Florida-based independent brokerage The Keyes Company has entered into a strategic partnership with Southwest Florida-based Miloff Aubuchon Realty Group, according to an announcement on Thursday. The firms did not disclose the exact terms of their strategic partnership. Miloff Aubuchon Realty Group was founded in 1999 by Jeff Miloff and Gary
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If you were hoping that 2026 would finally be the year real estate got to exhale, I have news that feels a little like when the pilot says the turbulence is “nothing to worry about,” while the flight attendants quietly buckle themselves in and trade nervous expressions. Deep in the
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United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) and its executive vice president and chief marketing officer, Sarah DeCiantis — both of whom are defendants in the ongoing court battle between the Association of Independent Mortgage Experts (AIME) and its former CEO, Katie Sweeney — have denied allegations that they interfered with a contract
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For the National Association of Realtors (NAR) housing affordability is a key area of focus when it comes to its legislative advocacy efforts this year. “What’s notable — and encouraging — is that housing affordability has emerged as one of the few truly bipartisan issues in Washington” Shannon McGahn, NAR’s
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Technology-driven mortgage platform Go Companies has appointed Jay Promisco as chief executive officer, the company announced on Thursday morning. Promisco will lead the company’s next phase, focusing on modernizing mortgage origination through automation and data-driven decision-making, according to the company. He will also emphasize company culture and improve the borrower
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Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Paracle has undergone a profound transformation since its founding in 2012 — scaling from a small local brokerage into a firm that closed 2024 with more than $750 million in sales volume, according to RealTrends Verified. That success has been driven by co-owners Lucas
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After years of volatility, the U.S. rental market is settling into something closer to equilibrium. Nationally, rent growth has slowed to near zero, vacancy has risen, and the intense competition of the pandemic era has eased. But normalization does not mean uniform relief, and it certainly does not mean the
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We’ve said it before. When D.R. Horton reports its quarterly earnings, what you’re watching isn’t just the scoreboard of America’s largest homebuilder. You’re watching a business model operating at a different altitude — and with different oxygen — than almost every other homebuilding enterprise in the country. And when it
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For nearly two hours on Wednesday, the Supreme Court discussed President Donald Trump’s bid to oust Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, who is accused of committing mortgage fraud by allegedly misrepresenting occupancy requirements on loans for two properties. Several outlets — including The New York Times, CNN, NPR and The
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Zillow is facing yet another lawsuit tied to its lead generation platform and Zillow Home Loans (ZHL). Filed on Friday in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington by Stephanie Dupuis, the team leader and owner of a Kitsap County-based real estate team, the lawsuit claims that Zillow
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The National Association of Realtors (NAR) on Wednesday released its Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) for December, which shows that the housing market ended 2025 on a downturn. “The housing sector is not out of the woods yet,” Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist, said in a statement. “After several months
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Nearly three-fourths of Americans (73%) blame real estate investors for the lack of affordable housing in the U.S. That’s according to a new survey by real estate research and services platform, Clever Offers. The survey results, released on Tuesday, come just a day before remarks by President Donald Trump speaking
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