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New Luxury Presence platform combines AI tools and marketing

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Luxury Presence has introduced a new technology platform designed to consolidate marketing, customer management and advertising tools into a single system for real estate agents. The product — called the Presence Platform — brings together several functions typically handled across multiple vendors, including customer relationship management (CRM), social media marketing, listing advertising and client engagement […]

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The immigration cliff: How America’s population shift is quietly reshaping the rental market

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For years, multifamily underwriting has treated population growth as a constant factor. However, that assumption has masked an important distinction: not all demand is created equal. Workforce housing demand and Class A housing demand are increasingly being driven by different forces. This divergence is becoming more visible in current data. First-quarter data point to a

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Reverse Mastermind Summit kicks off with practical advice, choice words

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Reverse mortgage professionals converged in Knoxville, Tennessee, this week for the inaugural Reverse Mastermind Summit — a three-day event designed to bolster the sales skills of industry newcomers by surrounding them with knowledge from industry veterans. The event opened Tuesday with remarks from three leaders behind the event — Loren Riddick of NEXA Lending, Shannon

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PennyMac Q1 earnings: Strong mortgage production offsets weaker servicing results

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PennyMac Financial Services reported first-quarter net income of $82.3 million, or $1.53 per diluted share, as stronger mortgage production helped offset weaker servicing results tied to mortgage servicing rights valuation changes and hedging losses. The Westlake Village, California-based mortgage lender and servicer posted adjusted net income of $117.7 million, or $2.19 per diluted share, for

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Compass posts strong Q1 following Anywhere acquisition

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Compass, Inc. reported strong first-quarter 2026 financial results Tuesday — reflecting its first full quarter as a combined company following its acquisition of Anywhere in January. Year-over-year comparisons reflect combined results of Compass and Anywhere for 2025, providing a like-for-like comparison with the newly merged company. The firm posted $2.7 billion in revenue for the

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Missouri may expand its first-time homebuyer savings tax break

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Saving for a first home in Missouri is about to get a significant tax break – with a big if – provided the state Senate’s latest housing bill makes it through the House. Senate Bill 1001 passed the Senate this spring and now sits before a House committee. The bill includes a sweeping upgrade to

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Scarcity buoyed March new home sales; builder pressures mount

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New home sales at the onset of the spring selling season were higher than a year ago, but homebuilders continued to ramp up incentives and price discounts to maintain sales activity. As a result, new home prices fell to their lowest point in nearly five years during March.  There were countless headlines over the past

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New Jersey real estate teams merge and join eXp Realty

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Sharif Hatab moved his Team Sharif Sells operation to eXp Realty from Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices FOX & ROACH, Realtors and merged with Peter Boutros’ Stunning NJ Homes to launch the Unify Real Estate Team in New Jersey, the company announced on Tuesday. eXp Realty, the cloud-based brokerage subsidiary of eXp World Holdings, said the move

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Zillow, Realtor.com team up to broaden pre-market home access

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Zillow and Realtor.com are joining forces to display Zillow’s pre-market Preview listings on both portals, extending early access to for-sale homes to buyers across the two largest U.S. real estate search sites, according to an announcement on Tuesday. Beginning this summer, homes entered as Zillow Preview listings will also appear as Realtor.com Preview listings on

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New book gives agents a system to target life events, not random leads

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New Kendall Bonner book gives agents a system to target life events, not random leads The book, titled The Motivated Mover Method: A Repeatable System for Real Estate Agents to Build a Predictable Pipeline of Clients Ready to Move, is now available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle, Bonner announced May 5. Rather than adding

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