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Housing Industry News

Exclusive: Dark Matter acquires House Numbers’ agentic AI platform

Oct 30, 2026 · 2:30 PM Sarah Wolak HousingWire

Jeff Levinsohn, the co-founder and CEO of House Numbers, joins Dark Matter as chief AI officer

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Housing Industry News

Student Hack-A-House trailblazers focus on housing’s bottlenecks

Oct 30, 2026 · 12:48 PM John McManus HousingWire

64 university teams pitched 24-hour solutions spanning panelized production, permitting workflow, and manufactured home finance

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Housing Industry News

Homebuilder profits, why brand beats volume for Toll Brothers

Oct 30, 2026 · 12:25 PM Scott Finfer HousingWire

The homebuilder scale trap is that revenue can rise 50% while profits fall; Toll tripled net income as Lennar earned less than in 2020

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Housing Industry News

AI can speed housing development amid crisis

Oct 30, 2026 · 7:00 AM Valerie White HousingWire

Seattle reported intake review time cut by about 50%; Honolulu permit decisions averaged 32.5 days versus 73 days

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Housing Industry News

Rocket posts $709M profit in Q3 despite tougher mortgage market

Oct 29, 2026 · 9:39 PM Sarah Wolak HousingWire

Rocket guided Q4 adjusted revenue to range of $2.1 billion to $2.3 billion while noting that refis could drop nearly 50% from Q3

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Housing Industry News

Why Howard Hanna was missing from Open Real Estate launch list

Oct 29, 2026 · 8:40 PM Brooklee Han HousingWire

CEO Hoby Hanna says founders have contacted him, he wants clarity on governance, funding and end goals before committing

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Mortgage Rate News

Rates Dip to New Multi-Week Lows

Oct 29, 2026 · 8:16 PM Matthew Graham Mortgage News Daily

After 4 rather uneventful trading days, the bond market (which underlies interest rate movement) experienced a bit more volatility today. Fortunately, it…

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Housing Industry News

RealTrends Verified brokerage Howard Hanna enters Alabama with ARC, Capstone deal

Oct 29, 2026 · 7:53 PM Brooklee Han HousingWire

The partnership adds 875 agents across 12 offices in Birmingham, Montgomery and Huntsville

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Housing Industry News

MLS executives weigh Open Real Estate and listing control

Oct 29, 2026 · 6:51 PM Brooklee Han HousingWire

Bright MLS and Northstar MLS cite modernization potential, SDMLS flags adoption hurdles and data set concerns

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Housing Industry News

CrossCountry says borrowers are saving an average of $2,500 with VantageScore 4.0

Oct 29, 2026 · 5:46 PM Sarah Wolak HousingWire

Company cites a 62-bps average LLPA reduction in the first 60 days after scores improved

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