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HousingWire and MAXA Designs are proud to partner for the 2025 Exhibit Awards, a national awards platform recognizing standout real estate — and now mortgage — branding and design. First launched in 2022, Exhibit was built on a simple idea: great branding doesn’t just make a brokerage look good. It drives clarity, culture, and business value. Today, the awards have grown into the most visible stage for creative excellence across the industry.
UWM upgrades Brand 360 with Canva, launches Loan Lab and a new Income Calculator to give brokers faster workflows, income certainty and a competitive edge in 2026
The hearing focused heavily on interpretations of Build America, Buy America (BABA) requirements and their impacts on affordable housing development.
Home values declined in half of the largest markets analyzed by Zillow in 2025, as of October. That number is projected to drop to 12 in 2026.
First-time buyers now make up only 21{4154b9a7a8279f0f72e1b53ed955309496c3d13710ef7b518ad9c12e83d26a04} of home purchases, with the median age rising to 40 and the under-35 homeownership rate at 37.1{4154b9a7a8279f0f72e1b53ed955309496c3d13710ef7b518ad9c12e83d26a04}.
Ohio’s median home price reached $279,000, up 5.3{4154b9a7a8279f0f72e1b53ed955309496c3d13710ef7b518ad9c12e83d26a04}, as active inventory rose 22.1{4154b9a7a8279f0f72e1b53ed955309496c3d13710ef7b518ad9c12e83d26a04} and price cuts hit 45.1{4154b9a7a8279f0f72e1b53ed955309496c3d13710ef7b518ad9c12e83d26a04} in November.
The move aims to reduce manual review work for lenders and appraisal management companies while improving consistency and appraisal quality.
Tech100 2025 winners advanced AI-driven appraisal, agent, servicing and location tools. Companies expanded reach, partnerships and product features in 2025.
PulteGroup’s 2026 Design Trends Forecast predicts longer-lasting home design trends, with a focus on multigenerational living, wellness, and quality. The report notes a move toward intentional, anti-consumerist choices.
Kind Lending appointed Brett Stubbs as chief financial officer, with current CFO Gary Fabian set to retire at the end of 2025.