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The tools brokers and agents use every day, from search portals and market reports to AI-driven applications, rely on one fundamental that is often unseen: accurate, timely data. Behind the scenes, the infrastructure that powers this critical data flow is managed by platforms built for reliability and scale. Cotality’s Trestle product serves as the core…

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eXp Realty has announced the official rollout of LYVVE, an international property search platform designed to reshape how eXp agents and consumers connect across borders. Following a successful beta phase earlier this year, eXp stated that LYVVE is now entering full production, expanding to include listings from nearly 30 countries where eXp Realty operates.  The…

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As the year winds down, there’s a familiar energy in the air—part gratitude, part exhaustion and part reflection on what really matters. For real estate professionals, 2025 has demanded more than skill or strategy. It asked for something deeper: empathy. When markets wobble and headlines rattle consumer confidence, people look to their agents not just…

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Sculptor Closes Oversubscribed $4.6B Real Estate Fund  USA Herald

Four Louisiana real estate brokers have filed a supplemental motion in federal court, seeking to add newly available legal authority and factual developments to their ongoing antitrust case against the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) and several Louisiana-based real estate associations.  The case, filed in January 2025, in the U.S. District Court for the Middle…

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In a switch-up from the company’s previous stance, CoStar has filed an agreement to move its copyright infringement lawsuit against Zillow to Seattle, Washington.  In a notice of non-opposition filed Dec. 2, CoStar stated it agrees to transfer the case to the Western District of Washington “in light of new information disclosed by Zillow in…

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Home purchase application activity fluctuated over the Thanksgiving holiday period, both increasing and decreasing over the past few weeks. This week mortgage activity saw a slight decline. According to the latest Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) report, the Market Composite Index—the measure of mortgage loan activity volume—decreased 1.4% from one week earlier on a seasonally adjusted…

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As the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) seeks to execute what the organization has described as a significant and broad-based turnaround, financial disclosures from 2024 provide the first glimpse into how—or if—that effort is showing up on the balance sheet, as Realtors® (and big brokerage leaders) closely scrutinize decisions made by NAR after multiple scandals…

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Dubai real estate: $245m Franck Muller Yachting branded real estate development sold out breaking ground  Arabian Business

CoStar agreed that moving the lawsuit from New York to Washington would likely make proceedings more efficient for all parties.

London's new reality: Rents down, home sales slow, home builders on sidelines  London Free Press

BuiltAI lands $6M to expand platform for global real estate investors  Tech.eu

Caldwell Expands Global Financial Services and Real Estate Capabilities with Addition of Ben Sturnham as Partner  Morningstar

The self-sale company just secured new funding. Meanwhile, CEO Mike Chambers says his company wants "to support agents" who are "unapologetically consumer first."

Special report: Real estate data quality – a growing challenge  Funds Europe

Lofty’s Andrew Wild joined Zillow as employee No. 60 — when he left, it had grown past 6,000. After stops at Tom Ferry and Final Offer. On this episode of Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered, he’s sharing predictions for where the industry is headed next.

The Consumer Policy Center still thinks commissions are too high. Cara Ameer writes that buyers and their agents should be allowed to determine the value of competent representation.

Real Estate Capital Europe’s Active Lenders 2025: Alternative lenders, Part 1  Real Estate Capital Europe

Why Lisbon is one of Europe’s top property investment cities in 2026  Idealista

CDL of Singapore’s 2nd richest billionaire Kwek Leng Beng acquires Holiday Inn London hotel for $370M  VnExpress International