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Real estate’s biggest name is struggling, just like everyone else, but company leadership is promising that it—and the industry—have ways to hang on amid a tech revolution, a sluggish market and legal woes the company claims are in the past now. Speaking to investors after reporting earnings for Q3 2026, Zillow CEO Jeremy Wacksman said…

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Bright MLS and Ocusell have announced that their live integration is officially operational, eliminating one of the real estate industry’s longest-standing headaches of duplicate data entry into multiple MLSs. According to a release, brokers and agents operating across the Mid-Atlantic can now create and edit listings once in Ocusell and push compliance-checked data directly into…

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Despite having lower margins for the third quarter, United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) Chairman, President and CEO Mat Ishbia stated that he feels prepared to handle “headwinds in the industry” during the company’s third quarter earnings call. On the call, Ishbia referenced the challenges the mortgage market has faced within the past five years, saying that…

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FBS—the makers of Flexmls—has announced the availability of Flexmls Scout, an AI assistant that enables real estate professionals to use natural-language search to access trusted MLS information, analyze market activity, and gain actionable insights about their business.  Built directly into the Flexmls platform, FBS noted that Scout combines permissioned MLS data with AI to streamline…

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Mortgage rates ticked down a bit this past week but landing at 7.3%, it wasn’t enough to move the needle for buyers submitting loan applications for 30-year-fixed rate mortgages. Sitting almost a full percentage point lower, adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) however continue to be attractive for buyers looking to start out with a lower monthly…

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Paul Breunich, executive chairman of William Pitt – Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty, announced that Carolyn Fugere has been appointed president and Chief Executive Officer. According to a release, Fugere will lead the real estate company serving Connecticut, Westchester County and the Hudson Valley in New York, and the Berkshires in Massachusetts. During her…

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A midterm election that saw both historic turnout and spending ended with big wins for the Democratic party nearly across the board. While voters clearly went to the ballot box seeking change, can real estate expect the landslide result to boost a sluggish housing market, bring down rates or spark more regulatory scrutiny into housing…

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REMAX Advantage, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Properties Group and ENRG Realty have joined the now growing list of real estate companies signing on to HouseCanary’s Google Listing Program. Under the agreements, active listings from the more than 1,000 agents at these brokerages are now available for display in Google mobile search in live markets. The…

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