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Loft47 expands platform to transaction management, compliance for real estate brokerages

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Loft47 has released software features expanding its platform beyond commission management to transaction management, compliance review and workflow coordination for real estate brokerages. The company said updates allow brokerages to manage transactions from executed contract through closing within a single system — even when agents use different contract and e-signature tools. Updates include automated deal […]

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Lofty details new agentic AI operating system for real estate agents, brokers

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Lofty is leaning into the next phase of artificial intelligence (AI) in real estate, not just assisting agents, but quietly running much of the business for them. The real estate technology company has introduced Lofty AOS, which it describes as the industry’s first agentic AI operating system built specifically for brokerages. Lofty vice president of

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Redfin rolls out ChatGPT app for real estate searches

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Redfin, which is now owned by Rocket Companies, is following in Zillow’s footsteps and launching an app integration with OpenAI’s ChatGPT.  The company announced Friday that ChatGPT users now have access to a Redfin app within the platform that allows users to locate property listings relevant to their home search parameters and chat with the

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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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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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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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Costar board blasted for $3B Homes.com loss

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The battle over Costar Group’s high-risk, money-losing Homes.com venture escalated as activist investor D.E. Shaw publicly criticized the company’s board for its handling of the $3 billion investment. Processing Content The latest letter was signed by managing directors Edwin Jager and Michael O’Mary, and came out before the market opened on Feb. 4. D.E. Shaw

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Figure helps Bed Bath & Beyond enter mortgage finance

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Bed Bath & Beyond is moving into mortgage and home equity finance through a deal that leans heavily on Figure Technologies’ lending and tokenization infrastructure.   Processing Content The company announced Monday that it has acquired Tokens.com, a blockchain-based platform that will serve as the foundation for a new investment and personal finance business.  

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LPT Realty parent company acquires Humaniz, Reside

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LPT Aperture Holdings, the parent company of fast-growing real estate brokerage LPT Realty announced its acquisitions of Humaniz and Reside on Tuesday via an exclusive announcement with HousingWire. The Robert Palmer-led company said it is not disclosing the financial terms of either deal.  Humaniz provides teams with AI-powered software for recruiting and management, while Reside

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PulteGroup to divest ICG as factory costs challenge builders

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It’s a classic, almost predictable homebuilding “I-told-you-so” moment. The most important thing PulteGroup told the market on its Q4 2025 earnings call wasn’t that it plans to divest ICG (Innovative Construction Group). It was why — and what that “why” implies about the hard reality homebuilders keep rediscovering across cycles: Factories love steady pull-through. Homebuilding

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