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HousingWire acquires Keeping Current Matters to deepen local data for agents

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HousingWire has acquired Keeping Current Matters (KCM), adding the subscription content platform for real estate professionals to its HousingWire Solutions division and expanding local market intelligence inside the tools agents use to win listings. The deal, announced Tuesday, makes KCM a core component of HousingWire Solutions alongside Altos and RealTrends under the leadership of Mark […]

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Sotheby’s International Realty names Marissa Ghesquiere regional president

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Marissa Ghesquiere has been appointed as regional president for the East Coast and Central regions at Sotheby’s International Realty Inc. It’s a newly created role for the firm in which Ghesquiere will oversee brokerage operations across several key markets while continuing to lead the firm’s East Side Manhattan brokerage, the company announced Monday. In the

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Top agent Kris Zacuto joins Christie’s Southern California

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Christie’s International Real Estate Southern California has expanded its presence in the Silicon Beach and South Bay luxury markets with the addition of luxury real estate adviser Kris Zacuto as director of luxury estates. Zacuto brings more than a decade of experience in luxury real estate and more than $300 million in career sales volume.

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Boston’s international business boom equals more demand for housing

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For Boston real estate agents scanning for the next wave of demand, the most important market signal may not come through mortgage rates or listings — but from where multinational corporations decide to plant their flag. Boston has been named the top U.S. city for foreign multinational business activity in the Financial Times–Nikkei Investing in

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RealTrends Verified 2026 shows higher sales volume for teams, agents in 2025

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Despite yet another year of sluggish home sales, the nation’s top-performing real estate agents and teams continued to produce strong results in 2025.  Over 50,000 agents and teams earned a spot on the 2026 RealTrends Verified rankings, published on Friday. While this is roughly 5,000 more qualifiers than last year, those ranked in the RealTrends

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Lawmakers urge FTC to probe real estate referral practices

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Two federal lawmakers are urging Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew Ferguson to investigate the referral practices of online real estate platforms.  In a letter sent to Chairman Ferguson last Friday, Representatives Jennifer McClellan and Donald Beyer, both Democrats from Virginia, claimed that “certain deceptive or insufficiently transparent internet advertising and solicitation practices may be

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Trump’s executive order unlikely to slow adoption of AI in real estate

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President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order calling for creation of a voluntary review framework for the nation’s most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models before public release. It also directs federal agencies to expand AI-powered cybersecurity programs and establish a new government-industry clearinghouse for software vulnerabilities. “Advanced AI capabilities make our Nation stronger,

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New York AG probes Compass-Anywhere acquisition

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Compass International Holdings appears to be under investigation by the office of New York state Attorney General Letitia James.  Leaders at other real estate brokerages in New York City have confirmed to HousingWire that James’s office has reached out to request information as part of an inquiry into Compass. The news was first reported by

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Canopy MLS opens participation to brokers nationwide

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Canopy MLS is rolling out a new participation model and technology framework that will allow licensed real estate professionals across the country to join its platform and submit listings through approved third-party or proprietary systems, the organization announced Wednesday.  Under the participation initiative, brokers and brokerages from outside the Charlotte-based MLS’s traditional service area will

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PadSplit, Furnished Finder announce rental housing partnership

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Furnished Finder has partnered with PadSplit to add thousands of PadSplit room rentals to the Furnished Finder platform. The partnership represents Furnished Finder’s largest housing inventory integration to date and responds to growing demand for private room rentals, which accounted for 19% of all property views on the platform in 2025. Furnished Finder currently hosts

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