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Rate Insurance: Home premiums rose 9% in 2025

Homeowners insurance premium growth slowed in 2025 after several years of steep increases, but coverage costs have still more than doubled since 2019, according to a new report released Thursday by Rate Insurance, a subsidiary of Rate. The company’s 2026 Home Insurance Trends Report found that the average homeowners insurance premium in its portfolio rose…

Southern Land adds an integrated mortgage division as it scales MPCs

Southern Land Company has launched an in-house mortgage division, SLC Lending, as the Nashville-based developer looks to tighten control of the homebuying process across its master-planned and single-family communities. The move, announced by the company, extends Southern Land’s vertically integrated model beyond land planning, development, construction and property management into mortgage origination. It comes as…

Equity Residential, AvalonBay to merge in $69 billion multifamily deal

Equity Residential and AvalonBay Communities agreed to an all-stock merger of equals that will create a $69 billion multifamily giant controlling more than 180,000 apartments across the country, the companies announced Thursday. The combined real estate investment trust will have a pro forma equity market capitalization of about $52 billion and an enterprise value of…

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