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Former Christie’s International Real Estate affiliate hit with commission dispute

Jun 22, 2026 · 6:00 PM Brooklee Han HousingWire

Earlier this month Mauricio Umansky’s firm The Agency made a splash in New York when it announced the affiliation of a 1,200 agent strong former Christie’s…

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REMAX Premier expands in Chicago

Jun 22, 2026 · 5:46 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Villager Realty , an independent Chicago-area brokerage founded in 1991, has joined REMAX Premier on Chicago’s North Shore, moving its roster of agents into…

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MBA white paper warns housing supply may outpace demand

Jun 22, 2026 · 4:46 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

For more than a decade, housing industry policymakers, researchers and other stakeholders have worked to address a persistent housing shortage in the U.S.…

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Appeals court temporarily blocks CFPB layoffs, returns case to district judge

Jun 22, 2026 · 4:17 PM Sarah Wolak HousingWire

A federal appeals court on Friday blocked the Trump administration from immediately moving forward with plans to cut roughly two-thirds of the workforce at…

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A faster disaster payout model for U.S. hazard insurance

Jun 22, 2026 · 4:08 PM Jody Kahn, JK Housing Advisory HousingWire

In the first half of this two-part topic, I described the piecemeal nature of private hazard insurance policies, state-sponsored “last resort” programs, the…

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Better stories, less hype: How the reverse mortgage industry can improve public perception

Jun 22, 2026 · 4:00 PM Dan Hultquist HousingWire

At last month’s Reverse Mastermind Summit in Knoxville, Tennessee, I had the opportunity to speak about one of the most important challenges facing our…

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Side CEO argues independent brokerages can thrive amid real estate consolidation

Jun 22, 2026 · 3:18 PM Brooklee Han HousingWire

In 2026, over 80% of Side Real Estate ’s partner companies qualified for the RealTrend Verified Rankings , up from 72% a year ago and roughly 51% in 2024.…

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Bed Bath & Beyond Fathom merger tests a retail led brokerage model

Jun 22, 2026 · 3:11 PM Troy Palmquist HousingWire

In 2020, amid a worldwide pandemic, I launched a new business called DOORA , which was a combination interior design firm and furniture gallery that morphed…

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What falling prices mean for your real estate business

Jun 22, 2026 · 2:22 PM Darryl Davis HousingWire

The headlines that landed this month read like a siren. Sharpest price drop in nine years. For a broker-owner scanning the morning news between agent calls…

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Former Fed chair Alan Greenspan dies at 100

Jun 22, 2026 · 1:58 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes HousingWire

Economist Alan Greenspan, the former long-time Federal Reserve chairman who guided the U.S. through a historic decade of economic growth before his policies…

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