Housing

HousingWire acquires Keeping Current Matters to deepen local data for agents

HousingWire has acquired Keeping Current Matters (KCM), adding the subscription content platform for real estate professionals to its HousingWire Solutions division and expanding local market intel...

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Rocket seeks $1.2B notes sale to repay 2026 bonds

Rocket Companies plans to issue $1.2 billion in debt, with proceeds earmarked to pay upcoming maturities and other debt obligations, the company announced Tuesday. The move comes as nonb...

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2026 The Thousand: Noble Black mega team closes $546.03M, joins Corcoran

For Noble Black and his New York-based mega team Noble Black & Partners, 2025 was an eventful year. Not only did the team of 25 licensed agents close 220 transaction sides totaling $546.03 mill...

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Dan Firda named CEO at Brands By Integra

Dan Firda moves to Brands By Integra as CEO from Compass International Holdings, taking the reins of a 2,000-agent, multi-brand real estate platform operating across 18 states, the company announce...

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Wendy Forsythe promoted to COO at eXp Realty

Wendy Forsythe has been promoted to chief operating officer of eXp Realty, moving into the role after two years as the brokerage’s chief marketing officer, the company announced Tuesday. ...

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Builders should read this Berkshire Taylor Morrison move closely

Berkshire Hathaway’s planned acquisition of Taylor Morrison is not a short-term housing trade; it is a long-term bet on a durable American necessity business. For home builders, investor...

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Mortgage applications fell again even as 30-year rates eased

Mortgage applications decreased 2.5% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA)’s weekly mortgage applications Survey for the week ending May 29, 2026. ...

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SWMLS partners with SourceRE to secure MLS listing feeds

Southwest Multiple Listing Service (SWMLS) has partnered with data platform SourceRE to centralize vendor access to its listing data and embed forensic identifiers in every distributed feed, giving...

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MARIS waives MLS fees for new subscribers through November

Mid America Regional Information System (MARIS), based in St. Louis, Missouri, is waiving application and subscription fees for Realtors looking to join the MLS. In an email sent to memb...

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All American Home Mortgage acquires Liberty Home Mortgage branch in Las Vegas

All American Home Mortgage (AAHM), a wholly owned subsidiary of Tri-Star Management Inc., has acquired the Las Vegas branch of Liberty Home Mortgage and hired the branch’s team, expanding its prese...

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Sam Valverde: Pulte’s DNI role won’t sideline GSE reform

Initial reactions to Bill Pulte’s appointment as acting director of national intelligence (DNI) suggest that the move could slow down the agenda for the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) — incl...

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LoanCare launches CoreSync private-label servicing platform

LoanCare has launched a new private-label mortgage servicing platform designed to help lenders, banks and credit unions provide a more seamless digital experience for borrowers whose loans are subs...

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Splitero closes $296M home equity investment securitization

Splitero announced Tuesday that it has completed a $296 million home equity investment (HEI) securitization, marking the company’s second public transaction in the growing asset class. T...

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First America Homes enters DFW arena with a new division

First America Homes, the homebuilding division of The Signorelli Company, is entering the Dallas-Fort Worth market and opening a new division to oversee current and future communities in North Texa...

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2026 GameChanger: Agent recruitment pushed REMAX Premier to 171% growth

For Travis Baron, it was a strong commitment to his agents and pursuing organic growth that led to his firm, REMAX Premier Realty, closing 1,813 transaction sides and $530.57 million in sales volum...

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PadSplit, Furnished Finder announce rental housing partnership

Furnished Finder has partnered with PadSplit to add thousands of PadSplit room rentals to the Furnished Finder platform. The partnership represents Furnished Finder’s largest housing inv...

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FTC wins court order to shut down alleged mortgage relief scheme

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Wednesday announced that it secured a court order to shut down an alleged mortgage relief scheme. The regulator says the scheme referenced federal homeowner as...

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Canopy MLS opens participation to brokers nationwide

Canopy MLS is rolling out a new participation model and technology framework that will allow licensed real estate professionals across the country to join its platform and submit listings through a...

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Mortgage demand resilient in the first half of 2026

Demand for mortgage purchase applications has shown some resilience in the first half of this year, even as rates ticked up amid a lot of dramatic headlines. At one point, mortgage rates rose 0.76%...

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Viva Senior Living Is Growing with Gusto

By Hayden Spiess Christopher Metternich believes that senior living residents know more than the industry gives them credit for. “Sometimes we think that we’re a little bit smarter t...

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New York AG probes Compass-Anywhere acquisition

Compass International Holdings appears to be under investigation by the office of New York state Attorney General Letitia James. Leaders at other real estate brokerages in New York City...

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