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Zillow promotes two SVPs as Hofmann adds COO duties

Aug 5, 2026 · 08:05 PM Brooklee Han, HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Zillow Group has restructured its executive ranks, expanding chief financial officer Jeremy Hofmann’s role to include chief operating officer, while…

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M/I Homes trades margin for market share as spec sales rise

Aug 5, 2026 · 07:54 PM Scott Finfer HousingWire

M/I Homes is trading some margin for sales growth, speed, and market share. Pair that spec-heavy operating model with an asset-light finished-lot supply,…

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What Better’s CEO swap means for its future

Aug 5, 2026 · 07:44 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes, Sarah Wolak HousingWire

A leadership shakeup at Better this week underscores the company’s ongoing struggle to balance its mortgage origination business with its technology…

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Realtors Property Resource appoints chief strategy, product officers

Aug 5, 2026 · 07:41 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Realtors Property Resource (RPR) , a subsidiary of the National Association of Realtors, has promoted Emily Line to chief strategy officer and Janine Sieja…

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UWM’s ‘Bullseye 90’ offers 90-bps broker discount through Sept. 8

Aug 5, 2026 · 06:47 PM Neil Pierson HousingWire

United Wholesale Mortgage ( UWM ) launched its latest pricing incentive for broker partners on Wednesday, saying it will grant a 90-basis-point discount on…

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HouseMe.ai launches U.S. with direct MLS connections

Aug 5, 2026 · 05:24 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

HouseMe.ai , an AI-powered real estate search and intelligence platform that launched in Canada earlier this summer, has entered the U.S. market with direct…

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Zillow, Realtracs finalize MLS data licensing agreement

Aug 5, 2026 · 05:22 PM Brooklee Han, HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Zillow and Realtracs have finalized an updated data licensing agreement that keeps Nashville-area listings flowing to Zillow while adding new guardrails…

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Exclusive: Envoy Mortgage to acquire MasonMac distributed retail assets

Aug 5, 2026 · 04:56 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes HousingWire

Envoy Mortgage closed a deal to acquire the distributed retail assets of Mason-McDuffie Mortgage Corp. (MasonMac), bringing on about 100 loan officers who…

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HomeServices names Gretchen Rosenberg vice president of industry affairs

Aug 5, 2026 · 04:16 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

HomeServices of America appointed Gretchen Rosenberg vice president of industry affairs and engagement. According to an announcement on Wednesday, this is a…

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Amid antitrust scrutiny, Compass CEO Reffkin says MLSs are ‘anti-consumer’

Aug 5, 2026 · 04:14 PM Brooklee Han HousingWire

Even as the House Judiciary Committee has asked that Compass International Holdings to explain its partnership with Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) over…

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