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The underwriting problem crypto built: What regulators and institutions are watching

Contributors, Cryptocurrency, HWmember, Institutional investors, Mortgage, Opinion, Origination, Regulatory Compliance, Technology /

Cryptocurrency is no longer a peripheral line item in borrower financial profiles. Approximately 30% of American adults now own it. Global ownership has surpassed an estimated 500 million people. The total housing market has crossed the $1 trillion mark multiple times in recent years. These numbers mean that lenders, originators and the regulators overseeing them […]

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Inside QXO’s growth plan after $30.2 billion acquisition spree

Construction, homebuilder, HWmember, Leadership, Mergers and Acquisitions, Technology, The Builder's Daily /

Less than a month after announcing its pending TopBuild for $17 billion, QXO’s business strategists outlined plans to integrate the company into its platform, drive higher profitability and accelerate organic growth across the combined business. On Monday, QXO released an investor Q&A document that detailed the company’s growth strategy, as the Brad Jacobs-backed firm plans

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Broker Public Portal, RPR bring valuation data to Cribio platform

Appraisals, Appraisals and Valuations, Broker Public Portal, HWmember, MLS, MLS/Associations, Real Estate, Technology, Valuation /

Broker Public Portal (BPP) and Realtors Property Resource (RPR) have announced a new collaboration that will integrate RPR’s Realtors Valuation Model into BPP’s Cribio consumer home search experience for participating MLSs and associations. Under the agreement, MLSs and associations partnered with BPP may authorize the display of Realtors Valuation Model values on eligible off-market properties

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Ivory Prize honors solutions in a higher rate, higher risk backdrop

Affordable housing, Capital, Homebuilders, Housing Policy, HWmember, Leadership, Policy, Technology, The Builder's Daily /

The affordability crisis in American housing demands more invention, more experimentation and more scalable models to break through the chronic chokeholds of economic, building-technology, and political will. The hard truth is that, against a backdrop of a harsher-than-expected new-home sales season and a higher-for-longer interest-rate environment, the operating environment is making it harder to fund,

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Figure posts strong Q1 on surge in blockchain lending activity

Blockchain, Earnings, Figure Technologies, HWmember, Mortgage, Origination, Technology /

Figure Technology Solutions reported first-quarter net income of $45 million as the blockchain-based lending marketplace nearly doubled revenue and more than doubled consumer loan marketplace volume year-over-year. The company said on Tuesday that its consumer loan marketplace volume rose 113% year over year to $2.9 billion in the quarter ended March 31. Figure Connect volume

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Real estate tech started like streaming and ended as a bundle

Agent, Contributors, HWmember, Opinion, Proptech, Real Estate, real estate teams, Real Estate Technology, Technology /

Remember when Netflix felt like the answer to everything? One price, one app, watch whatever you want. People were ditching cable because the math was obvious. Why pay for 200 channels when $12 a month got you everything you wanted to watch. Simple, cheap, done. Then Disney launched their own thing. Then HBO. Then Paramount,

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Cotality launches Broker Listing Exchange with KW, HomeServices

Cotality, HomeServices of America, HWmember, Keller Williams, MLS, MLS/Associations, Real Estate, Technology /

Cotality has launched Broker Listing Exchange, or Cotality BLX, with Keller Williams and HomeServices of America as the first firms to implement the system, according to an announcement on Tuesday.  Cotality BLX is an enterprise listing management and distribution platform that gives brokerages more direct control over how listings are created, standardized and syndicated across

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MeridianLink expands AI offerings as volume, customer growth accelerate

Artificial Intelligence, HWmember, MeridianLink, Mortgage, Mortgage applications, Technology /

MeridianLink, a provider of digital lending and data-driven decisioning solutions, announced on Tuesday that it is expanding its platform with new artificial intelligence capabilities and continued growth in its mortgage business. The company launched MeridianLink Intelligence, an embedded AI offering within its MeridianLink One platform. The system, nicknamed “Millie,” deploys role-based AI agents designed to

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What lenders are really saying about efficiency in 2026

Artificial Intelligence, Contributors, HWmember, Lenders, Mortgage, Opinion, Technology /

If you want to understand where the mortgage industry is headed, spend a few days listening to lenders at gatherings like ICE Experience, HousingWire’s The Gathering or Texas MBA’s annual convention when they are not presenting, not pitching and not on panels. Spend time in the hallways. At the booths. In the quiet conversations between

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Realtor.com operator sees revenue rise 10% in News Corp’s Q3 earnings

Damian Eales, Earnings, HWmember, Move, News Corp., Real Estate, Realtor.com, Technology /

Strong financial results for Realtor.com operator Move underscored solid earnings for Move parent company News Corp during the third quarter of fiscal year 2026, which ended March 31. During the quarter, News Corp recorded a 9% annual increase in revenue to $2.19 billion, which it attributed to growth in its digital real estate services, Dow

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