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CrossCountry Mortgage uses Blend Close to support RON and eNote, cutting average closing time to 45 minutes and enabling quicker closings.

New-home purchase applications are down year over year in April as higher rates push more buyers into FHA and VA loans.

NAR says pending home sales rose 1.4% in April to 74.8, up 3.2% year over year, with monthly gains led by the Northeast.

Two Harbors Investment Corp. has adjourned its special meeting of stockholders to May 28 to give investors more time to vote on its proposed sale to an affiliate of CrossCountry Mortgage (CCM), as a competing proposal from UWM Holdings Corp. (UWMC) looms.

Zillow seeks an injunction as MRED threatens to cut IDX and VOW access by 11:59 p.m. CDT May 19 amid antitrust claims.

Rocket Mortgage and Redfin introduced a select-market incentive combining lender credits and commission discounts, capped at $20,000.

The integration is embedded into the RealScout platform, allowing agents to request and manage offers within their existing workflow.

Despite the prevalence of women in real estate, perceptions around decision-making and communication style are still divided along gender lines, Kevelyn Guzman writes.

Check out this sneak peak from Lesson 1 of Inman's new AI Certification Program, rolling out soon to Select subscribers.

Equifax will keep its $1 VantageScore 4.0 price in place through the end of 2027 as it pushes mortgage lenders to adopt the alternative credit score model, CEO Mark Begor told investors.

Either the courts will decide the listing rules in the next several hours, coach Darryl Davis writes, or the most powerful players in residential real estate will decide them by attrition.

Fannie Mae's May housing forecast locks in a 6.3 percent average 30-year rate through the end of 2026 and most of 2027, as the Iran War keeps inflation elevated and Federal Reserve rate cuts off the table.

Pending home sales rose in April, but NAR Chief Economist Dr. Lawrence Yun warned the gains could be undermined by a deepening supply shortage that risks pushing home price growth past wage growth.

Opendoor launches Cash Now, More Later nationally with RealScout as its launch partner, giving agents two commissions on a single seller.

Builder confidence rose in May, but 14 straight months of sales incentives signal that affordability pressure has shifted from buyers to builders' bottom lines.

A wave of mergers and acquisitions has reshaped residential brokerage since the NAR settlement. Here’s how the industry is consolidating.

Voluntary consolidation requires MLS executives to vote their organizations out of existence in favor of a larger entity they probably won't run, Amit Kulkarni writes.

Your listing isn't stuck. It just needs better management, Josh Ries writes. Here's how to reset and refresh that stale listing to meet the market.

According to real estate coach Darryl Davis, it's mindset that differentiates leadership style and effectiveness.

Agents know what creates business: conversations, follow up and daily outreach, new Inman contributor Erin Ward writes. Yet the gap between knowing and doing is where production breaks down.