Housing Wire

JUNE 13, 2025

As debate swirls over job loss and security risks, Bressler urged the industry to embrace AI or risk falling behind, likening resistance to ignoring the internet in the ’90s. A new Kiplinger report warns that age bias in AI training data — often shaped by younger users — could sideline seniors in tech design and utility.

Industrial

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2024

With higher rates, lower transaction volumes usually plague the industry, translating to fewer appraisals as homeowners hunker down with their lower rates. Industry professionals expect an increase in transactions following the Fed’s recent rate cuts , leading to an increase in appraisal demands. Career Institute.

Inspection

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The new guidelines are designed to make it easier for consumers to revoke consent for unwanted robocalls and texts. The effective date for the new rule is April 11, 2025, giving the mortgage and real estate industries roughly six months to become compliant. Department of Defense.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

For homeowners with conventional loans backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , insurance at replacement cost is mandatory, but flood insurance is only required in designated flood zones. Pete Carroll, executive of public policy and industry relations at CoreLogic , said that he’s heard divided opinions from insurers.

Design

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The construction activity is likely to place the housing industry and its financing partners on a “collision course” with insurers, the outlet said. The construction activity is likely to place the housing industry and its financing partners on a “collision course” with insurers, the outlet said.

Construction

Housing Wire

JUNE 30, 2025

By developing in-house AI tools designed to complement rather than replace human expertise, the company is enhancing the mortgage experience for both borrowers and loan officers. Unlike most off-the-shelf tools bolted onto legacy systems, these platforms were designed to work together from day one.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2025

Compass goes on to claim that NWMLS has successfully prevented any meaningful threat to itself and its owner brokerages by adopting and enforcing a series of rules designed to force anyone wishing to buy or sell a home in the Seattle area with the help of a real estate professional to do so through its platform. Reffkin said in a statement.

Industrial

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Users can access AI bots designed to assist agents with general real estate knowledge, sales, marketing , negotiation and motivation. Each training bot is designed to tackle one of five challenges that real estate agents may face. The new platform will leverage specialized training bots to help agents prepare for business.

Agents

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

In most of our remodeling, we use a design technique called Universal Design,” said Brian Harvey, owner of Boston-area business Harvey Home Modifications. The biggest aspect to keep in mind is the one that could make the biggest accessibility difference, and that is keeping the house confined primarily to a single floor. “In

Design

Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2025

As the industry moves toward faster, more digital-first transactions, AI is playing a pivotal role in redefining how agents operate, market, and compete. It often involves coordinating with stagers, hiring photographers, waiting on edited media, producing videos, drafting descriptions, designing flyers, and uploading everything to the MLS.

Marketing

Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2025

The platform, designed to improve transparency in real estate transactions, is now available through agents’ realMLS dashboards and at rayse.com/realmls. Access to the real estate platform Rayse has been provided to all realMLS members at no additional cost. Rayse helps agents show the story behind the sale.

MLS

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Some of the most powerful women in real estate have taken the industry’s coaching space into their own hands. A group of current and former real estate executives have launched The Helm, a coaching platform designed to provide professional development to a more diverse audience.

Industrial

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Whether you’re looking to start a career in real estate, already have one or are involved in real estate transactions, you may find yourself wondering about industry terminology and job titles. The industry acronyms alone look like alphabet soup. So, let’s start with the basics: What is a real estate broker vs. an agent?

Agents

Housing Wire

JUNE 9, 2025

market is led by company founder Adam Stern, who has more than 20 years of experience in the real estate industry. For years, the top 10% of agents have dominated the industry, yet traditional brokerages have failed to truly reward them in a real way. ” RARE’s entry into the U.S. billion in sales in less than four years.

Brokerage

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Some popular real estate newsletter content includes: Market updates Featured listings Industry news Local news Community events Agent profiles Investment opportunities No matter what content you choose to include, your real estate newsletter should serve as a meaningful touchpoint that continuously builds your client relationships.

Pre-approval

Housing Wire

MAY 5, 2025

Depending on your time in the industry, you may have seen hundreds, even thousands of listings at a wide variety of price points. Do not comment on the design or aesthetics of a property unless a buyer specifically asks for your opinion. But when should you share your opinion with a buyer? Heres how to walk that line.

Agents

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

However, homeowners have a unique advantage with home equity products—designed to let residents tap into their home’s equity for cash. HousingWire: How did you get into Finance of America and the industry? In today’s economy, mortgage rates and housing expenses have consistently risen. Later, I joined Urban Financial Group.

Equity

Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2025

The move aims to solve a key industry pain point: scaling teams without disrupting daily production. The move aims to solve a key industry pain point: scaling teams without disrupting daily production. Citing volatility, security and ethical concerns, the lawmakers warn such a move could destabilize housing markets.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2025

Industry professionals were full of optimism heading into the spring that the housing market could pick up after a sluggish start to 2025. All of the cities in these two states that JBREC disclosed a grade for are now designated as slow. But heading into the summer, that optimism has largely faded. This is the spring selling season.

