Is crypto ready for prime time in housing finance? Rate thinks so

Mortgage lender Rate has launched RateFi, a nationwide non-QM mortgage program that allows qualified borrowers to use verified cryptocurrency holdings for mortgage qualification without liquidating their digital assets. Continue reading

Proptech CEO: We’re ’empowering’ real estate agents, not ‘trying to displace’ them

Infinityy wants buyers to turn to listings, not Google, with their questions. And the company believes it can turn early curiosity into faster, more qualified conversations. Continue reading

Colorado brokers must use new form in latest push for disclosure

Brokers must obtain “informed consent” to share clients’ confidential information after regulators change a long-standing form in Colorado. Continue reading

Real estate’s ghosts: A compliance carol for past, present and future

On the eve of reflection, choice and accountability, compliance expert Summer Goralik shares a compliance carol with the real estate industry. Continue reading

5 qualities every great transaction coordinator must have in 2026

Behind every smooth real estate closing is a transaction coordinator who keeps it all moving, Jessica Souza writes. Here’s what separates the good from the truly great. Continue reading

7 lessons the Marines taught this CEO about running a brokerage

Sandilyn Burnett’s years in the service shaped how she runs her company today: with structure, accountability and an unwavering sense of duty, Josh Ries writes. Continue reading

Real estate has become lawsuit-happy, and it’s killing our credibility

Real estate leaders can either keep fighting for control or start working to lift each other, and the industry, higher, Josh Ries writes. Continue reading

Your AI twin hates you

Meet the EpiqueAI Twin, a virtual counterpart that handles everything from contracts to content while real agents focus on clients. With most of this tech already in play, the real estate future we imagined is closer than you think. Continue reading

What robot umpires teach real estate agents about their jobs

Summer Goralik explores the bittersweet symphony of robot umpires in baseball and AI in real estate — and why perfection still needs a human rhythm. Continue reading