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Housing Industry News

Brands By Integra earns GameChanger nod with 65% transaction growth

Jun 10, 2026 · 7:21 PM Jonathan Delozier HousingWire

Brands By Integra has been named a 2026 GameChanger by RealTrends Verified — increasing transaction sides by 65% between 2021 and 2025 as it navigated one…

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Why mortgage’s regulatory floor is an AI moat

Jun 10, 2026 · 7:18 PM Sandeep Shivam HousingWire

Every mortgage AI demo this year ends the same way: the loan closes itself. The most valuable AI deployments in mortgage end differently, with the…

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Bill aims to shred red tape for Buy America housing funds access

Jun 10, 2026 · 6:51 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

On Tuesday, lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced the Build American Efficiency Act , a bill designed to make it easier for…

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Mortgage Rate News

Mortgage Rates Remain Almost Perfectly Flat

Jun 10, 2026 · 6:32 PM Matthew Graham Mortgage News Daily

There's been remarkably little change in mortgage rates so far this week. Monday saw a modest increase vs Friday, but since then, there's been essentially…

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Why purchase applications are rising even as mortgage rates climb

Jun 10, 2026 · 6:31 PM Logan Mohtashami HousingWire

Yesterday, existing home sales data beat estimates, with revisions that show a positive trend in home sales, and then today the purchase application data…

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Housing Industry News

The Agency adds 1,200 agents in New York tri-state expansion

Jun 10, 2026 · 6:11 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

The Agency , a global luxury real estate brokerage founded in 2011 by Mauricio Umansky , is adding a tri-state brokerage operation formerly affiliated with…

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2026 RealTrends Verified: James Harris focuses on quality over quantity to unlock top ranking

Jun 10, 2026 · 5:39 PM Brooklee Han HousingWire

For James Harris, the leader and founder of Harris & Partners , a top-producing large team based in Beverly Hills, California , the key to his team’s…

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NRMLA targets lower HECM insurance premiums, fewer second appraisals

Jun 10, 2026 · 5:34 PM Neil Pierson HousingWire

Leaders at the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association offered updates on key regulatory and legislative initiatives at this week’s NRMLA Western…

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Housing Industry News

Cost headwinds batter affordable housing developers, report finds

Jun 10, 2026 · 4:27 PM Tyler Williams, HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Affordable housing developers are being squeezed from all sides as operating costs surge, supply shrinks and policy responses race to keep pace, according…

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Housing Industry News

Rocket Companies upsizes bond deal to $1.5 billion

Jun 10, 2026 · 3:57 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes, HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Rocket Companies has priced the issuance of $1.5 billion in senior notes in an oversubscribed transaction, with proceeds to refinance an existing term loan,…

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