House Passes Bill To Speed Up Mortgage Processes on Tribal Lands—and To Extend Leases to 99 Years

The House passed a bill to simplify the mortgage process on tribal lands, setting it up for President Donald Trump to sign into law. The House voted 384-40 to pass S. 728, which would create new, faster deadlines for the Bureau of Indian Affairs to process residential and business mortgages on triba

A Hudson Valley Guesthouse and Writer’s Studio Balance Passive House Rigor With Easy Living

The side-yard retreat pairs thermally modified wood exteriors with tonal Heath Ceramics tile, custom millwork, and interiors designed for both focus and family gatherings

A 4.99% mortgage? This company says they’ll offer it soon

A week after announcing a new in-house mortgage product, Opendoor has another move up its sleeve — 4.99 percent mortgages. The company's CEO said the offering has "obvious scale advantages."

California weighs new factory-built housing rules to ease construction, cost burden

Part of an apartment in a modular apartment complex is hoisted into place in Santa Monica, CA on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. The nonprofit Community Corporation of Santa Monica with Plant Prefab and Howard CDM, for Berkeley Station, is building Santa Monica’s first modular affordable housing building.