It’s been just over a month since real estate agent John Diaz refiled his lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Sacramento, but the National Association of Realtors (NAR), along with other state and local associations, are already asking the court to dismiss it. On Monday, NAR and the California Association of Realtors, Lodi Association of […]
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Two established Atlanta metro-area real estate firms — ERA Foster & Bond and ERA Sunrise Realty — have merged, combining operations under a single brokerage that now includes more than 175 agents and six office locations. The combined firm now has a Georgia footprint that extends across Atlanta, Canton, Duluth, Marietta, Milton, Athens and Savannah.
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Three federal banking regulators announced on Wednesday the rescission of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) final rule issued in October 2023. The decision made by the governing boards of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) will result in the agencies reinstating
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Blend Labs Inc. and Doma Technologies LLC announced on Wednesday an expanded partnership to bring Doma’s AI-powered instant title decisioning technology to lenders through Blend’s home lending platform. Lenders using Blend’s mortgage and rapid home lending solutions can now access instant title decisions via Doma’s Upfront Title, which is now embedded into the borrower application
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Whether you’re just starting your real estate journey or hitting the reset button after a tough season, I want you to hear this: You didn’t choose an ordinary career — because this isn’t an ordinary industry. Real estate will stretch you. It’ll challenge you. It’ll ask you to grow in ways you didn’t expect. And
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Fidelity National Financial (FNF) and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) have agreed to collaborate on “innovative title insurance solutions,” news that was first shared on social media by FHFA Director Bill Pulte. “I had great conversations with industry today, including the CEO of Fidelity National Title,” Pulte wrote in a July 11 post on
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U.S. Reps. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) and Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.) have introduced the Housing for US Act — a bipartisan proposal aimed at easing the national housing shortage by investing federal funds into the construction of millions of new homes for middle-class Americans. The bill, which is currently awaiting committee review, calls for up to $250
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Keller Williams has added another top producing team to its roster. On Tuesday, the brokerage announced that The Parlay Group in New Jersey is joining Keller Williams Village Square Realty. The Ridgewood, New Jersey-based team, which includes 12 agents and two staff members, was co-founded by Anthony Zito and Hipolito Touron “We are thrilled to
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Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Bill Packer, chief operating officer at Longbridge Financial, to talk about the ways his company is using AI to serve reverse mortgage borrowers. Packer has worked in the consumer lending space for four decades, with deep expertise in technology and operations. This interview has been edited for
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On this week’s episode of the RealTrending podcast, host Tracey Velt sits down with Jay Papasan — an executive at Keller Williams and co-author of “The Millionaire Real Estate Agent” — to discuss what it takes for new agents to succeed in today’s competitive market. Papasan shares insights from his upcoming book, “The Rookie Real
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