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FNF partners with CLEAR Secure on real estate fraud prevention

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Fidelity National Financial (FNF) has partnered with CLEAR Secure to use biometric identity verification in real estate transactions to mitigate real estate fraud, the companies said Wednesday. The initiative integrates CLEAR’s identity platform into FNF’s inHere digital system, which manages title and escrow processes. Leaders said the move is intended to address rising cases of […]

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Virtual Staging: The Best Apps for 2025 + Mind-Blowing AI picks

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Is virtual staging finally ready for its close-up? We think it is. The days of AI-staged photos that look more like Salvador Dali paintings than comfy living rooms or HGTV-ready kitchens are long gone. The images today’s virtual staging companies can create using AI are shockingly realistic and, dare we say it, stylish. AI can

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Consumers are increasingly self-reporting rent payments, TransUnion says

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The number of consumers whose rent payments are reported to credit reporting agencies rose to 13% in 2025, according to TransUnion‘s latest Rent Payment Reporting analysis, released on Wednesday. That number is up from 11% in 2024. In a press release, the company suggested that this trend may gain momentum after the July 2025 directive

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‘Zillow, show me this house with mid-mod furniture’

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Consumers shopping for a home on Zillow can now virtually stage properties in their specific design style, as long as those properties are using Zillow Showcase. The listing portal giant announced the integration of Virtual Staging with Zillow Showcase on Wednesday. The integration enables homebuyers using Zillow to view rooms — in listings that are

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Homeownership among Black Americans drops to 4-year low

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The homeownership rate among Black Americans fell to 43.9% in the second quarter of 2024, the lowest level since late 2021, according to Redfin. That was down from 45.3% a year earlier and marked the steepest annual decline since the third quarter of 2021. By comparison, the Hispanic homeownership rate rose slightly to 48.8% from

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Compass taps former NAR settlement attorney Ethan Glass as chief legal officer

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Compass has appointed Ethan Glass as its new chief legal officer. Glass — a veteran antitrust lawyer — previously led the global antitrust and competition practice at Cooley LLP and directed U.S. Department of Justice teams that investigated and sued multiple listing service (MLS) organizations over anticompetitive conduct. “I’m honored to join Compass, a company

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Wildfire warnings accompany California’s older home sales

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California has become the first U.S. state to require homeowners selling older properties in high-risk wildfire zones to disclose not just a house’s vulnerabilities, but also steps taken to reduce those risks. The new mandate took effect in July and applies to houses built before 2010 – when the state strengthened building codes to withstand

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The real estate broker’s edge: Turning real estate education into your recruiting strategy

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In today’s crowded real estate landscape, getting licensed is easy — but standing out as a brokerage is hard. New agents are being courted by dozens of firms. What they’re really looking for? Clear guidance, mentorship, and a roadmap to growth.  That’s where education becomes your edge — and your recruiting superpower. In this dynamic

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Bill aims to expand affordable housing on unused religious, college land

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U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), Andy Kim (D-N.J.) and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) introduced legislation last week that would make it easier for faith-based organizations and colleges to convert unused land into affordable housing. The measure — called the Yes in God’s Back Yard (YIGBY) Act — would direct federal resources to help religious

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Los Angeles ‘mansion tax’ fuels record affordable housing funding

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Los Angeles will make $387 million available for affordable housing projects — reportedly the largest single funding round in the city housing department history. Applications for the funds opened Sept. 5 and close Oct. 20. Eligible applicants include nonprofit and for-profit developers, community land trusts, limited equity housing cooperatives, public entities and other organizations, the

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