PAVE task force 2.0? Senate Democrat introduces appraisal bias legislation

The Trump administration has “effectively disbanded” the interagency Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity (PAVE) task force, but a Democratic senator wants to revive it.Raphael Warnock of Georgia introduced the Appraisal Modernization Act on Thursday. The legislation seeks to address systemic bia

Zillow pushes back against Compass’s claims of conspiracy, monopoly

A little over two weeks after Zillow filed letters responding to Compass’s motions for preliminary injunction and expedited discovery, the listing portal giant is officially firing back with its response to these motions.Zillow filed its response and related declarations from company executives, inc

US foreclosure activity continued to rise in first half of 2025, ATTOM says

Real estate data provider ATTOM on Thursday released its Mid-Year 2025 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows there were a total of 187,659 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions or bank repossessions — in the first six months of 2025.That figure is up 5.

Minnesota housing program under federal fraud investigation

Federal agents are probing what they describe as a massive scheme to defraud Minnesota’s Housing Stabilization Services program, according to a search warrant.Numerous outlets reported that a federal investigation is targeting a Medicaid-funded benefit created in 2020 to assist people with disabilit

Colorado officials push to save property tax breaks for seniors

Government officials in Mesa County, Colorado, urged state legislators in an open letter this week to preserve a property tax exemption for older adults and disabled veterans amid the state’s ongoing budget constraints.Colorado’s senior property tax exemption, which has been in place for the past 25

VantageScore 4.0 is coming. But much work needs to be done

In the days following the announcement that VantageScore 4.0 was suddenly in play for conventional mortgages, FinLocker‘s Brian Vieaux had to burst some bubbles.Most of the 15 to 20 loan officers he spoke to were ecstatic about being able to use the new credit scoring model. Millions of new prospect

Real estate investors eye space economy as the new frontier

Real estate investors are turning their gaze skyward in preparation to take part in upcoming needs of the space exploration and data sector.This week, a CNBC report pointed to global real estate firm Hines and its recent acquisition of the Titusville Logistics Center — a nearly 250,000-square-foot i

Top San Diego luxury real estate brokerage joins Compass

The Exude Luxury Group — a top-producing real estate firm in Southern California — has departed Side and joined Compass in San Diego’s La Jolla neighborhood, marking a new phase for the six-person team led by Erika Borunda Ahajanian.The group has closed more than $500 million in career sales — inclu

NAR moves to dismiss California agent antitrust suit

It’s been just over a month since real estate agent John Diaz refiled his lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Sacramento, but the National Association of Realtors (NAR), along with other state and local associations, are already asking the court to dismiss it. On Monday, NAR and the California Associa

ERA Real Estate firms merge in Atlanta

Two established Atlanta metro-area real estate firms — ERA Foster & Bond and ERA Sunrise Realty — have merged, combining operations under a single brokerage that now includes more than 175 agents and six office locations.The combined firm now has a Georgia footprint that extends across Atlanta, Cant

Federal regulators scrap 2023 CRA rule

Three federal banking regulators announced on Wednesday the rescission of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) final rule issued in October 2023.The decision made by the governing boards of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insura

Blend, Doma expand partnership with title solution integration

Blend Labs Inc. and Doma Technologies LLC announced on Wednesday an expanded partnership to bring Doma’s AI-powered instant title decisioning technology to lenders through Blend’s home lending platform.Lenders using Blend’s mortgage and rapid home lending solutions can now access instant title decis

The success reset: How real estate agents can rebuild, relearn, and rise again

Whether you’re just starting your real estate journey or hitting the reset button after a tough season, I want you to hear this: You didn’t choose an ordinary career — because this isn’t an ordinary industry.Real estate will stretch you. It’ll challenge you. It’ll ask you to grow in ways you didn’t

Fidelity National, FHFA announce collaboration on ‘innovative title solutions’

Fidelity National Financial (FNF) and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) have agreed to collaborate on “innovative title insurance solutions,” news that was first shared on social media by FHFA Director Bill Pulte.“I had great conversations with industry today, including the CEO of Fidelity N

Bill aims to construct homes with proceeds from future GSE release

U.S. Reps. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) and Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.) have introduced the Housing for US Act — a bipartisan proposal aimed at easing the national housing shortage by investing federal funds into the construction of millions of new homes for middle-class Americans.The bill, which is currentl

Top North Carolina agent Tammy Register joins eXp Realty, brings 15-agent team

Tammy Register — a veteran real estate leader in North Carolina’s Triangle region — has joined eXp Realty along with her 15-agent team and five operational staff members.Based in the Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, metro area, The Tammy Register Team closed more than $88 million in sales volume acro

The bank of mom and dad can strain retirement

The failure-to-launch trend that started with millennials is continuing with Gen Z, and many are turning to parents for assistance, according to a new column by Bloomberg.According to a 2024 Bank of America study, over half of adult Gen Zers reported that they don’t pay for their own housing. A sepa

Real estate agents return to Windermere from Compass

Five real estate agents with a combined 70 years of industry experience have returned to Windermere Real Estate after stints at Compass. The group — Meg Barlament, Kevin Cunningham, Ingrid Haugaard, Darcy LaBelle and Beathe C. Smith — each previously worked for Windermere before joining Compass at v

‘Right place, right time’: How Libby Sosinski turned rocky start into $26M real estate career

Twenty-one years ago, Libby Sosinski was on the brink of leaving real estate for good. Today, the Pittsburgh-based Keller Williams agent consistently closes more than 200 deals a year and recently posted $26 million-plus in 2024 in sales volume, earning a spot on RealTrends Verified’s rankings. But

After the Bayview deal, what’s the refi strategy for Guild Mortgage?

Bayview Asset Management’s $1.3 billion deal to acquire Guild Holding Co., the parent of Guild Mortgage, has left loan officers wondering how the traditionally purchase-focused lender would integrate refinance capabilities to leverage the $770 billion servicing portfolio of soon-to-be sister company