• NAR legislative priorities for 2026 focus on housing supply, affordability,Brooklee Han

    NAR legislative priorities for 2026 focus on housing supply, affordability

    There’s no shortage of differing opinions within housing, but one thing most industry professionals can agree on is that affordability is a key ongoing struggle for many prospective homebuyers. Real estate agents and members of the National Association of Realtors (NAR) are on the front lines of thi

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  • Why the DSCR loan became the investor darling of 2025,Sarah Wolak

    Why the DSCR loan became the investor darling of 2025

    For real estate investors sidelined by traditional income documentation requirements, debt-service-coverage ratio (DSCR) loans are becoming easier to access and are more widely available as lenders refine underwriting and gain confidence in the product’s performance. Like other seemingly “nontraditi

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  • Mortgage applications fall 5% despite rate decline,Sarah Wolak

    Mortgage applications fall 5% despite rate decline

    Mortgage applications decreased 5.0% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending Dec. 19, 2025. On an unadjusted basis, the index decreased 6% compared with the previous week. The refinance index decre

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