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Housing Industry News

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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Mortgage Rate News

Mortgage Rates Hold Fairly Steady

Aug 27, 2026 · 7:45 PM Matthew Graham Mortgage News Daily

Mortgage rates barely budged again on Thursday, but there was far less data to digest compared to Wednesday. Bonds (which dictate rates) were steady to…

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Housing Industry News

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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Housing Industry News

Drees leader Rader chosen for Leadership Cincinnati class 50

Aug 27, 2026 · 7:22 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

HR leader Pamela Rader will add housing insight to the Cincinnati Chamber’s flagship regional leadership program

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Housing Industry News

How can Social Security COLAs impact reverse mortgage planning?

Aug 27, 2026 · 6:31 PM Neil Pierson HousingWire

In a higher-rate environment like today, line-of-credit growth can accelerate, influencing choices about loan draws and Social Security claims

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Housing Industry News

FirstTeam promotes Lauren Henss to chief marketing and strategy officer

Aug 27, 2026 · 4:10 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

The brokerage cited brand modernization, agent centric tech work, and AI plans tied to its Purlin partnership.

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Housing Industry News

MLSs need to expand options for sellers to improve cooperation

Aug 27, 2026 · 4:06 PM Victor Lund HousingWire

Sellers who want privacy, repairs or price testing were pushed toward private channels when public marketing triggered a one-business-day MLS clock.

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Housing Industry News

Velocity to buy Toorak platform, manage $3B BPL portfolio

Aug 27, 2026 · 3:49 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes HousingWire

Deal boosts Velocity’s origination volume by 76% and its servicing portfolio by 39%

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Housing Industry News

MBA says July mortgage payments dipped, affordability improved

Aug 27, 2026 · 3:33 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

The median payment dropped $16 from June but was up $48 from a year earlier

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Housing Industry News

REMAX co-founder Gail Liniger dies at 81

Aug 27, 2026 · 3:32 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Liniger co-founded the franchise in 1973 and helped scale it to 145,000 agents across 120 countries.

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