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Teams chase recruiting and new leads, but Productivity Per Agent rises when agents book appointments faster, including a 3.6 to 1.4 improvement.

Xactus has acquired Mortgage Credit Link, a web-based order fulfillment hub for credit and verification data, from MeridianLink in a carve-out transaction, the company announced Wednesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Word that Eastwood Homes would acquire Atlanta-based Peachtree Building Group on Tuesday came as any private-to-private combination might. An energized, well-led, fast-growing Carolinas-based private homebuilder was expanding its reach and deepening its foothold in one of America’s most strategicall...

Matterport says Zillow can show customer tours, while Zillow wants CoStar to make a pledge not to sue, citing legal risk.

House Bill 2120 would place shared appreciation agreements under the same statutory safeguards as other home-secured financial products.

Zohran Mamdani ran for mayor on one promise: make New York City affordable again. This week, he moved to further dismantle the rules New York spent decades erecting to prevent residential density. Mamdani released a 10-year housing plan pledging to build 200,000 new affordable homes while preserving...

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.

<p>Real confirmed Carlson will join the Real REMAX Board, while reports say 2 other REMAX executives may also exit.</p>

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.