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A recent academic study analyzing Zillow Home Loans (ZHL)—funded by the portal’s rival, CoStar—offers a new analysis of how Zillow’s policies and practices allegedly affect consumers, on the heels of a class-action lawsuit claiming the company is violating antitrust laws through mortgage referrals. The aforementioned lawsuit put Zillow in the hot seat by alleging the…

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After investing heavily to create a fourth competing major real estate search portal, CoStar said Wednesday that it would cut spending on Homes.com by 35 percent this year.

Leafy but not smug, fun not rowdy, cool not edgy: this south London area has it all  London Evening Standard

U.S. will ban Wall Street investors from buying single-family homes, Trump says  Dallas News

The top five lender and loan servicer says it's already using HomeVision's AI technology to evaluate collateral and will expand its capabilities to create an automated end-to-end underwriting platform, including income, assets and credit.

While mortgage rates dropped to their lowest level since September, applications for home purchases were down nearly 10% from two weeks prior. Despite the mixed trends, mortgage watchers expect rates to remain at current levels with periods of increased refinances.  According to the latest Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) report, the Market Composite Index—the measure of…

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Editor’s note: In this two-part series, we take a look at how the buyer experience differs today from past years. Part 1 was a look back at how the process evolved to where it is now. Here, we review how tech has impacted everything, and the skills required to serve luxury-market clients. Information overload. The…

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White House moves to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes  Financial Times

Chris and Raquelle Judge earned $4.8 million from renovation projects they didn't complete, leaving some clients out of more than six figures in costs.

Trump says U.S. to ban large investors from buying homes  CNBC

Above, Justin Bette Century 21 Real Estate LLC has announced the affiliation of Joseph Bette Realtors, Inc., a third-generation brokerage based in Southbury, Connecticut, further expanding the  brand’s presence in western part of the Nutmeg State. The firm will now operate as CENTURY 21 Bette Real Estate.  Founded more than 53 years ago, the brokerage…

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2 of the cheapest US cities for first-time homebuyers are in New York — and they’re nowhere near NYC  New York Post

Willow & BNP Paribas bring AI to European buildings  IT Brief UK

Latham Plucks London Real Estate Partner Trio From A&O Shearman  Bloomberg Law News

Accompanying buyer clients to tour houses for sale is an upbeat experience…mostly for them. For unless they’ve purchased homes before, they likely won’t be inspecting every little thing all that closely. It’s for you to find issues, some of which may be obvious and some lurking quietly. Here are several you must tell buyers about…

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Tina-Marie O’Neill: How Ireland’s retail property found its footing again  Business Post

Rubio Tells Lawmakers Trump Wants to Buy Greenland  The New York Times

US discussing options to acquire Greenland including using military - White House  BBC

Donna Kreps, president of residential real estate services for F.C. Tucker Company, a member of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World, has been appointed to serve on the Indiana Real Estate Commission by Indiana Governor Mike Braun. Kreps will serve a four-year term beginning Jan. 1, 2026, through Dec. 31, 2029. As a member…

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HomeSmart has announced that Arizona real estate leader Phil Sexton has joined the brokerage and launched a new real estate team, NEXT. The team is structured around an agent-centric model that emphasizes individual branding and long-term business development.  A second-generation real estate professional, Sexton brings more than a decade of experience working with high-performing agents…

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