…But Protecting Your Company is a Year-Round Responsibility by Craig Mertens Every October, we celebrate a dark world with scary, dangerous monsters. We call October Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and during this month, we shine a spotlight on hackers, scammers, phishers, and cybercriminals of all...
Buyer Demand Has Deteriorated to a Nearly Three-Year Low by Daren Blomquist Auction.com, the nation’s leading distressed real estate marketplace, released its Q3 2025 Auction Market Dispatch, which shows a continued rise in distressed property supply, particularly at foreclosure auction, even as...
The Future of Single-Family Investing by Martin Kay Over the past five years, the way large investors approach single-family real estate has evolved in a fundamental way. This shift isn’t about new investment philosophies, but rather about how to deploy capital and operate with scale, efficiency,...
Mortgage and Settlement Services Industry Continue to Face Elevated Risks by FundingShield During Q3 2025, nearly 46.6% of transactions within an approximately $90+ billion portfolio—spanning residential, commercial, NonQM and business-purpose loans—were flagged for issues posing significant wire...
Nationwide, 46.1% of Homes Considered Equity-Rich by ATTOM Team ATTOM released its third quarter 2025 U.S. Home Equity & Underwater Report, which shows that 46.1% of mortgaged residential properties in the country were equity-rich, meaning the combined estimated amount of loan balances secured...
Material and Labor Costs Increase, but More Slowly than Last Quarter by Verisk Property Estimating Solutions Repair and remodeling costs continued to rise more rapidly than inflation, even as the Consumer Price Index rose by 2.7% year-over-year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. “The...
Foreclosure Starts Increase 17% from Last Year by ATTOM Team ATTOM released its August 2025 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows there were a total of 35,697 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions or bank repossessions — down 1% from a month ago...
Local Investors Outpace Builders in Delivering Affordable Homes by New Western Staff New Western, the nation’s leading real estate investment marketplace and largest home buyer, released its “Flip Side Report: Mid-Year 2025 Residential Real Estate Investing Trends,” showing that in most U.S....
Third Consecutive Month of Home Price Declines by Mark Worley, Redfin U.S. home prices nudged 0.1% lower in July on a seasonally adjusted basis—the third consecutive month that prices posted a monthly decline. That’s according to a new report from Redfin, the real estate brokerage powered by...
