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Best DSCR Lenders in Greater Boston for Real Estate Investors (2026)
Boston REIA’s guide to finding the right DSCR lender for rental properties, BRRRR investments, short-term rentals, and growing a real estate portfolio. If you’re investing

Bank of America: Americans are moving less and renovating more
Americans are moving less, spending more on services when they do move, and increasingly using home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) to renovate instead of

REMAX remembers Gail Liniger, co-founder and CEO for 30 years
Last Thursday, not only REMAX, but the real estate industry at large, lost a woman the company she co-founded once called a “Leader. Partner. Visionary.

Dan Sogorka leaves Origna8 CEO post to lead Informed
Former Rocket Pro general manager Dan Sogorka has been named CEO of Informed, an AI-driven verification and fraud detection platform for lenders. He’s stepping down

If ChatGPT picks three agents, how do you get on the list?
A seller opens ChatGPT and types: Who’s the best listing agent in my neighborhood? Three names come back, a sentence about each, a few links.

Unbundled real estate models grow after commission overhaul
Nearly two years after real estate compensation rules underwent their biggest overhaul in decades, we finally have enough distance to see what was hard to

Redfin taps former Meta and Intuit executive Alessio Sanfilippo as new CEO
Alessio Sanfilippo has been named CEO of Redfin, moving to the Rocket Companies subsidiary from Meta, where he was vice president of insights for Reality

Vetted VA debuts advisory board, details education expansion
Vetted VA, a professional credentialing and education organization focused on VA lending, has formed its first board of advisors, it announced Monday morning. The board

Housing demand has slowed, but still stable for now
Higher mortgage rates have tended to slow housing data over the past few years and that has been the case in 2026. But this year

The WSJ is wrong about FHA loans and nonbanks, and they know it
What does the Wall Street Journal have against nonbanks? That was my first thought when I read the Journal’s recent op-ed: UWM is a government

MBA's Broeksmit pushes back on linking UWM with FHA fund
An op-ed published earlier this month by The Wall Street Journal has raised the eyebrows of at least one mortgage industry leader, who penned a

Mounting ICE raids leave homebuilding's frontlines frozen in fear
[Editor’s note: This is the first of a three-part series exploring disruptions, potential solutions and homebuilding’s business impacts of recent immigration enforcement initiatives. Part 2

Eastern Washington agents balance business and wildfire recovery
Washington’s wildfire season continues to set grim milestones, with more than 850,000 acres burned statewide and hundreds of homes destroyed in the Spokane area —

ERA Real Estate names Frank Malpica president
ERA Real Estate has appointed Frank Malpica as president, bringing an experienced network leader into the top role as the brand enters its next phase

South River Mortgage names Tyler Plack CEO
Maryland-based reverse lender South River Mortgage (SRM) announced Friday that its board of directors has promoted company President Tyler Plack to the role of CEO,

FHA expected to accept VantageScore 4.0 and FICO 10T in January
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is expected to go live in January with VantageScore 4.0 and FICO 10T, alongside the existing Classic FICO product, as