California mega team Tafoya Real Estate joins eXp Realty

Fresno-based mega team has roughly 37 agents who closed $87.92M on 172 sides in 2024 and 2025

Beyond affordability: What Florida’s Amendment 3 could mean for MSR values

SitusAMC examines how Florida Amendment 3 could reduce escrow custodial balances, pressure MSR values and create new modeling considerations for servicers

The end of SaaS as we know it in mortgage lending?

Agentic workflows shift user interaction from LOS and POS screens to intent-based execution with audit trails

Pre-IPO equity is redefining the qualified borrower

Fannie Mae rules can ignore private-company receipt history and require a 200-day trading average after an IPO

Modular housing fails to scale. Will policy reforms alter that?

Modular construction has failed to gain market share despite high-profile initiatives. Will federal policy reforms catalyze business mojo?

How long can mortgage rates stay below 7%?

Rates are already at yearly highs and 3 key factors are in play this week

A raft of California housing bills heads to Newsom; here’s what’s new

Measures span ADU fees, permitting timelines, infill townhomes, high-rise zoning near transit, and look to alleviate entitlement risk

Jamie Cavanaugh to lead Broker Action Coalition as CEO

Brendan McKay remains president while outgoing executive director Rachel Clark is credited with building the group’s current foundation

Closings per market shows why some builders scale faster

Data suggests local density and differentiation, not market count alone, shape operating leverage and capital allocation

Compass settles NWMLS lawsuit on coming soon listings

First Look launches Sept. 4, 2026, with 21 days allowed and no public days on market or price history.

Financial pressures are threatening middle-class retirement

Transamerica study found that 72% of respondents have taken action in response to financial strain

Affordability shouldn’t come at the expense of property rights

Analysis cites $600 billion in annual exposure if curative title work is removed, rising above $1 trillion in peak year

The next competitive advantage isn’t AI, it’s the operating model

Moder's Bonnie Chong explains why connected data, intelligent platforms and human expertise are essential to turning AI adoption into enterprise value

Housing demand has slowed, but still stable for now 

New listings data is still positive year-over-year

The WSJ is wrong about FHA loans and nonbanks, and they know it

Their recent op-ed tries to resurrect the boogeyman of risky 2008-style lending

Mounting ICE raids leave homebuilding’s frontlines frozen in fear

Amid a summer surge in job site raids, homebuilders in some states say that their workers, even those in the U.S. legally, got caught in the crosshairs

Eastern Washington agents balance business and wildfire disaster recovery

More than 850,000 acres have burned statewide with hundreds of homes destroyed in the Spokane area

ERA Real Estate names Frank Malpica president

Malpica's appointment follows the tenure of Alex Vidal

South River Mortgage elevates Tyler Plack to CEO

Tyler Plack was a founding employee of South River when it opened in 2017

FHA expected to keep Classic FICO as it adds new models in January

Lenders expect model consistency will be required at the loan level