Market News
- Manufactured housing is the homeownership solve we keep ignoring April 2, 2026Manufactured housing is a proven solution to the U.S. housing affordability crisis, offering strong appreciation and lower costs but zoning barriers and financing gaps continue to limit its full impactTony Kovach
- Why HousingWire’s new Mortgage Rankings matter for originators April 1, 2026HousingWire’s new Mortgage Rankings use transaction data to standardize originator performance, exposing real leaders by volume, product and channel.HousingWire Automation
- Housing market demand is holding, but pricing gaps are breaking deals April 1, 2026Housing demand is holding as mortgage rates rise. New data points to growing friction between buyers and sellers across markets.Rachel Bader, HW Data
- Housing supply summit highlights the cost of complexity April 1, 2026I love Jerusalem Demsas’ “Housing Breaks People’s Brains” article in The Atlantic from November 2022. For me, it’s a trailhead for understanding why efforts and solutions aimed at the housing access and attainability crisis for so many Americans often short-circuit and fizzle before they can fix anything. Demsas’ unflinching reporting on “localism and shortage denialism” […]John McManus
- UWM tried for its first acquisition, then its stock fell and the math stopped working April 1, 2026Analysts pointed to a sharp decline in UWM’s stock price as a key factor, while the company said this has nothing to do with its fundamentals.Flávia Furlan Nunes