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BOXABL expands offerings with ‘kit-of-parts’ modular platform

Jun 2, 2026 · 08:30 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

BOXABL is moving beyond its flagship Casita accessory dwelling unit with a Phase 2 product lineup that uses three standardized modules to configure more…

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Cloze Forge platform lets real estate firms ‘vibe code’ custom tools

Jun 2, 2026 · 08:26 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Cloze announced Cloze Forge at the 1000WATT Signal conference on Tuesday. It’s a new platform allowing real estate brokerages to build and deploy fully…

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Cole West promotes Chris Winter to President of Homebuilding

Jun 2, 2026 · 08:17 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Utah-based Cole West named Chris Winter as the company’s new president of homebuilding to help facilitate the developer’s expanding footprint across Utah,…

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Mortgage Rate News

Mortgage Rates Move Modestly Lower

Jun 2, 2026 · 07:59 PM Matthew Graham Mortgage News Daily

It was an uneventful day for the bond market and, thus, mortgage rates. Unlike the average trading day of late, there were no conspicuous war-related…

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Why CoStar, Berkshire Hathaway are betting big on homebuilding

Jun 2, 2026 · 06:54 PM Brooklee Han HousingWire

The past week saw two companies traditionally associated with the real estate industry make a splash in the homebuilding space . Things kicked off on Friday…

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Windermere promotes founding family member Lucy Wood to regional director

Jun 2, 2026 · 06:13 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Windermere Real Estate has promoted Lucy Wood to regional director for western Washington and Oregon, placing her in charge of the company’s largest…

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Onity wins approval for revised reverse MSR sale to FOA

Jun 2, 2026 · 05:19 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes HousingWire

Onity Group Inc. won regulatory approval for a revised sale of most of its reverse mortgage servicing rights to Finance of America (FOA), the company said…

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Home purchase demand holds up even with mortgage rates at 6.7%

Jun 2, 2026 · 05:18 PM Neil Pierson HousingWire

Rates for 30-year conforming mortgages stayed above 6.7% this week, but housing market activity has been resilient as weekly pending sales and purchase loan…

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Gitcha integrates buyer listing service into Momentum MLS

Jun 2, 2026 · 05:00 PM Brooklee Han, HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Gitcha and Momentum MLS have formed a strategic partnership to integrate Gitcha’s Buyer Listing Service into the MLS platform for real estate professionals…

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Housing Industry News

Century 21 Americana expands into Montana

Jun 2, 2026 · 04:52 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Century 21 Americana has expanded into Montana through the addition of Century 21 Hometown Brokers , a leading brokerage in Billings and the top-performing…

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