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Mortgage fraud risk is up 7.3% in the past year

Cotality released its National Mortgage Application Fraud Risk Index for the first quarter of 2025, revealing that fraud risk is up 7.3% year over year while dropping slightly from the last three m...

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NWMLS adds referral fee disclosures to real estate forms

Northwest Multiple Listing Service (NWMLS) has introduced new disclosure requirements aimed at increasing transparency around referral fees in residential real estate transactions across Washington...

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Lone Wolf Technologies releases Deal Tracker dashboard

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 thr...

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New Florida condo laws aim to add transparency for buyers

Come July 1, those working and transacting in Florida’s condo market will have some new requirements to deal with. On Monday, Florida Governor Ron Desantis signed both HB 913 and HB 393 into law. ...

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Longbridge’s Melissa Macerato on how the latest proprietary reverse product came to be

In May, Longbridge Financial debuted Platinum Preserve, a new proprietary reverse mortgage product that aims to help borrowers preserve home equity for their heirs.RMD spoke to Longbridge co-founde...

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HouseSavings.com launches flat-fee, low-commission listing platform

HouseSavings.com — a real estate brokerage based in central Pennsylvania — has introduced a digital-first platform that offers flat-fee and low-commission listing services with the goal of reducing...

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Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate expands in California

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Haven Properties has opened a new office in Monterey, California — extending its reach to a 175-mile coastal service area across the state’s central region. ...

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Why Active Adult Boom Will Continue – And What It Means For Senior Living Operators

This story is part of your SHN+ subscription The active adult sector has significantly expanded in the last few years, but a recent NIC report shows there is still much more room for growth ...

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More Boomers Can Afford Senior Living, But Development Shortfall Threatens ‘Severe Shortage’ Ahead

NIC MAP CEO Arick Morton has good news and bad news for the senior living industry. The good news is that baby boomers are now the wealthiest generation of Americans by way of median net wor...

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Stable mortgage rate environment reshapes how LOs engage with borrowers

Analysts, economists and mortgage professionals are coining this quarter’s activity as one of the most “calm” periods for mortgage rates in recent memory. It follows nearly three years of borrowers...

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In the Pipeline: Benchmark Starts on Next Development; 332-Unit New Jersey Project Now Underway

In the Pipeline is part of your SHN+ subscription In the Pipeline is brought to you by the Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards, an annual competition that recognizes cutting...

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Trump’s assault on DEI hasn’t ended federal efforts to stop appraisal bias

The appraisal industry shed no tears when the Trump administration sought to undo the Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity (PAVE) Interagency Taskforce, the federal effort to investigate racial ...

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eXp’s Glenn Sanford fires back at Compass over private listings

While his firm may not be named as a defendant in Compass’s lawsuit against Zillow, it doesn’t that mean Glenn Sanford, the CEO of eXp World Holdings, doesn’t have thoughts to share. In...

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Moder CTO Joe Trapani: ‘The answer to everything is always data’

Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler recently sat down with Joe Trapani, chief technology officer at Moder, to talk about how he approaches problem solving with tech, the shininess of gen AI and why it’s ...

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Anywhere welcomes Tom Hudson as head of investor relations

Anywhere Real Estate has hired Tom Hudson as its new head of investor relations. The Ryan Schneider-helmed brokerage firm announced Hudson’s appointment on Thursday. Anywhere said Hudso...

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CHLA urges Congress to narrow LO comp rule

The Community Home Lenders of America (CHLA) is proposing that the U.S. Congress scale back the loan originator compensation rule to its original intent: prohibiting yield spread premiums, an abusi...

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Pending home sales tick up, snapping a string of dismal housing market reports

After a string of dismal reports on the housing market, the real estate industry is getting a much-needed glimmer of hope. The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) from the National Associati...

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Mortgages led all credit types for delinquency increases in May

Mortgages led all credit categories for increases in early- and mid-stage delinquencies in May 2025, according to the new CreditGauge published Thursday by VantageScore. The largest annualiz...

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Connecticut governor flip-flops, vetoes affordable housing bill

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) on Monday vetoed a sweeping housing reform bill that his administration helped to negotiate. Lamont said the legislation pushed too far in mandating local...

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Democrats reintroduce bill to boost first-generation homeownership

Congresswoman Maxine Waters of California — the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee — along with with fellow Democrats Al Green, Sylvia Garcia and Ayanna Pressley, on Thursday an...

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Baird & Warner acquires Dream Town in Chicago

Two of Chicago’s largest independent real estate firms — Baird & Warner and Dream Town — have announced a merging of operations, creating a top residential brokerage in the region based on 2024...

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