HOA News You Need To Know: Week of 7/24/26

Vantaca and Maegan Woytek are proud to present this week's news you need to know happening across the industry! We plan to bring you all the critical news, regulatory shifts, market shifts and operational insights that are impacting your business every other week, so you can stay ahead of it. What you need to know for this week's episode:Mortgage rates just hit 6.64%, pending home sales dropped over 5% in June, and builder sentiment is at its lowest point in nearly a year — CNBC reports 37% of builders are now cutting prices just to move inventory, a sign that affordability pressure is rolling straight downhill to the communities managing these homes.Our latest full episode features Alex Wolkomir, Partner at McKinsey & Company and leader of the firm's global real estate AI practice, on why pilot programs aren't moving the needle, what domain-level redesign actually means for operators, and the competitive risk no one's talking about when every company runs the same AI playbook. Subscribe or follow us on the NEW Guilty by Association website for ongoing industry updates and more conversations from Vantaca: https://www.vantaca.com/gba