The U.S. is short 10 million houses. A new White House report lays out a blueprint to fix that
White House economists estimate the United States has a shortage of 10 million houses, according to a new report out Monday - and say regulatory cuts could lead to more construction to stabilize prices, increase home ownership and fuel faster economic growth. The analysis, part of the Economic Report of the President, outlines both a political risk and a messaging opportunity for President Donald Trump, whose public approval has slumped because of concerns about his tariffs, the Iran war and his unfulfilled promises to slash inflation and unleash stronger growth.
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Here's how agentic AI is already transforming title and escrow
"The firms that embrace agentic AI purpose-built for the title and escrow industry are going to operate faster, cleaner and with better margins," says Mike Rubin, President of Shaddock National Holdings, the largest collective of independent title insurance agencies in the United States. "The ones that don't will wake up one day and realize they can't compete."
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Old Republic prevails as Massachusetts court rejects title coverage expansion
A Massachusetts appeals court has handed title insurers a clear win - and flagged a gap in coverage that the industry should be paying attention to. In a decision issued on April 10, 2026, the Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled that Old Republic Title Insurance Company was within its rights to deny coverage to property owners who were sued over a strip of land they legally owned but that fell outside the boundaries described in their title insurance policy.
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Title Insurance Client Alert - Rule of Reasonableness as to Impediments in Easements
Last Thursday, the Supreme Court of Virginia (the "VSC") issued an important opinion in Thibault Enterprises, LLC v. Yost concerning encroachments within an easement with a granted width and when an encroachment may remain in the granted easement, clarifying prior rulings regarding same. In this appeal, the VSC reversed the judgment of the circuit court and the Court of Appeals, ruling that such courts erred in holding the owners of the servient estate were required to remove encroachments within the granted easement.
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