Housing

Rechat adds Follow Up Boss integration

Rechat has launched an integration with Follow Up Boss, linking the two platforms in an effort to streamline real estate teams’ client relationships and marketing. The connection routes ...

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Front Porch CEO: Disney Partnership, Arch Deal Part of ‘Build for What’s Next’ Strategy

Front Porch Communities and Services is preparing for new growth as the nonprofit senior living provider continues to refine its staffing model and development efforts. In 2021, Front P...

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Civitas Senior Living Names New CEO

Civitas Senior Living has announced a leadership transition that will see Co-Founder Wayne Powell transition to chairman and current president Cooper Vittitow as the company’s new CEO. ...

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Kriss Law/Atlantic Closing & Escrow expands New England footprint with merger

Kriss Law/Atlantic Closing & Escrow (KL/ACE) has merged with DaMore Law and its Vermont division, Green Mountain Lawyers — expanding the attorney-driven settlement firm’s reach across New Engla...

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eXp’s new framework signals a shift: Transparency isn’t optional anymore

The nation’s top brokerage by transaction side count, eXp Realty, first entered the forms business during the summer of 2024, as the real estate industry prepared for the business practice changes ...

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Connecticut rolls back zoning limits to target housing shortage

Connecticut will officially join other states in rolling back decades-old zoning limits to make ground-up homebuilding easier and more plentiful. Last Wednesday morning, Gov. Ned Lamont ...

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California infill builder turns idle lots into housing in land-constrained coastal markets

Coastal California, with its high property costs, unique geography, and acute local political and physical land-use constraints, presents among the most challenging market dynamics for homebuilding...

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Court merges lawsuits over Zillow, Redfin’s multifamily listing deal

The two antitrust lawsuits involving Zillow and Redfin’s $100 million multifamily rental syndication deal have been consolidated. The plaintiffs in the lawsuits include the Federal T...

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What 2025 taught real estate agents, strategies for 2026 goal planning

As the year winds down, most real estate agents feel the pull to jump straight into 2026 real estate goal-setting mode. New targets, fresh marketing campaigns, ambitious listing goals—it’s all very...

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Rising credit report costs may push mortgage industry toward upfront fees

Kevin Bell, a mortgage broker at Oakmont Lending, had to adjust to a different approach to handling credit report costs when he joined the company from a retail lender earlier this year. ...

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Fathom Holdings sells LiveBy assets to Move Concierge for $3M

Fathom Holdings has sold its LiveBy assets to Move Concierge for $3 million — with an additional $300,000 in expected annual contingent payments tied to data-sharing agreements. Fathom w...

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Chase offers Cyber Monday refinance rate discount

Chase Home Lending announced a limited-time interest rate discount for homeowners looking to refinance their mortgages. The offer applies to both rate-and-term and cash-out loans. The di...

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eXp launches global property search platform

Meet LYVVE, eXp Realty’s new international property search platform. The brokerage announced the launch of its new platform on Monday. According to eXp, LYVVE will “redefine how the wor...

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December housing data provides early signals for 2026 market

The month of December typically has the lowest weekly seasonal demand for housing, but it’s a big key to how the spring of 2026 will perform — if you know what housing data lines to focus on. ...

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A semi-retired boomer's Florida house doubled in value in 7 years, so she sold it and downsized to travel more

Barbara White, 72, on a recent trip to Paris, France.Courtesy of Barbara WhiteBarbara White downsized to a 55+ community after selling her Florida home for a profit.Demand for retirement communitie...

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The originator’s playbook: Competing and growing in a shifting market

As interest rates continue to ease and borrower confidence rebuilds, originators are operating in a market that demands both adaptability and creativity. To better understand how mortgag...

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Bayview closes acquisition of Guild, taking lender private

Bayview Asset Management has closed its acquisition of Guild Holdings Company, the parent of Guild Mortgage, in a deal that takes the lender private and removes it from the New York Stock Exchange....

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Making the 7-day refi reality: Modernizing mortgage appraisals

For many borrowers, the appraisal is the most stressful step in a refinance: part mystery, part high-stakes hurdle. Will the home appraise high enough? Will it delay closing? What actually determin...

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Lubbock inventory climbs to 8.1 months, marking Texas’s deepest buyer market

The Lubbock metro housing market has emerged as Texas’s deepest buyer’s market, with inventory levels reaching 8.1 months of supply as of Nov. 22, 2025. This marks a stark departure from the state’...

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What real estate can learn from LEGO’s reinvention

Just in time for the holidays, Troy Palmquist looks at how this legacy manufacturer bounced back from a market downturn and how agents can, too A few weeks ago, on a podcast, I was asked whi...

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The new battlefront in lending: Payment intelligence, buyer retention, and the capital rails that will decide 2026 purchase winners

For the past decade, rate marketing has been the dominant gravitational force in mortgage acquisition. Whoever shouted the lowest 30-year fixed rate the loudest won the most attention. But attentio...

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