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Down Payment Resource identifies 2,833 homeownership programs nationwide in Q3 2026
ATLANTA, Ga. — Down Payment Resource (DPR), the housing industry’s leading affordability intelligence platform, today released its Q3 2026 Homeownership Program Index (HPI) report, identifying 2,833 programs nationwide. The total is up 87 programs, or 3.2%, from 2,746 in Q2 2026, marking a new survey high….
27.6% MoM Increase in Industrial Planned Projects for Renovations and Equipment Upgrades for September 2026
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Industrial SalesLeads today announced its September 2026 results for planned capital project spending in the Food and Beverage industry. Food and beverage renovation and equipment upgrade planned projects rose 27.6% from the previous month….
Optimal Blue report: Non-QM bucks September slowdown as mortgage rates surge
PLANO, Texas — Optimal Blue today released its September 2026 Market Advantage mortgage data report, which found non-qualified mortgage (non-QM) lending continued to expand even as rising rates weighed on broader mortgage activity. Total rate-lock volume declined 2% month over month (MoM), 21% over the past three months and 26% year over year (YoY). Non-QM lock volume bucked the broader decline, rising 8% MoM as non-QM loans accounted for 12% of September production….
Home equity lenders report an average per-loan impact of $753.04 from execution improvements
AUSTIN, Texas — FirstClose™, a leading fintech provider of data and workflow solutions for home equity and mortgage lenders nationwide, today released the results of an independent study by MarketWise Advisors, LLC, examining the value of improvements in operational readiness and execution for home equity lenders. Participating lenders reported an average financial and operational impact of $753.04 per loan, a 7.99x return, across the core and extended capabilities MarketWise modeled….
Analysis: Neighborhood income data understates mortgage access gaps
DES MOINES, Iowa — New analysis from iEmergent, a forecasting and advisory services firm for the financial services, mortgage and real estate industries, finds that mortgage access gaps for low-income households are substantially wider than neighborhood-level data suggests. The analysis draws on the last five years of Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data….
37.5-percent Growth in $100M New Industrial Planned Projects MoM for September 2026
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Industrial SalesLeads announced today the September 2026 results for the new planned capital project spending report for the Industrial Manufacturing industry. The Firm tracks North American planned industrial capital project activity, including facility expansions, new plant construction and significant equipment modernization projects. Research confirms 156 new projects in the Industrial Manufacturing sector….
Ten New and Exceptional Good Reads make the 2026 Q3 BOOKS TO BOOKMARK List: What to Read This Fall
TEMECULA, Calif. — Publishers Newswire (PNW), an online news publisher covering books, music, indie film, and software launched in 2004, announced today its latest semi-annual “books to bookmark” list for third quarter (Q3) of 2026, highlighting 10 new and interesting “great reads” from small publishers based in North America. These newly published books are often overlooked due to not coming from major traditional N.Y. book publishers….
184 New Packaging Industry Projects Drive $17B+ Capital Pipeline in August 2026
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Industrial SalesLeads tracking for August 2026 identified 184 capital projects where packaging equipment is a procurement opportunity or where the operating company is a packaging manufacturer. Spanning more than 30 states and Canadian provinces, these projects range from single-facility equipment upgrades to multi-billion-dollar campus construction….
Analysis: iEmergent’s 2025 U.S. mortgage forecasts closely track HMDA actuals
DES MOINES, Iowa — iEmergent, a forecasting and advisory services firm for the financial services, mortgage and real estate industries, today released a new analysis validating its 2025 forecasts against actual Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data. The analysis, which uses final 2025 HMDA data released by the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council on June 23, 2026, spans every geographic level from national down to individual census tracts….
LinkedIn Activity Predicts Revenue More Than Website Traffic, shows 42DM’s GTM Benchmark Research into 100 B2B AI Companies
TENAFLY, N.J. — 42DM, a B2B tech marketing agency specializing in go-to-market strategy for AI and SaaS companies, recently released “From Traffic to Pipeline: GTM Lessons from 100 Top AI Products,” a benchmark study mapping which channels and signals correlate with revenue across 100 leading AI infrastructure companies….