A week after announcing a new in-house mortgage product, Opendoor has another move up its sleeve — 4.99 percent mortgages. The company’s CEO said the offering has “obvious scale advantages.” Continue reading
The FHFA ordered Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to sever ties with Anthropic, signaling how politics and regulation may shape AI adoption in housing finance. Continue reading
Once again, the industry gathered in New York City, and AI was all the buzz. Here are just a few of the hottest takes. Continue reading
While CEOs trade barbs, real estate agents are focused on how to take home more in commissions this year than last year. Continue reading
Competence and transparency are being rewarded in today’s real estate market, and the agents who exhibit those traits will flourish in the face of AI, CEO Blake O’Shaughnessy writes. Continue reading
A Michigan mortgage lender is facing a class action lawsuit alleging it used AI-generated, artificial-voice cold calls to pitch refinancing without consent. Continue reading
Compass Coming Soon listings will receive priority display on Redfin.com, with buyer inquiries sent to Compass listing agents, according to details of the new partnership. Continue reading
CertifID broadens its platform from wire fraud prevention to full closing workflow management, adding payoff ordering, eSignatures and digital payments. Continue reading
Opendoor is testing an in-house mortgage product, reviving its lending ambitions as it pushes toward a fully integrated, end-to-end transaction platform. Continue reading
Attention is now rented, and authority is infrastructure, Molly McKinley and Lauren Henss write. That means instead of the attention economy, we are now operating in the trust economy. Continue reading