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Friday Harbor adds Schilling, Stayton to bolster lender-facing teams

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Seattle-based Friday Harbor, an AI-powered mortgage underwriting platform, has hired two mortgage industry veterans, naming Kate Schilling as director of sales and Melina Stayton as customer success manager, the company announced Monday. Schilling brings more than 13 years of mortgage experience to the newly created sales role. Stayton adds nearly 15 years of banking and […]

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The platform play: How Real, LPT Realty are reshaping brokerage growth

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RealTrends Verified’s 2026 brokerage rankings reveal clear momentum for technology-fueled challengers, with The Real Brokerage and LPT Realty again emerging as significant movers. The Real Brokerage, led by CEO Tamir Poleg, held steady at No. 5 by sales volume with $65.2 billion. But the company’s more notable achievement came in transaction sides, where it jumped

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Interactive dashboards: A move from optional to essential

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Mortgage servicers and their partners need dashboards for speed and transparency. Interactive dashboards are a practical application of business intelligence (BI) technology, designed to make data accessible and actionable for day-to-day decisions. Microsoft Power BI and similar platforms allow users to filter, drill, and visualize data in an interactive way. Many leading dashboard platforms also

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Real Estate Agent Development Plan to Break a Plateau

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You’re experienced. You’ve closed deals, navigated tough transactions and built a book of business. But your production hasn’t meaningfully changed. One month is strong, the next is quiet. No matter how many hours you put in, it’s hard to build consistent momentum. This is where a lot of agents stall. According to the National Association

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Pre-marketing listings grows across Compass, Zillow and eXp

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With more companies signing on to pre-marketing platforms, it appears that the new trend of pre-marketing listings is here to stay, at least for the moment. While the notion of a coming soon listing is nothing new, with numerous MLSs across the country offering some variation of this status, more and more listing portals and

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Lower’s John Berkowitz on building lead generation certainty with Movoto Advantage

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After being acquired by mortgage lender Lower in May 2025, executives at real estate listing portal Movoto said they hoped to use Lower’s network to connect more consumers with top local real estate agents and mortgage professionals. This vision — which was first explained to HousingWire by John Berkowitz, former Movoto CEO and current president

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New Cheval Holdings acquires Surge, appoints Jimmy Gillespie as CEO

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Surge, a partner intelligence platform for wholesale mortgage lenders, has been acquired by New Cheval Holdings as the wholesale channel faces tighter scrutiny on broker oversight and market share pressure from retail and direct-to-consumer lenders. The transaction brings dedicated ownership and institutional backing to a platform used by wholesale lenders that are regularly ranked among

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loanDepot, Figure team up on streamlined home loan and equity products

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loanDepot announced Thursday that it has formed a strategic partnership with Figure Technology Solutions to power a new “express-path” home loan product through loanDepot’s mello platform. Under the agreement, loanDepot will integrate Figure’s proprietary credit and loan underwriting engine into its mello technology stack and point-of-sale system. The integration is designed to allow loanDepot to

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Naples adopts AI to accelerate building plan review processes

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Blitz Permits Inc. (Blitz AI), a Florida-based developer of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered automated plan review technology, recently announced a strategic partnership with CityView, a provider of community development and permitting software for local governments.  The companies will roll out a next-generation permitting and plan review experience, starting with a joint implementation in the City of

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Tri Pointe Homes unveils its new wellness models in Utah

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Tri Pointe Homes recently announced the launch of LivingWell, a new wellness concept that expands on its LivingSmart program. The initiative is part of a multilayered strategy to enhance mental and physical health through innovative design focused on performance and human-centered approaches.  The builder started construction on a roughly 7,700-square-foot model home in Utah that

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