• Scissor stairs may lower Washington multifamily building costs,Richard Lawson

    Scissor stairs may lower Washington multifamily building costs

    Zoning reform has grabbed most of the attention in housing policy circles, but sometimes it’s the unglamorous, technical building code changes that save builders real money. Single-stair reform was the first to sweep through state legislatures and city halls as a tool to spur missing-middle housing.

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  • StreetMatrix adds Arizona and Utah to its housing index,HousingWire Automation

    StreetMatrix adds Arizona and Utah to its housing index

    StreetMatrix has expanded its independent real estate analytics platform into Arizona and Utah, adding two fast-growing Western states to a housing index that already covers California and Nevada, the company announced on Wednesday. StreetMatrix was created by housing analyst Jonathan Miller, presid

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  • Rocket expands on VantageScore 4.0 pilot for agency, VA loans,Sarah Wolak

    Rocket expands on VantageScore 4.0 pilot for agency, VA loans

    Rocket Mortgage and Rocket Pro provided additional details this week on their rollout of VantageScore 4.0 in mortgage lending after officially announcing last week that they have started using VantageScore 4.0 alongside Classic FICO scores. Heather Lovier, chief operating officer of Rocket Companies

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