Marketing

Housing Wire

JANUARY 14, 2025

To excel, you must enter the industry with four main elements: a clear vision, a recognizable brand, an inspired team, and the systems to support them. Its about more than just earning a title its an opportunity to create a business that reflects your vision, mentor a team, and make an impact. The terms used vary by state.

Brokerage

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Indiana-based lender Ruoff Mortgage is making a move designed to help more homeowners get into new homes with ease. Ruoff Mortgage has been a trusted name in the industry for decades, and their dedication to client success aligns perfectly with our vision at Calque,” Calque CEO Michael Bremer said in a statement.

Purchase and sale agreement

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

While the reverse industry has faced unique headwinds over the past couple of years, the company is seeking to build on the momentum provided by its HomeSafe Second proprietary product. In 2025, it will begin rolling out new regional and local programs designed to “build our brand profile and drive business in strategic markets,” she said.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Paperback Audiobook The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson A catchy title backed up by an important message, this book is universally applicable across all industries. As you plan your 2025, its important to be intentional about including self-development activities. As the title states, its all about starting with why.

Agents

Housing Wire

JUNE 26, 2025

Lone Wolf Technologies has released Deal Tracker, a new pipeline dashboard designed to give real estate agents a centralized, real-time view of the home transaction process from initial contact through closing. The dashboard is now available as the default homepage for users of Lone Wolf’s Transact platform.

Technology

Housing Wire

MAY 22, 2025

This is a game-changer for our subscribers and for the industry as a whole, said Dave Howe, MetroList president and CEO. It is designed to streamline listing management and reduce manual data entry, which officials say could lead to more complete and searchable property records.

MLS

Housing Wire

MAY 28, 2025

In 2010, Parks became the trustee for a living trust designed to pay the victims expenses stemming from the accident, from which the victims account contained the $1.66 Colby Parks, 65, stole more than $530,000 from a client who received about $1.66 Ultimately, the victims account contained only $15 by 2019, forcing her to sell her home.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2024

They discuss the utility of artificial intelligence (AI) for the real estate industry, as well as JPARs solutions designed to enhance agent and brokerage performance. This conversation has been edited for length and clarity. To kick things off, Marroquin explores her early involvement with artificial intelligence.

Technology

Housing Wire

JULY 30, 2025

Even within AMAs, the law draws important distinctions between homes built within the boundaries of a designated municipal water provider and those built just beyond. When you’re talking about a developer who builds outside of a designated service area and gets a certificate of assured water supply, it’s a snapshot,” she said. .”

Development

Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

Lone Wolf Technologies , a real estate technology company that has been in business for decades, unveiled its reimagined brand identity last week as an effort to “blend technology with human-centered design to better serve real estate professionals,” per a release from the company. ” .”

Branding

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The move broadens Real’s service capabilities and aligns the brokerage with industry consolidation trends. The acquisition is designed to better position Real as a leader in the digital brokerage space. The acquisition is designed to better position Real as a leader in the digital brokerage space.

Agents

Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2025

Amid a contentious industry debate on private listings, Northwest Multiple Listing Service (NWMLS) President and CEO Justin Haag offered strong words of support for NAR’s Clear Cooperation Policy (CCP) and recent provisions to the rule. Northwest MLS has declined to adopt those misguided, exclusionary rules. They dont, he said.

MLS

Housing Wire

JULY 31, 2025

A home’s layout can make or break whether it’s the right fit, and buyers want to have that information up front,” said Ariel Dos Santos, Redfin’s senior vice president of product and design. “A Redfin has partnered with CubiCasa to integrate interactive floor plans and virtual tours into its real estate listings.

Technology

Housing Wire

JULY 24, 2025

In my post and via a separate outreach, I asked for perspectives on LO Compensation reform, and more than 30 industry professionals answered the call. We have an industry at a crossroads, wrestling with how to balance consumer protection, fair competition, and operational practicality. Executives. Regulators. Compliance officers.

Loan Officer

Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2025

a Silicon Valley-based startup, is transforming the property marketing process with Collov AI , the real estate industrys first listing marketing AI Agent. What used to take days or even weeks can now be done in seconds, as easily as chatting with a trusted colleague who understands listing design inside and out. from Stanford.

Agents

Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2025

While Zillow did not provide an exact number of MLSs that have recently dropped the policy, Matt Hendricks, the company’s vice president of industry affairs, wrote in an email that the company applauds the many MLSs that have revoked the no-commingling restriction. Zillow has long advocated against the no-commingling rule.

MLS

Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2025

Vija Williams a longtime real estate executive and current head of industry at technology platform PLACE is joining eXp Realty , where she will launch a new agent-focused initiative called UPGRADE. Vija Williams is one of the most visionary leaders in our industry, and we are thrilled to welcome her to eXp, Pareja said.

Brokerage

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

But there could also be a business opportunity for the remodeling industry due to these needs, according to a recent trade publication report that assessed the health of the remodeling industry. Homes and communities, she added, are simply unequipped to meet future demand as the U.S. population tilts increasingly in an older direction.

Technology