• Gov. Pritzker calls for zoning reform to buoy Illinois housing access,Richard Lawson

    Gov. Pritzker calls for zoning reform to buoy Illinois housing access

    Illinois state lawmakers took up housing affordability last year. The results underwhelmed. Now, Gov. J.B. Pritzker is pushing to put housing at the center of Illinois’ broader affordability agenda. “The problem is clear – rent is too high and home ownership is too far out of reach,” Pritzker said i

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  • Huntington Bank’s Carolyn Gorman on expanded mortgage footprint with Cadence, Veritex partnerships,Sarah Wolak

    Huntington Bank’s Carolyn Gorman on expanded mortgage footprint with Cadence, Veritex partnerships

    Huntington Bank — which is poised to become a $280 billion institution after its acquisitions of Cadence Bank and Veritex Bank — is aggressively expanding its mortgage footprint across Texas and the Southeast while emphasizing a “partnership” culture over a traditional acquisition model. That’s acco

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  • For Toll Brothers, disciplined execution beats market uncertainty,John McManus

    For Toll Brothers, disciplined execution beats market uncertainty

    Today’s headwinds new-home market rewards homebuilding teams that do the hardest things the best. In that light, a glib explanation for Toll Brothers’ Q1 2026 performance would be to point to geography and demographics: a luxury buyer profile, higher incomes and lower sensitivity to mortgage rates.

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