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Lower launches Movoto Advantage for solo real estate agents

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Lower has launched Movoto Advantage, a limited-access, subscription-based program that connects high-performing solo real estate agents with motivated home buyers and sellers through real-time live transfers, the company announced Thursday. The program, which Lower began rolling out in late 2025, operates within Lower’s Movoto real estate marketplace and has enrolled about 200 agents to date. […]

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HECM activity rises in March, but proprietary loans are taking a bite out of business

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U.S. reverse mortgage endorsements rose sharply in March following subdued activity in February, but overall volume remains down compared with recent months, according to data released Wednesday by Reverse Market Insight (RMI). Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsements increased 16.3% in March to 2,117 loans. Despite the monthly gain, activity remained below the levels seen

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Finance of America launches new reverse mortgage line of credit

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Finance of America (FOA) on Thursday introduced HomeSafe Second Line of Credit, a second-lien reverse mortgage line of credit now available in California that lets homeowners 55 and older tap home equity over time without refinancing or taking on a new required monthly mortgage payment. The product, which became available April 1, is designed to

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NAR updates 2027 committee applications with expertise profiles

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The National Association of Realtors (NAR) has introduced an expertise-driven application process for its 2027 governance committees, aiming to match members to roles based on their experience, qualifications and leadership background, the trade group announced Thursday. This announcement comes one day after NAR announced plans to sunset some governance groups as part of a committee

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Housing market demand is holding, but pricing gaps are breaking deals

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Housing demand is still holding up on a year over year basis, even as mortgage rates sit at 6.64%, a level that has historically marked a key dividing line for demand. That is the backdrop Logan Mohtashami laid out in this week’s Housing Market Tracker, where he wrote that “we are at a key inflection

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Why HousingWire’s new Mortgage Rankings matter for originators

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The HousingWire Mortgage Rankings launched this week to give the housing industry a standardized, transaction-based view of origination activity across the country. The rankings are powered by InGenius data and they’re built on recorded mortgage transactions, not submissions or self-reported numbers. That matters because most industry “top producer” lists are based on submissions, self-reported volume

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UWM tried for its first acquisition, then its stock fell and the math stopped working

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When UWM Holdings Corp. lost its bid last week to acquire Two Harbors Investment Corp. (TWO), upstaged by an offer from rival CrossCountry Intermediate HoldCo, analysts were not entirely surprised. “It was such a wild turn of events,” said Eric Hagen, an analyst at BTIG. “But we were not surprised that it broke up.” The

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First fully rebuilt Palisades home testing post-fire demand

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Fourteen months after California’s Palisades wildfires destroyed nearly 5,900 homes, the first fully rebuilt residence has come to market, offering the clearest pricing test yet for post-fire demand. The newly built contemporary home — listed at just under $7.5 million — comes after the original was just one month from completion when it was destroyed.

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REMAX Advantage uses AI to cover missed calls and train agents

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When it comes to implementing AI into business workflows, many agents and brokers typically consider things like backend office work, lead, CRM and email management, listing description drafting and marketing collateral creation. But Gary Ashton and Debra Beagle, the broker-owners of REMAX Advantage in Nashville, have found ways to incorporate AI tools into their voice

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The proven ways real estate agents are using AI to close deals faster

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In June 2025, from HousingWire’s The Gathering stage in Colorado Springs, Leo Pareja, the CEO of eXp Realty, predicted that by 2030, AI would be “table stakes” for brokerages in their offerings for agents.  Given that 82% of real estate agents integrate AI tools into their business, according to a report by Realtor Property Resource

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