• America’s housing shortage stems from more than overregulation, Fed report finds,Tyler Williams

    America’s housing shortage stems from more than overregulation, Fed report finds

    The U.S. housing market is chronically underbuilt, resulting in a decades-long shortage. Burdensome regulations take part of the blame, but they are not the only cause. A new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis indicates that regulations are just one piece of the puzzle. Labor shortage

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  • Dark Matter’s Vikas Rao on the nature of shifting mortgage work in the era of AI,Sarah Wolak

    Dark Matter’s Vikas Rao on the nature of shifting mortgage work in the era of AI

    On Thursday, Dark Matter Technologies announced the promotion of Vikas Rao from chief technology officer to CEO, with Rao replacing Sean Dugan. At the same time, the Florida-headquartered company announced layoffs impacting 5% of its workforce. The roles affected were not immediately announced. Rao,

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  • Maine becomes first state to impose consumer safeguards on home equity investments,HousingWire Automation, Neil Pierson

    Maine becomes first state to impose consumer safeguards on home equity investments

    Maine Gov. Janet Mills this week signed LD 1901, making Maine the first state to enact comprehensive consumer protections for home equity investments (HEIs), which the new law defines as “shared appreciation mortgage loans.” The bill, titled “An Act to Regulate Shared Appreciation Agreements Relatin

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