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- Trump fires Lisa Cook in latest move to pack Federal Reserve with supporters August 26, 2025Trump fired Fed Governor Lisa Cook on Monday, clearing the way for him to nominate someone who supports his push for lower interest rates.
- Beyond Redfin: Zown bets on AI, salaried agents and buyer rebates August 25, 2025Zown is banking on a salaried agent model, buyer rebates and real estate agents who specialize as they begin U.S. expansion.
- Rent collections improve slightly, but late payments signal strain August 25, 2025Compared with August 2024, the on-time payment rate is down 216 basis points. That marks the 25th consecutive month of annual declines.
- Rocktop’s Cade Thompson on targeting inefficiencies in mortgage lending August 25, 2025Cade Thompson, chief growth officer at Rocktop Technologies, shared how lenders are reframing cost-cutting efforts and easing fears about AI.
- eXp welcomes back The Victorica Group in San Antonio August 25, 2025The top-performing team briefly operated as an independent brokerage before returning to eXp, drawn by the firm’s culture.
- Reverse mortgage lenders log Q2 profits amid home equity, AI push August 25, 2025The publicly traded companies in the reverse mortgage space were largely profitable in the second quarter of 2025, despite a challenging macroeconomic backdrop.
- Realtor.com names Janakiraman Karthikeyan as CTO August 25, 2025Karthikeyan has held other leadership roles at finance and health care companies, most recently as vice president of technology at Chewy.
- Have lower mortgage rates already boosted the homebuilders? August 25, 2025The big publicly traded homebuilder stocks have been on fire recently and people are wondering why, given recent negative headlines.
- Schemmel Soda Group joins Douglas Elliman in Florida August 25, 2025Schemmel Soda Group was named RealTrends' top small team in Sarasota by volume, and earned top Sotheby's Premier placement since 2019.
- Evergreen Home Loans continues expansion tear, adding 11 new states August 25, 2025Evergreen plans to be licensed in 18 additional states by the end of first-quarter 2026, the company said in a news release.