AGENTS: Did you know you can share a personalized version of this post? Learn more! For Buyers, For Sellers, Infographics, Home Prices Some Highlights If recent home price headlines have you feeling worried, here’s some perspective. Home values almost always go up in the long run. And the long-term gains offset any short-term dips. Basically, […]
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CertifID has raised $47.5 million in a Series C funding round led by Centana Growth Partners with continued participation from Arthur Ventures. The new capital will be used to expand CertifID’s capabilities in identity verification, transaction monitoring and secure payments. The company also plans to scale its team, accelerate product development and broaden industry partnerships.
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Zillow has rolled out five new features aimed at streamlining the process of buying, renting and touring homes. The updates — now live nationwide — include a drone-powered virtual viewing tool and offer pricing transparency for rental properties, along with coordinated tour scheduling and affordability estimates. SkyTour allows users to navigate a 3D aerial view
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Students of history, especially those of us who graduated in the early 2000s with one foot in a pre-digital world and the other in an accelerating one, know how to trace a line between who someone was and who they’ve become. And as I scan the latest headlines—robotics at scale, AI capital surges, political noise
With the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau scaling back enforcement under the Trump administration, states are emerging as the new frontline in mortgage oversight but the shift is more incremental than dramatic, experts say. As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau remains in stasis, some mortgage professionals fear a new era of fragmented compliance — “50 state
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Tammy Register — a veteran real estate leader in North Carolina’s Triangle region — has joined eXp Realty along with her 15-agent team and five operational staff members. Based in the Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, metro area, The Tammy Register Team closed more than $88 million in sales volume across 316 transactions in 2024. Register spent
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The failure-to-launch trend that started with millennials is continuing with Gen Z, and many are turning to parents for assistance, according to a new column by Bloomberg. According to a 2024 Bank of America study, over half of adult Gen Zers reported that they don’t pay for their own housing. A separate study by Savings.com found
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Five real estate agents with a combined 70 years of industry experience have returned to Windermere Real Estate after stints at Compass. The group — Meg Barlament, Kevin Cunningham, Ingrid Haugaard, Darcy LaBelle and Beathe C. Smith — each previously worked for Windermere before joining Compass at various points in recent years. “We’re very excited
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Twenty-one years ago, Libby Sosinski was on the brink of leaving real estate for good. Today, the Pittsburgh-based Keller Williams agent consistently closes more than 200 deals a year and recently posted $26 million-plus in 2024 in sales volume, earning a spot on RealTrends Verified’s rankings. But back in 2004 — just a few months
Bayview Asset Management’s $1.3 billion deal to acquire Guild Holding Co., the parent of Guild Mortgage, has left loan officers wondering how the traditionally purchase-focused lender would integrate refinance capabilities to leverage the $770 billion servicing portfolio of soon-to-be sister company Lakeview Loan Servicing, the nation’s second-largest mortgage servicer. Guild LOs, who spoke with HousingWire
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