2026

Mayor Mike Johnston might have once been a school principal, but this time, he was on the receiving end of a rep...

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Housing demand is still positive even with epic snowstorm

February 1, 2026  |  Logan Mohtashami

With an epic snowstorm hitting large areas of the U.S. recently, I expected housing data to take a hit after the...

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Friday protest had parents scrambling for child care, leaving some frustrated and others inspired

January 31, 2026

A nationwide grassroots protest that had teachers walking in support of immigrant families left parents across D...

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To strike, or not to strike? That was the question for Denver businesses

January 30, 2026

Lindsay Dalton wasn’t sure whether to open The Weathervane Cafe, a well-loved local coffee shop, on Friday. Her ...

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Denver-area governments launch $200M press to electrify buildings 

January 30, 2026

The Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) launched a nearly $200 million program this week to curb poll...

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Study shows real estate brokerages are more profitable — and fewer are losing money

January 29, 2026  |  Brooklee Han

For all the anxiety that once surrounded brokerage economics, the numbers now tell a calmer story. New research ...

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Victoria DeLuce on capital markets and the path to affordable housing

January 29, 2026  |  Brena Nath

All eyes are finally on housing affordability. As Victoria DeLuce, senior vice president of home equity lending ...

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Why So Many Homeowners Are Downsizing Right Now

January 29, 2026  |   KCM Crew

For a growing number of homeowners, retirement isn’t some distant idea anymore. It’s starting to feel very real.

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Denver’s queer swim team is splashing back after the city displaced them

January 29, 2026

On a cold Saturday morning in January, swimmers with Squid — Swimming Queers United in Denver — changed into swi...

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Fate of the Barth Hotel is (mostly) decided — with a $6 million boost

January 28, 2026

The Barth Hotel in Denver will apparently not be turning back into a hotel. Instead, a plan to convert the vacan...

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What I learned at West Side Books — and what comes next

January 28, 2026  |  Outside Contributor

By Kali Fajardo-Anstine This month, Lois Harvey sold West Side Books, the community institution she founded near...

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Mortgage applications drop 8.5% after slight rate increase

January 28, 2026  |  Sarah Wolak

Mortgage applications decreased 8.5% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Associat...

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Top 2026 Housing Markets for Buyers and Sellers

January 28, 2026  |   KCM Crew

Who doesn’t love a top 10 list? Well, here are two top 10 lists for the housing market this year.

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Denver City Council calls on Congress to defund and abolish ICE

January 28, 2026

Councilmember Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez on Monday called for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency...

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Mortgage rates steady ahead of Fed meeting as eyes turn to spring housing market

January 27, 2026  |  Neil Pierson

The Federal Reserve is set to wrap up what’s expected to be an uneventful two-day meeting on Wednesday. Mortgage...

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Case-Shiller: Home prices up 1.4% in November, Midwest leads gains

January 27, 2026  |  Brooklee Han

Home price growth continued at a tepid pace in November, according to the S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Index releas...

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RealTrends Verified Houston Properties Team joins The Real Brokerage

January 27, 2026  |  Jonathan Delozier

The Real Brokerage announced Tuesday that the top-producing Houston Properties Team is joining its platform — br...

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Get to know Chela Garcia Irlando, candidate for Senate District 34

January 27, 2026

Graciela “Chela” Garcia Irlando is running for the Democratic nomination for Colorado’s 34th Senate District in ...

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More housing, less vacancy, affordable childcare: What Mayor Mike Johnston wants to do in 2026

January 26, 2026

On Monday, Mayor Mike Johnston announced some lofty 2026 goals, part of his administration’s first-term effort a...

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The 10 best loan officer podcasts to grow your mortgage business

January 26, 2026  |  Julia Mahan, Gina Baker

Podcasts have become one of the easiest ways for busy professionals to stay informed and inspired without carvin...

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You May Not Want To Skip Over That House That’s Been Sitting on the Market

January 26, 2026  |   KCM Crew

When you see a house that’s been sitting on the market for a while, the reaction is almost automatic.

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RTD’s CEO says charging for parking, focusing on events could help transit recover

January 26, 2026

The Regional Transportation District faces big problems, and big expectations, in 2026. The state’s largest tran...

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How hybrid operations are elevating builder performance

January 26, 2026  |  HW Media Content Studio

Today’s homebuyers move at a digital speed. They expect answers in minutes, not hours, and seamless conversation...

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Lower mortgage rates boosting demand early in 2026

January 24, 2026  |  Logan Mohtashami

Lower mortgage rates are driving increased housing demand in 2026, as shown by another positive week in our Hous...

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Don’t count on the ‘silver tsunami’ for housing inventory surge

January 23, 2026  |  Jonathan Delozier

Inherited homes accounted for a record share of U.S. property transfers in 2025, a shift in how housing supply r...

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Senior home equity surges to record $14.7T

January 23, 2026  |  Jonathan Delozier

Older U.S. homeowners held a record level of housing wealth in the third quarter of 2025, driven by rising home ...

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Post-holiday pending sales rebound exposes regional divides

January 23, 2026  |  Rachel Bader, HW Data

The U.S. housing market is showing clear signs of a post-holiday recovery. Pending home sales climbed to 50,096 ...

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Mayor opens cold-weather shelter in northeast Denver despite council objections

January 23, 2026

Mayor Mike Johnston told Denver City Council on Friday morning that despite objections, the city would open an e...

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Denver could test both versions of Alameda Avenue road diet

January 22, 2026

Scrutiny over the city’s decision to overhaul a shovel-ready road narrowing project along Alameda Avenue boiled ...

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Freezing weather is coming, and both the mayor and advocates say there isn’t enough shelter

January 22, 2026

Mayor Mike Johnston’s administration says the city is struggling with a shortage of emergency beds in its cold-w...

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Chris Heller joins PLACE as chief revenue officer

January 22, 2026  |  Jonathan Delozier

Chris Heller has joined PLACE as its chief revenue officer, a newly created role. The company said Heller will o...

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GSEs boost foreclosure prevention as forbearances surge

January 22, 2026  |  Sarah Wolak

Foreclosure prevention activity increased in October as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac completed more than 17,000 ac...

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Mortgage Rates Recently Hit a 3-Year Low. Here’s Why That’s Still a Big Deal.

January 22, 2026  |   KCM Crew

If you’re one of the thousands of homebuyers waiting for rates to fall, you should know it’s already happening.

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Arvada cancels 72nd Avenue underpass after cost balloons to $137 million

January 21, 2026

More than seven years after voters approved spending plans for a major rebuild of West 72nd Avenue, the city of ...

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What D.R. Horton’s dominance means for every U.S. homebuilder

January 21, 2026  |  John McManus

We’ve said it before. When D.R. Horton reports its quarterly earnings, what you’re watching isn’t just the score...

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Pending home sales fell sharply in December

January 21, 2026  |  Brooklee Han

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) on Wednesday released its Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) for Decembe...

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Seattle-based mega team joins Real from Compass

January 21, 2026  |  Jonathan Delozier

The Real Brokerage announced that Seattle-based real estate leader Sean McConnell and his team The McConnell Gro...

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Realtor.com launches platform to boost MLS value, collaboration

January 21, 2026  |  Brooklee Han

Across the country, MLSs are looking for ways to provide value and show their worth to subscribers, especially a...

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Class Valuation appoints Tanya Wright to lead TPO and retail

January 21, 2026  |  Sarah Wolak

Class Valuation, a real estate appraisal management company, has named Tanya Wright executive vice president of ...

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