Author name: Ricky Vasquez

After pushback, New Hampshire course-corrects pro-housing laws

Last year, New Hampshire lawmakers jumped on the bandwagon of state legislatures targeting a worsening housing shortage by mandating that local governments permit multifamily housing in commercially zoned areas. The effort sought to boost housing supply and improve affordability by stripping away local zoning authority. Local governments, true to the state’s “live free or die” […]

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Roomvu expands AI marketing platform for agents

Roomvu, a platform for residential real estate agents and brokerages, announced an expansion of its Autonomous Visibility System, a tool designed to automate online marketing and content distribution for real estate professionals. The company said the updated system is intended to address challenges in maintaining consistent local marketing efforts by automating content creation and distribution

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Benutech offers predictive analytics suite for agent and loan officer prospecting

Benutech has launched two predictive analytics products aimed at helping real estate agents and mortgage loan officers identify potential home sellers and refinance candidates before they enter the market. The products, SellScore and RefiScore, are available through the company’s TitleToolbox platform. “SellScore and RefiScore give our clients the ability to stop guessing and start closing,”

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NextHome acquisition gives eXp a franchise growth engine

The warmer weather and longer days are finally here and that means everyone is thinking about the hottest looks for summer. For real estate brokerage companies, it seems like the new must-have accessory for summer 2026 is a franchise operation.  On Thursday, a little over a week after The Real Brokerage announced its acquisition of

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Fed flags overheated markets as top stability risk

Key takeaway: The Federal Reserve said market froth remains the leading risk to financial stability, consistent with its assessment in November.   Expert quote: “Treasury market liquidity initially deteriorated in line with this heightened volatility, demonstrating the vulnerability of market liquidity during periods of acute stress.” —Federal Reserve Financial Stability Report. What’s at stake: The report comes

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Economy added 115,000 jobs in April despite mixed signals

Key insight: The U.S. added 115,000 jobs in April while unemployment held steady at 4.3%. Supporting data: Newly unemployed workers rose by 358,000 in April to 2.5 million. Forward look: The report could complicate an already divided Federal Reserve as it considers whether to combat inflation spurred by geopolitical risks or foster employment by cutting

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Title agent accused of rebranding to evade fraud penalty

First American Title Insurance Co. is suing a former agent to recover sums owed after her firm erroneously wired funds, claiming she changed her business’ name to evade more than $600,000 in penalties. Processing Content In a lawsuit filed in Eastern District Court of New York, First American accused Patricia Stein-Oliva, principal of Consumer Direct

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eXp expands platform with acquisition of NextHome

eXp World Holdings, the parent company of eXp Realty, FrameVR.io and Success Enterprise, has acquired real estate franchise NextHome, it announced in a press release Thursday. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Processing Content The company will also trade under the new ticker symbol AGNT on the Nasdaq Global Market starting Friday. “The

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