Dallas—HousingWire, an online b-to-b news source covering the U.S. housing industry, has announced a partnership with financial data provider BankDataWorks to create a new paid-subscription data offering. Under terms of the agreement, HousingWire readers will be able to purchase quarterly financial and other data covering FDIC-insured banks and thrifts, as well as decision-maker names and contact information. This will be the first of a planned series of products to be launched on a new HousingWire platform designed to offer readers data options, the company said in a statement. “We're building on our news platform to include critical data that can drive business decisions,” said Paul Jackson, publisher and CEO of HousingWire, in a statement.