Does eXp’s NextHome deal signal a new brokerage trend?
The warmer weather and longer days are finally here and that means everyone is thinking about the hottest looks for summer. For real estate brokerage companies, it seems like the…
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Real estate investor Jackie Coffey launches app targeting after-repair values
Real estate investor and educator Jackie Coffey has launched the Jackie The Happy Investor App, a web-based platform designed to help novice investors evaluate residential real estate deals without relying…
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FTC puts Mortgage Connect on notice over worker noncompetes
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning mortgage services provider Mortgage Connect about its use of noncompete agreements, urging the company to review and potentially discontinue restrictive covenants that may…
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Sotheby’s brokerage president moves to Coldwell Banker
Industry veteran Mary Lee Blaylock is now leading Coldwell Banker’s franchise business, after a little more than a year with Sotheby’s International Realty.
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Needle-mover or not? Industry insiders react to eXp’s acquisition of NextHome
Industry insiders say that eXp-NextHome is a smaller deal, but it signals something bigger about where the industry is heading.
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Innovation through mortgage advocacy: Why our industry needs to stop treating policy like background noise
The mortgage industry is very good at watching signals. We watch rates like hawks. We track consumer sentiment all day long. We buy tools to tell us when to lock,…
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For solutions to the housing affordability crisis, we need to use every tool available
Across the country, roughly 65% of households are priced out of the median-priced new home. Incomes have not kept pace with elevated home prices and higher mortgage rates, putting homeownership…
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Mortgage’s AI crisis is coming. The industry isn’t ready to talk about it.
A borrower in forbearance gets the wrong information about their reinstatement options. It came from an automated servicing communication, routed through a system nobody fully owns and nobody fully monitors….
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Building permits rise, but housing crisis persists
Rhode Island has picked up the pace in issuing more building permits for new homes – crucial to easing the housing crisis – but observers say that pace isn’t enough…
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U.S. long-term mortgage rate bounce back to levels seen 4 weeks ago
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose again this week, reflecting ongoing bond market volatility as surging oil prices due to the war with Iran heighten inflation worries. The benchmark…
