The Wall Street Journal, Sept. 30, 2025-Carol RyanBig corporate landlords have unwelcome new competition. Regular homeowners who can’t sell their properties are renting them out instead, and the growing number …
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Fed’s Bowman Says Regulators to Unveil Basel Capital Rule Redo by Early 2026
Reuters, September 25, 2025–Pete SchroederThe Federal Reserve’s top regulatory official said Thursday that bank agencies are poised to unveil a more industry-friendly version of contentious capital rules known as “Basel …
Lower Rates Are Set to Juice the Commercial-Property Market
The Wall Street Journal, Sept. 22, 2025-Will ParkerThe Federal Reserve’s rate cut last week is unlikely to help many Americans soon buy a home. But for the businesses involved in …
Where Affordable Housing Faces the Most Competition From Market-Rate Units
Globe St., Sept. 19, 2025-Erik ShermanThe shortage of affordable housing for low- and middle-income families continues to weigh heavily on U.S. renters, even as federal programs receive new funding meant …
When a College Dies, Who Gets the Campus?
Bloomberg News, Sept. 18, 2025-Jane GottliebFor more than 100 years, The College of Saint Rose was the neighbor down the street you could count on.Click here for more (subscription)
Walker & Dunlop CEO: We’re in a Much Better Mortgage Rate Landscape Than We Have Been in Some Time
CNBC, Sept. 17, 2025Willy Walker, Walker & Dunlop chairman and CEO, joined CNBC’s ‘Squawk on the Street’ to discuss how potential rate cuts could impact the real estate market.Click here for …
The Strongest Multifamily Rent Increases Will Be in These Affordable Cities
Globe St., Sept. 17, 2025-Erika MorphyA new report from Markerr points to significant regional realignment in multifamily rent growth across the U.S., with the strongest projected gains over the next …
House Bill Will Call On Federal Agencies To Team Up For Affordable Housing
BisNow, Sept. 16, 2025-Matt WasielewskiThe leaders of the bipartisan Congressional Real Estate Caucus are planning to introduce legislation to encourage government agencies to work together to tackle housing affordability.Click here for …
Affordable Housing Out of Reach for Half of All U.S. Workers
Governing, Sept. 15, 2025-Greg Childress (NC Newsline)Half of construction site workers in Asheville earn less than the $59,840 needed to rent a one-bedroom apartment and civil engineers earning nearly $100,000 …
Retail Takes Back Some Market Share in Second Quarter
Inside Mortgage Finance, Sept. 12, 2025-Brandon IveyThe retail channel accounted for 51.3% of first-lien originations in the second quarter of 2025, up from a 48.5% share in the first quarter, …