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Nearly 1 in 2 home listings cut prices in Florida, Arizona
HousingWire

Roughly 45% of all listings in Arizona and 44% in Florida now carry price reductions — far exceeding the 34.4% national average.

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Borrowers have a new agent. Is your organization built for it?
HousingWire

AI is shifting negotiating power from lenders to borrowers at scale. The institutions that restructure their workflows and tools to meet that reality will grow. The ones that don’t will feel it in pull-through rates before they understand why. For most of mortgage’s recent history, information asym...

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Over 460K documents and counting: Catch up on the FTC’s legal battle with Zillow and Redfin
Inman

The FTC sued Zillow and Redfin last September over a major rental syndication deal. A new filing shows the portals have provided hundreds of thousands of documents for the case.

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Buy-to-let landlord exits remain modest despite pressures
PropertyWire

<p>Data shows only 1.04% of landlords exited the buy-to-let market in the last year, despite widespread concerns about regulatory changes and rising costs. Industry figures question whether recent headlines reflect the sector's reality as the Renters' Rights Act approaches implementation.</p> <p>The...

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Housing market update: Regional fragmentation grows as rates pressure demand
HousingWire

National housing trends are holding steady, but local markets are splitting as price cuts rise, demand slows and transactions become harder to close.

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RenoFi hires Brandon Silvia as national production leader to drive renovation lending growth
HousingWire

RenoFi hires Brandon Silvia as national production leader to scale renovation lending and recruit originators nationwide.

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Rancho Mission Viejo sets up last all-age phase at Rienda ahead of next growth wave
HousingWire

Rancho Mission Viejo has tapped Trumark Homes, Lennar and Shea Homes to build 232 homes in the final all-age phase of the Village of Rienda, effectively capping new market-rate supply at the Orange County master plan until 2027, according to a company announcement. The move comes after Rienda logged...

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UWM adds 50-bps incentive for brokers as spring home purchase season ramps up
HousingWire

UWM offers a 50-bps purchase incentive for locked loans from April 8-14, with a 700 FICO score minimum and key product exclusions.

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Broker-lender pacts are redrawing the lines for reverse mortgage companies
HousingWire

New broker-lender agreements are reshaping how reverse mortgage companies work together while taking aim at one of the industry's most persistent problems: churning.

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FinCEN proposes new anti-money laundering rule for financial institutions
HousingWire

Public comment will be accepted for 60 days after the proposal is published in the Federal Register in the coming days.

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Newrez faces Washington state enforcement action over alleged servicing failures
HousingWire

The Washington State Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) filed a statement of charges against Newrez, alleging repeated mortgage servicing violations between 2021 and 2026.

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Better plans $69M stock raise, UK bank sale
HousingWire

The company on Wednesday announced it plans to raise about $69 million in gross proceeds before underwriting discounts, commissions and offering expenses via a public offering of Class A common stock.

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Zillow ‘knows its role’ in the industry: Jun Choo
Inman

Zillow Chief Operating Officer Jun Choo talks artificial intelligence, Zillow Preview and the portal's continued commitment to listing "transparency."

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If you need to ‘add value’ at the end, you’re already behind
Inman

Contributor Deb Siefkin writes that real estate agents need to add value right now to be relevant.

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Cotality says mortgage fraud risk rose 9.1% in Q2
HousingWire

Mortgage application fraud risk increased in the second quarter of 2026 as purchase lending regained momentum and higher mortgage rates kept refinance activity subdued.

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Douglas Elliman taps Areeje Akhtar Oriol as chief of staff to CEO
Inman

Oriol brings more than 15 years of experience in luxury brand strategy and brokerage platform development to the role.

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How to find the freedom your team was supposed to provide
Inman

You built the team for freedom, but without the right financial architecture underneath it, a real estate team doesn't reduce your risk, Amanda Neely writes. It multiplies it.

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What you should know about Zillow Pro: ‘If you’re already married, I’m going to stop offering you dates’
Inman

In this episode of Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered, Jun Choo breaks down Zillow Pro, how it works, and why it could completely change how agents manage relationships inside the Zillow ecosystem.

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Minimum residential lot size dispute heats up in a Texas county
HousingWire

A battle has brewed over residential lot sizes in Texas after Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law last year reducing them in the state&#8217;s biggest cities. Since the law didn&#8217;t apply statewide, Montgomery County, which abuts Houston, is trying again to increase its lot sizes after doing so last M...

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Tri Pointe Homes unveils its new wellness models in Utah
HousingWire

Tri Pointe debuts LivingWell in a 7,700-square foot Utah model, expanding LivingSmart features and targeting a HERS 59 rating.

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