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July 2025

How a top LA agent is rebuilding her life after the fires — one reel at a time

Real Estate, Vetted by HousingWire, Vetted Visionaries /

Are you afraid of “oversharing” on social media? It’s not just you. It’s why so many Realtors post nothing but market updates and store-brand-vanilla boring “JUST SOLD!!” posts. They know they’re leaving likes and leads on the table, but actually being themselves on their professional Instagram? They’d rather walk naked through Trader Joe’s. On a […]

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realMLS adds transparency platform Rayse as a member benefit

Brokerage, Home Sales, HWmember, MLS, Partnerships, Real Estate, Real Estate Agents, Technology /

Access to the real estate platform Rayse has been provided to all realMLS members at no additional cost. The platform, designed to improve transparency in real estate transactions, is now available through agents’ realMLS dashboards and at rayse.com/realmls. The rollout comes on the heels of a major platform update from Rayse, which recently added tools

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12 Open House Scripts to Impress Buyers and Win More Clients

Real Estate, Real Estate Agent Essentials, Vetted by HousingWire /

Let’s be honest, real estate open houses can feel a little awkward if you’re not sure what to say. You’re juggling sign-ins, smiling on cue and trying to figure out whether the couple by the kitchen is just killing time or actually thinking about writing an offer. That’s where having a few go-to scripts in

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Foreclosure auctions spike, but bidders hold off on buying

Foreclosures, Housing markets, Servicing /

Foreclosure auction activity hit a two-year high on the back of a major jump in repossessions for Veterans Affairs-backed loans, a new report from Auction.com found. Auction activity rose 19% year-over-year, according to the report, led by a 428% jump in foreclosure sales on VA-backed loans. The report cited the Federal government ending a VA

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HEI platform Unlock receives $250M in capital support

Fintech, Home equity loans, LOAN PRODUCTS, Originations /

Home equity investment platform Unlock Technologies announced it received a new multimillion dollar commitment to help support the expansion of its consumer financing contracts.  The $250 million capital agreement with D2 Asset Management guarantees the purchase of originated products by the firm and doubles the amount of an initial deal the two companies signed last

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DOJ to appeal ruling reinstating fired NCUA board members

Litigation, NCUA, Politics and policy, Trump administration /

Frank Gargano The Justice Department says it will appeal a lower court ruling reinstating two fired Democratic board members of the National Credit Union Administration and that found their April terminations unlawful. The Department of Justice on Wednesday filed a notice with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that it

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Fannie Mae faces bias suit after mass firing over fraud

Fannie Mae, Law and legal issues /

Dozens of former Fannie Mae workers are suing their former employer for discrimination, after they were fired en masse in April over fraud allegations.  The 55 plaintiffs filed the suit Monday evening in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. All are U.S. citizens of Indian origin from a variety of departments, and

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Rocket to sunset its credit card, confirms 2% workforce cut

MARKETING TO BORROWERS, Originations, Rocket Mortgage /

Rocket Companies announced a strategic move to sunset its credit card Wednesday, with the company opting to focus on goals to grow its homeownership platform instead. An email from Rocket Card sent to customers reveals that on September 8 the card will be discontinued. The firm said that even though it is stepping back from

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Homebuilder profits slip year-over-year in difficult 2Q25

Earnings, Housing markets, REALTORS & HOMEBUILDERS /

The second quarter was a mixed bag for a quartet of publicly traded homebuilders, reflecting the meh 2025 spring home purchase season. All four were profitable, but net income was lower compared with one year prior. The market wasn’t helped by a near 14% drop in the sale of newly constructed properties (on an annualized

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