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February 2026

Illinois bill targets private real estate listings with new disclosure rules

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Lawmakers in Illinois are reestablishing their position in the real estate industry’s private listings debate.  On Wednesday, State Representative Lillian Jiménez introduced a bill into the state’s House of Representatives seeking to amend the state’s Real Estate License Act of 2000. Rep. Jiménez sponsored a similar bill that was introduced in February of 2025. However, […]

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Lone Wolf launches API portal to power integrations

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Lone Wolf Technologies has introduced a centralized platform designed to expand software integrations and data connectivity across its real estate technology ecosystem. The company announced the launch of its API Portal — providing brokers, teams, agents and technology partners with access to application programming interfaces intended to link existing systems, automate workflows and share data

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Rocket Mortgage alleges $194,000 loss in broker fraud lawsuit

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Rocket Mortgage has sued a California mortgage brokerage and one of its executives, alleging they knowingly submitted fraudulent loan applications that concealed borrowers’ debts and caused financial losses after the loans were sold to investors. In a complaint filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Rocket Mortgage said Sharp

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Advocus National Title expands leadership team

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Advocus National Title Insurance Co. has expanded its national leadership team as it moves to scale its underwriting platform across the country. The attorney-focused title insurance underwriter said the leadership changes are intended to support national growth while maintaining its long-standing emphasis on attorney involvement in real estate transactions. Advocus has operated as a national

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CoStar rebuffs D.E. Shaw, Third Point on Homes.com divestment

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The pressure of even more activist investors does not appear to be enough to cause CoStar Group to change its stance on Homes.com.  The Andy Florance-led firm responded to a letter sent by activist investors at D.E. Shaw & Co., LP. in a press release on Thursday, in which the company reiterated its commitment to

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Offsite building faces scalability hurdles as Builders First Source expands

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Offsite construction is often hailed as the panacea for housing shortages and labor constraints. In practice, it faces the realities of a cyclical, regional business. Builders who buy these companies outright often end up tying capital to rigid factories that can’t flex with demand. Recent experiences at PulteGroup and Veev make this clear. Why is

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FHFA goes ahead with repeal of Biden fair lending rule

FHFA goes ahead with repeal of Biden fair lending rule

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The Federal Housing Finance Agency is not making changes to its proposed repeal of the Biden Administration’s Fair Lending, Fair Housing and Equitable Housing Finance Plans regulation it first published for comment in July. Processing Content The rule is also identified as part 1293 and the current version was put into place in April 2024.

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GSE ‘IPO’ ready for 2.5-5% initial sale if Trump OKs: Pulte

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Trump administration officials respectively said Wednesday that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are “definitely ready” for a stock offering within a certain range and a conservatorship exit is an eventual goal. Processing Content Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte told Fox Business News that the GSEs could stage a secondary sale of 2.5-5% equity

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CFPB implements new requirements for complaints on its portal

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Key insight: The three credit bureaus — Equifax, Experian and TransUnion — say the complaint portal is being abused by third-party credit repair firms and AI bots. What’s at stake: Credit repair firms are using the CFPB’s complaint portal to try to remove accurate but negative information from credit reports. Supporting data: Credit reporting complaints hit

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