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Dallas-based loan servicer is using AI to collect monthly mortgage payments from 6.7 million homeowners, a business that generated $393 million in pretax income during the fourth quarter.

Brookfield Raises $500M For Giant New Real Estate Fund, Boosting $20B War Chest  Bisnow

George T. Spyridakis, an associate broker with eXp Realty, alleged Zillow's StreetEasy allowed multiple brokers to list the same unit on the platform, effectively hiding it from public view.

A comprehensive survey of Residential Real Estate Council (RRC) members and CRS Designees released this week shows robust industry performance and high career satisfaction among real estate professionals, with members outperforming industry averages in transaction volume and maintaining strong market presence despite challenging conditions A breakdown of the findings in the survey includes: Transaction and…

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Weichert Real Estate Affiliates, Inc. has announced that it added 31 new franchised offices in 13 different states to its national franchise system in 2024. This marked the largest number of new office openings for the system since the start of the pandemic, the company noted. The new additions pushed the Weichert® franchise footprint to…

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Brooks Glenn will serve as the Seattle-based brokerage's diversity, equity and inclusion director. President OB Jacobi said Windermere "feels strongly" that now is the time to bolster DEI efforts.

Above, Danielle Andrews VITALS:  Realty ONE Group Next Generation Years in business: 2.5 Size: 1 office, 32 agents Regions Served: Northern Florida, Southwest Georgia, Southeast Alabama 2023 Sales Volume: $14,420,350 2023 Transactions: 68 https://nextgeneration.myrealtyonegroup.com  Danielle Andrews’ journey into real estate began as a way to earn extra income while she was teaching middle school students…

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Commercial real estate: Why London needs 15 new Walkie Talkies  MSN

Above: Alan J. Smith Alan J. Smith—broker/owner at RE/MAX Professionals—has spent years building a successful relationship with Buffini & Company, generating significant ROI for the Denver-based real estate firm and the nearly 470 agents serving the thriving Colorado region. With four-plus decades of experience in the real estate industry, Smith has enjoyed the benefits of…

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President Donald Trump has nominated Jonathan McKernan as the new director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a major move in the administration's broader government restructuring. McKernan's nomination has been sent to the Senate for confirmation, where he is expected to be approved.

Judge Stephen R. Bough of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri granted preliminary approval to the $895,000 deal, finding it "fair, reasonable and adequate."

Prospective homebuyers have a better shot at securing a dream home as sellers continue to lower listing prices, according to a recent analysis by Zillow. Despite persistently high mortgage rates, buyers are capitalizing on these price reductions to negotiate better deals.

Buying a home is one of the most significant financial decisions most people will make in their lifetime. Yet, many buyers find themselves becoming “house poor” after achieving this “American Dream.” Nearly three in 10, or 27.4%, U.S. homeowners with a mortgage are “house rich, cash poor”—or house poor, meaning they spend more than 30%…

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Buying a home is one of the most significant financial decisions most people will make in their lifetime. Yet, many buyers find themselves becoming “house poor” after achieving this “American Dream.” Nearly three in 10, or 27.4%, U.S. homeowners with a mortgage are “house rich, cash poor”—or house poor, meaning they spend more than 30%…

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On this President’s Day, your mind might be drifting to the most famous home in all America. But really, presidents only spend a short eight years (at most) living in the White House. The United States is littered with homes that once housed these 45 preeminent men before, after and during their presidencies. Notably, 1600…

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Trump calls for lower interest rates after release of January CPI report. Powell says Fed is in no hurry to cut rates, and bond market investors who fund mortgages are taking him at his word.

BoldTrail's Vitals Dashboard offers company leaders a way to analyze individual agent performance with real-time user metrics that peel back how tools are being put to use to respond to leads or react to deal hurdles, among other uses.

With mortgage rates still hovering at recent lows, this week saw another increase in mortgage applications, increasing 2.3% from last week’s increase of 2.2%, according to the latest Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) for the week ending February 7, 2025.  “Mortgage rates moved slightly lower last week, which led to…

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While smiles, courtesy and friendliness are an agent’s calling cards with everyone, let’s be real about the residential real estate business. While it may not be purely a cutthroat calling, there are no nice tries for buyers. Your client either captures the flag with a winning bid for a home or you trudge back to…

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Reef Group and BlackRock Real Estate complete first laboratory building at London’s largest purpose-built life sciences campus  Zenopa