The mortgage industry is on an AI binge. Let’s make the hangover optional.

I watched mortgage leaders embrace AI at The Gathering in Austin. And for good reason: The tools are getting good, the productivity math is starting to math and the competitive pressure is doing what classic IMB horse races do. I left more bullish about AI in the industry than when I arrived. I also

The spring selling season that wasn’t: Why builders are pivoting to margin recovery

At the start of 2026, many homebuilding industry leaders anticipated that falling mortgage rates would revitalize consumer interest. Instead, rates have remained stubbornly elevated, with the 30-year fixed rate expected to stay in the 6%-6.5% range over the next three years. Home price appreciation

One of Sonoma County’s Oldest Surviving Homes Is Listed for $3.9 Million—158 Years After It Was Built for Pioneering Settler

One of the oldest homes in California's wine country has been brought to the market for the first time in more than a decade—having changed hands on only a few occasions since it was built for one of Sonoma County's most prominent "pioneering settlers." Built in 1868, the four-bedroom, two-bathroom

Jonathan Van Ness Reveals Heartbreak at Being Forced To Rehome Their Dog After It Attacked Their Cat: ‘Such a Devastating Event’

Jonathan Van Ness has candidly spoken out about a "devastating" family incident, revealing that they were forced to rehome their dog after he attacked their cat and left her in the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Van Ness, 39, who is nonbinary and uses he, she, and they pronouns, shared the