• House approves funding boost for Social Security Administration,Jonathan Delozier

    House approves funding boost for Social Security Administration

    The House of Representatives approved legislation last week to bolster customer service efforts at the Social Security Administration (SSA), advancing a broader funding package aimed at avoiding a government shutdown at the end of this month. Lawmakers paired the funding increase with oversight requ

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  • Austin Niemiec to lead Rocket Pro as Dan Sogorka departs,Flávia Furlan Nunes

    Austin Niemiec to lead Rocket Pro as Dan Sogorka departs

    Austin Niemiec will take the helm of Rocket Pro following the departure of Dan Sogorka, according to people familiar with the transition who spoke to HousingWire. Niemiec will retain his title as chief revenue officer of Rocket Mortgage but will focus exclusively on the broker and correspondent chan

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  • Meritage holds its line as new-home demand turns inelastic,John McManus

    Meritage holds its line as new-home demand turns inelastic

    There’s a version of this market where “buying sales” becomes the default operating system for nearly everyone. When that happens, the question stops being whether incentives rise. They do. The real question becomes: who has the operational and balance-sheet self-control to decide where to lean in—a

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