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Your AI-generated content is showing. (And not in a good way.)

May 13, 2026 · 7:22 AM Brian Rieger HousingWire

People can sense when unedited AI is being used as content. Let me show you what I mean. Here’s what happens when someone plugs “write about mortgage…

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Housing Industry News

New Rochelle housing surge proves predictable zoning’s impact

May 12, 2026 · 9:16 PM Richard Lawson HousingWire

New Rochelle embraced the abundance mindset long before the “yes in my backyard ” crowd made it cool. Today, the city, 25 minutes north of New York City by…

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Housing Industry News

Retirees counting on home equity may face financial shortfalls

May 12, 2026 · 9:13 PM Jonathan Delozier, HousingWire Automation HousingWire

For generations, homeownership has been one of the primary ways Americans built wealth and passed it on to loved ones. Now, financial advisers and housing…

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Inside QXO’s growth plan after $30.2 billion acquisition spree

May 12, 2026 · 9:04 PM Tyler Williams HousingWire

Less than a month after announcing its pending TopBuild for $17 billion , QXO’s business strategists outlined plans to integrate the company into its…

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Housing Industry News

Broker Public Portal, RPR bring valuation data to Cribio platform

May 12, 2026 · 8:33 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Broker Public Portal (BPP) and Realtors Property Resource (RPR) have announced a new collaboration that will integrate RPR’s Realtors Valuation Model into…

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Housing Industry News

Ivory Prize honors solutions in a higher rate, higher risk backdrop

May 12, 2026 · 8:24 PM John McManus HousingWire

The affordability crisis in American housing demands more invention, more experimentation and more scalable models to break through the chronic chokeholds…

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Housing Industry News

Supreme Lending brings on $100M Lasso Lending team in Houston

May 12, 2026 · 8:01 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Branch manager Austin Baker and his Houston -based team, Lasso Lending , have joined Supreme Lending , bringing more than $100 million in annual loan…

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Housing Industry News

Real estate’s consolidation math has changed. The industry hasn’t caught up.

May 12, 2026 · 7:55 PM Darryl Davis HousingWire

Two transactions. One structural shift. Compass ’s acquisition of Anywhere and Real ’s $880 million deal for REMAX are not simply the largest brokerage…

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Housing Industry News

Mortgage Connect noncompete agreement ruled unenforceable by Pennsylvania judge

May 12, 2026 · 7:42 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes HousingWire

The lawsuit that prompted Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson to issue a warning letter to Mortgage Connect last week has dealt the…

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Mortgage Rate News

Mortgage Rates Match Highest Level Since March

May 12, 2026 · 7:28 PM Matthew Graham Mortgage News Daily

When the Iran war was in its initial escalation phase, the initial surge in markets took the top-tier 30yr fixed rate to 6.64% for the average lender by…

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