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Dovenmuehle names Ann Morey head of product
HousingWire

Dovenmuehle appointed Ann Morey as head of product, tasking her with product vision, road maps and team leadership.

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Southern Land adds an integrated mortgage division as it scales MPCs
HousingWire

Southern Land Company has launched an in-house mortgage division, SLC Lending, as the Nashville-based developer looks to tighten control of the homebuying process across its master-planned and single-family communities. The move, announced by the company, extends Southern Land’s vertically integrate...

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Rate Insurance: Home premiums rose 9% in 2025
HousingWire

Rate Insurance says average homeowners insurance rose 9.16% in 2025 to $2,205 and is up 107.6% since 2019, based on 265,000 policies.

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KB Home enters Atlanta with first land deal and new community
HousingWire

B Home enters the Atlanta market after buying 110 homesites, with Whitley Meadows in Gwinnett County slated for early 2027.

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Fearless at foreclosure auction
HousingWire

More first-time homebuyers are turning to foreclosure auctions as an affordable path to homeownership, despite the challenges of all-cash homebuying.

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NEXA Lending enters investment, phased acquisition with Copper Ridge Ventures
HousingWire

NEXA Lending entered an investment and phased acquisition agreement with Copper Ridge Ventures to scale joint ventures and origination.

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2026 GameChanger: How CENTURY 21 DeAnna Realty grew 110% and still kept its culture
HousingWire

The brokerage completed five M&A deals and emphasized one-on-one agent support to lift production and fuel growth.

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Equity Residential, AvalonBay to merge in $69 billion multifamily deal
HousingWire

Equity Residential and AvalonBay Communities agreed to an all-stock merger of equals that will create a $69 billion multifamily giant controlling more than 180,000 apartments across the country, the companies announced Thursday. The combined real estate investment trust will have a pro forma equity ...

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5 questions to ask 55+ buyers that most real estate agents skip
Inman

The 55+ buyer is making a different kind of purchase, prioritizing planning for a future they aren't yet experiencing. Seniors Real Estate Specialist Karen Light shares ways to guide the conversation.

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Estate agents fear retaliation in Rightmove legal dispute
PropertyWire

<p>Estate agents are expressing concern about potential commercial repercussions if they provide evidence in a Β£1.5 billion class action lawsuit against Rightmove, according to testimony presented at the Competition Appeal Tribunal. Lawyers representing the claimants stated that a significant number...

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Majority of UK homes failed to see annual price growth
PropertyWire

<p>Only 14% of British homes have increased in value every year over the past five years, according to Zoopla analysis. The portal attributes the decline in consistent growth to higher mortgage costs, with northern regions proving more resilient than southern markets.</p> <p>The post <a href="https:...

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HUD targets construction costs as inventory gap persists
Inman

HUD has published recommendations urging state and local governments to reduce regulatory barriers to housing construction. But independent analyses from Zillow and Realtor.com identify mortgage rate lock-in, stretched consumer budgets and tariff-driven volatility as supply constraints that the repo...

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Newrez to borrowers: Let ChatGPT answer your mortgage questions
Inman

Newrez launches Rezi Mortgage Assistant, a custom ChatGPT tool trained on its own underwriting guidelines, letting borrowers research mortgage options without forms, phone calls or sales pressure.

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Chicago agents caught in middle as MRED-Zillow dispute hits listings
Inman

For agents and brokers, the disruption moved a broader fight over pre-marketed listings into more practical territory about advising clients.

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The retention strategy most brokers overlook β€” and it doesn’t cost what you think
Inman

Kathy Viard and Peter Morris, co-owners of Signature Premier Properties on Long Island, New York, talk with Darryl Davis about culture and retention.

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9 AI red flags that are destroying your professional credibility
Inman

When content feels generic, it signals a lack of effort, and that is a direct hit on your credibility as a communicator, Holly Brink writes.

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You can’t afford business as usual. The future belongs to visionaries
Inman

Broker Lori Muller explains what a groundbreaking shift in celebrity marketing can teach you about leadership and business-building.

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As retirement costs surge, more homeowners turn to their equity
HousingWire

65-and-older households now spend about $122,000 annually, compared with roughly $60,000 in 2000, according to survey data.

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The MRED Zillow legal fight just hit agents and sellers directly
HousingWire

MRED cut Zillow and Trulia listing feeds amid an antitrust suit, pulling 40,000 listings after 9 were banned under Zillow display standards.

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Rocket Mortgage, Rocket Pro adopt VantageScore 4.0
HousingWire

Rocket began using VantageScore 4.0 with Classic FICO, as FHFA pilots the model and lenders delivered $10 million in loans to Freddie Mac.

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