Artificial Intelligence

Agentic AI sets 36-month clock for real estate power shift

The real estate industry is entering a decisive window as agentic AI moves from novelty to infrastructure. WAV Group’s new strategic white paper lays out how autonomous systems capable of planning, reasoning and executing multi-step workflows will reshape how brokers, agents, MLSs and vendors operate. Unlike generative tools that answer prompts, agentic AI proactively manages […]

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AI adoption accelerating across real estate marketing

In 2025, artificial intelligence (AI) shifted to routine use across the real estate marketing industry, according to a new industry report from Rechat analyzing brokerage surveys and platform performance data. . Brokerages increasingly consolidated listings, customer relationship management (CRM) systems and marketing tools into unified platforms — with industry leaders citing integration as a key

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Titl raises $2.5M to expand title automation technology

Titl, a technology company focused on automating title verification, has raised $2.5 million in seed funding to expand beyond Florida and increase operations nationwide. The round was led by Cofounders Capital and FIT Ventures — with funds supporting expansion into Georgia, Maryland and Connecticut Plans also call for operating in nearly 20 states by the

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How AI may help mortgage lending weather a talent crunch

At times, the generational divide in mortgage lending feels like the setup to a workplace sitcom: the Gen X loan officer wonders why no one returns their voicemail, while the Gen Z loan officer never even bothered to configure theirs. Beyond the humor, there’s a real operational issue: knowledge that took 30 years to accumulate

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Titl raises .5M to modernize title with AI, blockchain

Titl raises $2.5M to modernize title with AI, blockchain

A title industry startup aiming to cut closing time and costs for homebuyers via blockchain technology finds itself on the receiving end of a new venture capital raise to support its expansion. Processing Content Titl, a Miami-based fintech, announced a seed funding round of $2.5 million, which was led by Cofounders Capital and FIT Ventures.

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U.S. housing inventory growth slows to 10% as demand reshapes the 2026 market

Housing inventory growth has slowed from 33% year over year in mid-2025 to 10.0% today. The cooling marks the clearest end to the supply-shortage era and the beginning of a market where pricing power will be determined more by demand strength, rates and buyer behavior than scarcity alone. As HousingWire Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami recently

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Newrez invests in AI underwriting platform Homevision

Newrez invests in AI underwriting platform Homevision

Left to right: Homevision CEO Jeff Foster, Newrez President Baron Silverstein National mortgage lender and servicer Newrez announced it is making a strategic investment into artificial intelligence platform Homevision to create technology capable of addressing all aspects of underwriting. Processing Content Through the partnership, the two companies aim to expand Homevision’s scope of work beyond

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The spreadsheet trap: Why investor reporting still operates like it’s 2005

Manually updating spreadsheets. Dealing with paper jams in the printer. Remember what office life was like in 2005? If you’re feeling nostalgic, you can find many of the same practices still in place in the investor’s reporting offices of loan servicers today.  But why haven’t these offices evolved with changing technology?  It’s partly cultural, but

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AI drives efficiency in title and settlement at WFG in 2025

Technology adoption in the title and settlement industry continued to speed up in 2025, with Williston Financial Group (WFG) and its subsidiaries focusing heavily on technology that delivers measurable gains in speed, accuracy and risk reduction. In this HousingWire Q&A, Marty Frame, president of WFG subsidiary MyHome, and Ryan Ozonian, senior director of innovation and

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Rechat partners with SkySlope to add forms, e-signatures to platform

Experience management platform Rechat is partnering with transaction management platform SkySlope, enabling Rechat to expand its capabilities into forms and e-signatures.  The firms announced the partnership on Dec. 23. According to a press release, the partnership is an expansion of Rechat’s transactions ecosystem and functions as an add-on with Rechat Deals. Through the partnership, agents

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