by | Aug 5, 2026 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
Tennessee-based MLS Realtracs, two months after threatening to join Chicago-based MRED in cutting Zillow off from its listing feed, has entered into a new licensing agreement with the portal, which “ensures uninterrupted listing distribution” while ensuring Realtracs...
by | Aug 4, 2026 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
In his continued movement of expanding seller choice across real estate, Compass CEO Robert Reffkin said he expects “more than 90% of MLSs to have rules that allow sellers to market both Private Exclusives and Coming Soons by the end of the year” during the company’s...
by Beth McGuire | Aug 4, 2026 | Industry News, Latest News, National, News |
As homebuyers continue to struggle through the 2026 housing market amid affordability issues, rising mortgage rates and ongoing economic uncertainty, one of the nation’s mega banks is stepping in with a major long-term investment into the housing market. JPMorgan...
by | Aug 4, 2026 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier |
Zillow has laid off 500 employees—about 7% of the portal’s 7,000 employees—in order to ensure a “disciplined cost structure” across the portal, according to an announcement by CEO Jeremy Wacksman today. In a blog post attributed to Wacksman, ahead of Wednesday’s Q2...
by Beth McGuire | Aug 4, 2026 | Industry News, Latest News, National, News |
Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC has announced its acquisition of Valon Mortgage, Inc. from Valon Technologies, Inc., marking the close of a strategic partnership built around ValonOS, the AI-native operating system Valon has built for mortgage servicing. According...
by Beth McGuire | Aug 4, 2026 | Industry News, Latest News, National, News |
The latest home price and affordability data report from the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) released Aug. 4 shows more than 80% of metro markets (176 out of 221) saw home-price increases in the second quarter of 2026, an increase from 71% in the first...