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The verification layer financial systems forgot to build

Jun 9, 2026 · 07:30 AM Gerald Green HousingWire

For decades, financial systems operated on a quiet assumption: most information entering the system was fundamentally real. Documents might arrive…

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Just don’t: Why AI-generated marketing content is a regulatory minefield for mortgage lenders

Jun 9, 2026 · 06:53 AM James Duncan HousingWire

Marketers have long used endorsements and testimonials in their ads. Even though it goes by multiple names, this is a playbook dating back centuries. You…

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Housing Industry News

Many older Americans stuck in homes that no longer fit

Jun 8, 2026 · 11:26 PM Jonathan Delozier, HousingWire Automation HousingWire

The nation’s housing shortage is often framed as a challenge for first-time buyers and growing families. But another group is increasingly feeling the…

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Class Valuation adds Makena InstaPlan ahead of UAD 3.6 shift

Jun 8, 2026 · 08:54 PM Sarah Wolak HousingWire

Class Valuation has partnered with Makena to provide appraisers with new mobile data-collection tools ahead of the mortgage industry’s transition to the…

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May rent trends run sideways as multifamily supply stays strong

Jun 8, 2026 · 08:54 PM Richard Lawson HousingWire

Policymakers have been making the case that more supply is a better check on housing costs than rent stabilization. May apartment rental data backs up that…

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Mortgage and real estate battle for the top of the funnel

Jun 8, 2026 · 08:49 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes HousingWire

Like many mortgage professionals, Vipul Hapani can see the wave of industry consolidation forming on the horizon and knows it is only a matter of time…

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Mortgage Rate News

Mortgage Rates Just a Bit Higher After Last Week's Jump

Jun 8, 2026 · 08:33 PM Matthew Graham Mortgage News Daily

The average top-tier 30yr fixed mortgage rate rose 0.08% last Friday after the jobs report came in much stronger than expected. Today added another 0.02% of…

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Housing Industry News

HUD pilots robotics-built housing and automated permitting

Jun 8, 2026 · 08:22 PM John McManus HousingWire

A pair of ultra-modest, little-noticed funding opportunities from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development may signal a new strategy taking…

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Housing Industry News

Top agent Kris Zacuto joins Christie’s International Real Estate Southern California

Jun 8, 2026 · 06:29 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Christie’s International Real Estate Southern California has expanded its presence in the Silicon Beach and South Bay luxury markets with the addition of…

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Sotheby’s International Realty names Marissa Ghesquiere regional president

Jun 8, 2026 · 05:25 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Marissa Ghesquiere has been appointed as regional president for the East Coast and Central regions at Sotheby’s International Realty Inc. It’s a newly…

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