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Minimum home lot sizes eyed in Colorado push to break barriers

Colorado lawmakers are taking a new swing at Colorado’s housing affordability crisis by using state power to reshape local zoning rules. Their target? Outsized suburban residential lots mandated in many of the state’s municipalities. A new bill would require most cities to allow single-family homes on lots as small as 2,000 square feet, about a…

Blend rides mortgage rebound in Q4, dismisses ‘SaaSpocalypse’ fears

Blend Labs Inc. ended 2025 with a profitable quarter as improved mortgage market conditions supported its business, while executives said the company is largely insulated from the recent “SaaSpocalypse” affecting the software industry. The company reported non-GAAP operating income of $5.4 million in the fourth quarter, up from $4.3 million in the third quarter and…

Midwest housing markets surge as demand absorbs homes faster than new listings

The fastest-moving housing markets in the country right now aren’t in California or Texas — they’re in the Midwest. HousingWire Data shows Michigan, Ohio and Illinois leading the nation in housing absorption, with weekly rates above 17% as demand accelerates ahead of the spring housing season. Nationally, the weekly absorption rate rose to 11.95% for…