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Court sets expedited discovery and a July 1-2 hearing on Zillow’s bid to block MRED from suspending listing feeds after a temporary order.

FinCEN filed the notice of appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit through the Department of Justice earlier this month.

Stop telling buyers that a fixed-rate mortgage means their payment will never change. Rising property taxes and insurance costs make that bad advice, Bernice Ross writes.

Closing and settlement agents won't be fined for failing to report transactions, as the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) appeals the overturning of its real estate anti-money-laundering rule.

National mortgage lender HighTechLending has rolled out major enhancements to its EquitySelect product line, expanding borrower eligibility, raising maximum loan-to-value ratios and widening access to low-payment qualification options.

HouseWhisper launches Lead Engine and Rules Engine, expanding its AI real estate platform to automate lead nurturing and routing for teams.

The threat comes one week after the MLS in Chicago shut off Zillow's listings feed in the nation's third largest city.

Is Compass wrong? Is Zillow off base? It doesn’t matter. They’re not the villains; old thinking and outdated assumptions are, coach Verl Workman writes.

Rental concessions have more than doubled since before the pandemic, with nearly 2 in 5 listings now offering free rent, waived fees or discounted move-in costs — handing renters their strongest negotiating position in years, according to a new Zillow analysis.

Luxury Presence has crossed $100 million in annual recurring revenue, now serving more than 100,000 agents across nearly 20,000 real estate businesses.

Haslet, Texas, grew 167 percent in five years. For one North Fort Worth agent, that means opportunity — and the challenge of competing with mega-builders offering rate buydowns and closing cost incentives.

This fight has never been about seller’s choice, coach Darryl Davis writes. It is about who controls listing distribution, and who profits when that control shifts.

South Carolina- based Movement Mortgage has launched a national Diverse Lending Support Team and an in-house Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) mortgage product to serve more Spanish-speaking homebuyers.

Under the agreement, the Realtors Association of Citrus County will retain its independence as an association.

Public homebuilders say they care about housing affordability. Their earnings calls reveal a more immediate set of priorities: protecting margins, controlling inventory and preserving pricing power. In Dallas-Fort Worth, the consequences are easiest to see south of Main Street, where teachers, nurse...

PLACE hired Mike Ryan as EVP of business development. He joins from OJO Labs and Lower, including the Movoto portal.

MBA data show mortgage applications rose 1.9% as the 30-year conforming rate increased to 6.69% and purchases rose 6% week over week.

In this episode, Lone Wolf CEO Matt Fischer talks about why the current real estate tech stack is fragmented, inefficient and overdue for consolidation.

Compass' answer to the affordability crisis is to make housing feel more exclusive, more scarce, more urgent, because that's how the brokerage extracts a premium, Zillow Group Chief Economist Mischa Fisher writes.

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