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Realtor.com launches a ChatGPT app with limited listing previews and a ban on using MLS data for training AI models.

Shain Urwin says new broker protections help, but refinance churning is a problem and the industry must win new reverse mortgage borrowers.

loanDepot has partnered with Betenbough Companies to launch Olive Branch Home Loans, a new mortgage company that will serve homebuyers across West Texas.

Harrison Ford said it took 15 years before his breakthrough, a case for steady practice, coaching, and systems during slow markets.

A Louisiana federal judge dismissed DeYoung claims tied to NAR three way membership, ending federal antitrust counts against NAR.

As brokerages fight over listings, Offerpad is quietly rebuilding its seller intake and routing system with new AI tools.

Amid ongoing consolidation and calls for more drastic changes, Inman mapped out the remaining 484 MLSs big and small.

Artificial intelligence is transforming nearly every corner of the housing industry. Real estate professionals are using AI tools to streamline workflows, improve document processing and enhance compliance processes.

Lenders have made meaningful progress modernizing the closing process. eSignatures, hybrid eClosings, and remote online notarization have reduced friction at the signing table and improved the borrower experience where it is most visible.

Realtor.com's ChatGPT integration gives buyers affordability and neighborhood insights. However, they'll need to go to Realtor.com to view listings.

In this series of maps and tables, Intel explores which U.S. markets got hit with a double-whammy of outbound movers and reduced immigration flows last year.

A typical new development project has hundreds, often thousands, of leads, and only one or two agents to work them.

What happens at the kitchen table is what concerns Darryl Davis. Real seller choice begins with real information. Agents must ensure the seller understands both sides of any strategy before they sign.

Robert Reffkin’s op-ed exposed an industry fault line, Greg Hague writes. Here’s why MLSs need to adopt more flexible coming-soon policies.

In this episode, Art Carter, CEO of CRMLS, and Ed Zorn, VP and General Counsel, unpack one of the most heated and misunderstood topics in real estate right now.

<p>Buy-to-let fixed rates are rising due to the unrest in the Middle East, data from Moneyfacts has revealed. The average 2-year fixed rate is at 5.40%, its highest level for a year. Meanwhile the typical 5-year fix is at its highest level for two years, at 5.91%. Rachel Springall, finance expert at...

You can sit any man down at a piano. Most can bang out the same three songs they learned in middle school, a few can tune it, and almost nobody can sit there and compose something worth listening to. That piano is AI. The way highly systemized public homebuilders are approaching AI right now tells [...

Mercado brings more than 20 years of experience in residential real estate, brokerage leadership, housing finance and affordable lending.

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