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Real estate tech shifting from Swiss Army knives to scalpels

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For nearly two decades, real estate technology followed a predictable playbook: Build an all-in-one platform that does everything, with the CRM, dialer, transaction management and nurture campaigns all under one roof. But a quiet reversal is underway. A growing number of agents, teams and brokerages are abandoning general-purpose tools in favor of highly specialized solutions […]

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Here’s how agentic AI is already transforming title and escrow

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Title and escrow has long operated under the weight of manual processes and fragmented systems. Now, a new class of technology, agentic AI, is beginning to fundamentally transform how work gets done across the industry, driving greater speed, precision, scale and service. The next evolution of artificial intelligence, agentic AI, does more than generate content

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Realty of America rockets into RealTrends Verified Rankings top 50 in first full year

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Growing up in poverty in Chicago, Realty of America founder and CEO Eddie Garcia, remembers going to the Archdiocese of Chicago on Tuesdays each week as a child to pick up a small box of food for his family.  “I came from extreme poverty,” Garcia said. “Both of my parents were homeless, living under highway

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When listings lie: AI staging pushes real estate into an ethics gray zone

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Virtual staging — once a simple tool for digitally adding furniture — is rapidly evolving into a powerful and sometimes controversial force in real estate marketing as artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes what’s possible. To understand where the line is drawn between enhancement and misrepresentation, it helps to start with the people who enforce the rules.

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As AI in housing grows, buyers demand transparency and to keep humans in the loop

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Three in four homebuyers assume artificial intelligence already plays a role in the homebuying process, but most still want humans making or verifying key decisions, according to a new global survey from property data firm Cotality. Its AI in Housing 2026 Report, released Thursday, finds that 75% of buyers expect AI to be embedded somewhere

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Plaintiffs push back on NAR’s bid to settle Tuccori commission lawsuit

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The Batton homebuyer commission lawsuit plaintiffs have unsurprisingly taken a stand against the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) decision to settle the homebuyer antitrust claims by opting-in to the Tuccori homebuyer commission lawsuit settlement.  Due to the settlement, which was announced last Friday, NAR filed a motion to stay the Batton litigation, in which it

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REMAX agents get Zillow Preview, Showcase in Marketing Studio

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Zillow has signed an agreement with REMAX that makes its Zillow Preview and Zillow Showcase listing products available to REMAX agents nationwide through the REMAX Marketing Studio, according to an announcement on Tuesday.  Zillow had previously announced REMAX as one of the original firms to sign up for Zillow Preview, its pre-marketing platform for coming soon

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The brands raising the bar in housing: The 2025 Exhibit Awards finalists announced

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There is a shift happening in real estate and mortgage, and it has less to do with rates or technology than with how companies show up. Branding was once treated as a finishing touch. Today, it is becoming a core part of how brokerages and lenders compete, and that evolution is on full display in

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Will new tax on ultra-luxury NYC homes derail red hot demand?

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul is reversing course and throwing support behind a proposed annual tax on high-end second homes in New York City. Hochul, who had previously resisted the measure, now says affluent property owners — particularly those with multimillion-dollar second homes — should help shoulder the burden of growing revenue gaps. The proposed

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Self-care plans for real estate agent burnout

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There is a special flavor of exhaustion that only independent contractors know. It is not the regular tired that comes from a long day. It is the deep-space fatigue of being your own boss, HR department, marketing team, IT help desk, billing office, custodian, and emotional support animal. You do not clock out. Then layer

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