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American Real Estate Association targets advocacy growth as membership climbs toward 100,000

Aug 3, 2026 · 04:13 PM Brooklee Han HousingWire

Entrepreneurship isn’t new to Compass agent Jason Haber. But building a national trade association is a different challenge. Over the past two and a half…

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Compass claims a $5,590 Zillow tax, but the maths not mathing

Aug 3, 2026 · 02:56 PM Darryl Davis HousingWire

Compass put out research this week saying homes shown on Zillow sold for 1.3% less than homes Zillow had banned. Within two days, three different groups of…

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Two says one approval still pending in CCM deal, updates stub dividend formula

Aug 3, 2026 · 01:51 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes HousingWire

Two Harbors Investment Corp . has secured required state and agency approvals from all but one state for its planned sale to CrossCountry Intermediate…

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Two Harbors says one approval still pending in CCM deal, updates stub dividend formula

Aug 3, 2026 · 01:51 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes HousingWire

Two Harbors Investment Corp . has secured required state and agency approvals from all but one state for its planned sale to CrossCountry Intermediate…

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Kelley Blue Book Homes rolls out consumer home valuations

Aug 3, 2026 · 01:00 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Kelley Blue Book Homes has launched a consumer-facing home valuation platform in 11 states, with a nationwide rollout targeted by early 2027, the company…

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Adwerx integrates with Canva for real estate digital ads

Aug 3, 2026 · 01:00 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Adwerx has launched a direct integration with Canva that lets real estate and mortgage professionals move designs into live digital ad campaigns without…

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Supreme Lending’s John Luddy says reverse mortgages are better positioned than ever

Aug 3, 2026 · 10:00 AM Sarah Wolak HousingWire

Longtime reverse mortgage professional John Luddy says that despite the noise around high interest rates and equity-locked borrowers, the reverse market is…

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AI is changing what it takes to be a great real estate agent. Here’s what matters now.

Aug 3, 2026 · 07:00 AM Colibri Real Estate HousingWire

For years, becoming a great real estate agent followed a familiar path. You put in the hours, learned your market, built relationships and slowly developed…

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Congress finally acted on housing. Now the real work begins.

Aug 3, 2026 · 07:00 AM Ron Terwilliger HousingWire

For years, housing affordability was a problem hiding in plain sight. Rents were climbing faster than wages. First-time buyers locked out of markets their…

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The housing market defies expectations even with higher rates

Aug 1, 2026 · 11:51 PM Logan Mohtashami HousingWire

Housing demand still showed positive year-over-year growth last week, despite the hawkish Fed , escalation of the Iran conflict, rising mortgage rates and…

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