On this week’s RealTrending podcast, host Tracey Velt welcomes Lennox Scott, CEO of John L. Scott Real Estate, a company with nearly a century of legacy and leadership. With close to five decades of industry experience, Scott brings deep insights into both the past and future of real estate. Their conversation spans the transformative impact […]
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Stellar MLS — the largest multiple listing service in Florida and Puerto Rico — has launched IO Reports, a new tool that offers subscribers access to neighborhood and market insights for any address in the U.S. The new feature — provided in partnership with location intelligence company Local Logic — gives real estate professionals detailed
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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: Senate Democrats press FHFA on crypto use in mortgages Five Senate Democrats are urging caution as the Federal Housing Finance Agency considers allowing unconverted cryptocurrency in mortgage underwriting.
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Access to the real estate platform Rayse has been provided to all realMLS members at no additional cost. The platform, designed to improve transparency in real estate transactions, is now available through agents’ realMLS dashboards and at rayse.com/realmls. The rollout comes on the heels of a major platform update from Rayse, which recently added tools
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The Northwest Multiple Listing Service (NWMLS) has launched a new bilingual, voice-activated home search tool designed to make real estate listings more accessible to a wider range of users, including people with disabilities. The platform — called Finding Homes — allows users to search listings using natural speech through Alexa-enabled devices or apps. It’s available
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Real estate technology company Rayse has launched a seller-focused module aimed at helping listing agents provide clearer communication and real-time updates to clients throughout the sales process. The new tool is the company’s first major product expansion since its 2024 launch. Originally focused on buyer-side transactions, Rayse is now offering agents a way to document
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It’s been just over a month since real estate agent John Diaz refiled his lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Sacramento, but the National Association of Realtors (NAR), along with other state and local associations, are already asking the court to dismiss it. On Monday, NAR and the California Association of Realtors, Lodi Association of
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Almost 11 months have passed since the business practice changes mandated by the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement agreement went into effect. Now, the co-lead counsel for the settlement class is looking to find out if the parties are complying. In a letter sent in April but filed in court last week, the
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Move Inc., the parent company of Realtor.com, has acquired Zenlist, a real estate technology company known for its collaborative search tools for agents and homebuyers. The acquisition was announced Monday and aims to enhance Realtor.com’s offerings for real estate professionals by integrating Zenlist’s mobile-first platform, which allows agents and clients to search and communicate in
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Welcome back to Tech Pulse — HousingWire‘s weekly series rounding up the latest in technology — including tools, integrations and trends that impact mortgage and real estate. Here’s what happened this week: Realtor.com adds property tax appeal tool with Ownwell integration Realtor.com now offers property tax monitoring and appeals through a new partnership with Ownwell. With rising homeownership costs, this
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