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October 2025

Tech Pulse: Agent AI adoption remains slow; title fraud thwarted in Ohio

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Welcome back to Tech Pulse — HousingWire‘s weekly series rounding up the latest in technology news, including tools, integrations and trends that impact mortgage and real estate. Here’s what happened this week: Real estate agent optimism holds steady, but AI adoption slow Kaplan’s inaugural Real Estate Survey of Trends reveals that 48% of agents expect client growth in the next […]

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Georgia metros show sharp divide in days on market

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Georgia’s housing market presents stark contrasts. The state reports a median 70 days on market for single-family homes. HW Data highlights a sharp divide, with some Georgia metros selling in weeks while others take months to turn. Quick-selling metros Hinesville-Fort Stewart leads the state’s larger markets with homes selling in a median of 42 days.

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Inventory-heavy states show wide gaps in sales speed

Affordability, Artificial Intelligence, California, Florida, Georgia, Housing Inventory, Housing Market, Housing Market Data, HWmember, North Carolina, Real Estate, Texas /

In the national housing market, states with the most active listings show wide differences in how quickly homes sell. HW Data shows California moving inventory the fastest, while Florida and Texas take longer despite carrying larger supply. California sets the pace California carries 57,065 active listings and a 63-day median time on market. Months’ supply

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Court dismisses N.J. mayors’ challenge to affordable housing law

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A New Jersey Superior Court judge has dismissed lawsuits from a coalition of state municipalities seeking to overturn a new affordable housing law — dealing a major setback to opponents of the policy. Assignment Judge Robert Lougy on Tuesday rejected two suits filed by the Local Leaders for Responsible Planning, a group led by Montvale,

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New tariffs on wood, furniture raise fears of higher housing costs

Affordability, Donald Trump, Homebuilders, Housing Inventory, NAHB, Real Estate, Tariffs /

President Donald Trump’s decision to impose steep new tariffs on imported wood, furniture and home fixtures is drawing criticism from economists, builders and housing experts who warn the move could further strain an already fragile housing market. New tariffs in these sectors were first announced Sept. 26 by Trump on social media, with further details

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Planet Financial Group boosts non-agency team with Rob Parsley and Tim Fisher hires

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Planet Financial Group, the parent company of Planet Home Lending, announced two new hires this week. Rob Parsley was named senior vice president, non-agency sales and Tim Fisher was named senior vice president, non-agency lending. With a career spanning more than three decades, Parsley most recently served in senior leadership roles at Lima One Capital,

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FHFA floats new housing goals amid broader proposal review

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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could change how they approach affordable housing goals next year if their oversight agency’s new affordable-housing goal proposal moves forward. Some of the proposed benchmarks the Federal Housing Finance Agency published Thursday aren’t as high as those from a year ago and shift away from competitive efforts to serve low-income

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Flagstar mortgage escrow ruling upheld by Ninth Circuit

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An appellate court has ruled against Flagstar Bank in a California case which had been mentioned in connection with a New York escrow interest case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. The ruling in Kivett v. Flagstar was the second against a bank in recent weeks. A Sept. 22 First Circuit ruling sent a similar

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MISMO releases loan data guide and AI glossary

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The mortgage industry’s top trade group issued two new enhancements to help establish consistency across the loan boarding process as well as in communications surrounding artificial intelligence.  The Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization released its new loan boarding dataset, which provides a consistent data baseline to ease the path for newly originated mortgage loans to

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