RealReports and Restb.ai announced a partnership on Tuesday to integrate appraisal-grade property insights into multiple listing service (MLS)-facing tools. First Multiple Listing Service (FMLS) in Georgia and MLS Now in Ohio will be among the first MLS organizations to offer the technology to members. FMLS serves 57,000 members across Georgia and the Southeast while MLS […]
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Adobe Stock: Tada Images FICO, the eponymous credit score provider, announced three artificial intelligence language models for financial services firms on Tuesday: Focused Foundation Model, Focused Language Model and Focused Sequence Model. In developing its own language models, FICO is offering an alternative to the large foundation models that have become popular in the industry,
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The Sun Belt region continues to dominate the U.S. housing market in raw transaction volume, recording 25,857 weekly home sales across its metropolitan areas, nearly six times the Northeast’s 4,452 sales and more than double the West’s 11,061 transactions. However, this sales advantage masks a market efficiency gap. The Sun Belt’s inventory of 353,916 properties
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Left to right: Julian Hebron, Jonathan Kunkle, John Wines, Will Adams Artificial intelligence and borrower retention took center stage as 20 tech firms competed for top honors in the Innovation Challenge at Digital Mortgage 2025. New homeownership portals, voice agents and lead generation tools all may find their way onto mortgage technology stacks if they
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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: From Zillow to sphere: Why you must know the source of your real estate referrals Real estate agents are navigating a shifting lead-gen landscape — balancing referrals, paid
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Houston’s housing market maintains a competitive edge in affordability while still showing a slight seller’s advantage, according to the latest HW Data. With a median listing price of $351,900, Houston presents a value opportunity for buyers priced out of Dallas and Austin markets. Inventory and pricing vary significantly across Texas metros The Houston metro area
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Top U.S. reverse mortgage lenders are entering a new phase in their artificial intelligence (AI) strategy: deploying customer-facing tools to engage more directly with seniors. After achieving operational efficiencies by using AI internally, lenders now plan to roll out chatbots, voice agents and digital prequalification tools to a broader base of borrowers starting in the
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While it may seem that the real estate industry is constantly overwhelmed by new technology tools, the most popular tool among Realtors remains eSignature, according to the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) 2025 Technology Survey released Thursday. NAR’s data showed that 79% of survey respondents use eSignature, closely followed by the 75% who reported using
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The industry’s top technology minds at the National Mortgage News Digital Mortgage Conference in San Diego Wednesday urged mortgage firms to integrate artificial intelligence into their organizations peacefully, or else. Whereas top lenders on day one urged firms to maintain a human touch, tech lenders on day two advised competitors to get their entire staff
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The industry’s largest competitors at the National Mortgage News Digital Mortgage Conference Monday in San Diego agreed that it’s crucial to watch tech adoption by their own staff very closely. And despite countless artificial intelligence solutions, lenders say they’re still prioritizing their originators’ human touch with borrowers. Here are a few takeaways from the first
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