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“The Crooked E” and manufactured housing: Evidence of systemic failures and corruption

Aug 28, 2026 · 7:00 AM Tony Kovach HousingWire

The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) consolidation thesis

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AI can estimate a home. An appraisal can inform the decision.

Aug 28, 2026 · 7:00 AM Michael J. Acquaro-Mignogna HousingWire

Appraisers apply standards, bias controls and property-specific market analysis that models do not require

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Real REMAX Group halts Motto Mortgage franchise growth

Aug 28, 2026 · 12:48 AM Brooklee Han, Flávia Furlan Nunes HousingWire

Vic Lombardo, the president of REMAX’s mortgage services, had stepped down from his role

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As Kortas and Casa make peace, AIME is back in the mix

Aug 27, 2026 · 9:49 PM Sarah Wolak HousingWire

NEXA says it will cover AIME memberships for about 4,100 loan officers as Casa seeks a role as membership director

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Builders face a tougher math problem as completed inventory rises

Aug 27, 2026 · 9:31 PM John McManus HousingWire

With apologies to Jim Morrison and the Doors, the time to hesitate is through

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Ginnie Mae wants issuers to focus on fixing loan-level data quality

Aug 27, 2026 · 8:48 PM John McManus HousingWire

Joe Gormley says standardized submissions could cut reconciliation work and support friction-free servicing transfers

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NWMLS launches AI home search on NWMLS.com with Broker Public Portal

Aug 27, 2026 · 8:26 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

New Cribio-powered experience offers natural-language search and real-time Washington listings with direct broker attribution.

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Early state tax data prompts NYC to pare pied-a-terre tax pool

Aug 27, 2026 · 7:57 PM Richard Lawson HousingWire

Filings say DOF will contact about 12,000 owners, and 1,210 are cleared after early 2025 state income tax records arrived

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Foreclosure filings rise 10% annually in July, ATTOM says

Aug 27, 2026 · 7:45 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

ATTOM counted 39,906 filings, up 1% from June, while REOs increased 23% from July 2025

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Stellar MLS’s new CEO wants to put the industry in fast-forward

Aug 27, 2026 · 7:39 PM Jonathan Delozier HousingWire

Fairley took the helm at Stellar MLS in March, succeeding Merri Jo Cowen

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