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Lisa Cook’s lawyer says Trump lacks legal basis to remove Fed governor

Aug 27, 2026 · 3:09 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes HousingWire

Abbe Lowell argues alleged primary residence mortgage errors were inadvertent and not fraud

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Why real estate brokerages keep losing good agents

Aug 27, 2026 · 2:59 PM Lance Pendleton HousingWire

NAR data puts median tenure at 6 years, the article argues weekly reviews of dropped tasks reveal where follow up and systems fail.

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Realtors don’t just sell communities. They show up for them

Aug 27, 2026 · 2:43 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Eighty percent of association executives and MLS staff volunteer each month, data shows

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Cost per lead vs. cost-per-closed deal for real estate teams

Aug 27, 2026 · 2:17 PM Robyn Thompson DeSantos HousingWire

Cheap leads are expensive if they never list, and cites teams shifting metrics to around $1,500 per closed transaction.

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LeadingRE expands to 500 plus firms after 20 new members

Aug 27, 2026 · 1:53 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

New H1 2026 members joined across North America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and Asia Pacific.

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Missing middle multifamily starts backslide amid zoning headwinds

Aug 27, 2026 · 12:04 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

NAHB: 2- to 4-unit starts drop 24% year over year as zoning curbs ‘light-touch’ density

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The operating model redesign opportunity of the century

Aug 27, 2026 · 7:00 AM melissa.langdale HousingWire

Industry cost per loan rose from $3,685 in 2009 to $11,094 in 2025 despite major tech spend, encouraging a task-based operating model

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Sometimes the fastest way forward is to slow down

Aug 27, 2026 · 7:00 AM Michelle Berman-Mikel HousingWire

A heart rate based training lesson reframes how leaders measure progress across changing seasons

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Mortgage lenders weigh AI, alternative data and credit models

Aug 26, 2026 · 9:24 PM John McManus HousingWire

MISMO panelists cited rental and cash flow data, plus AI rules that may affect licensing and compliance

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Housing Industry News

Vishal Garg takes Better to court over ‘poison pill’

Aug 26, 2026 · 8:57 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes HousingWire

The moves comes just days after Better sued Garg for unlawful solicitation of stockholders

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