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Housing Industry News

eXp Realty doesn’t want to build another chatbot. It wants to connect to yours

Oct 8, 2026 · 04:00 PM Brooklee Han HousingWire

Agents can authorize connections inside their preferred chat tool, reducing manual exports and repeated data updates

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FHA lending to nonpermanent residents has dropped in the wake of HUD’s rule change

Oct 8, 2026 · 03:34 PM Sarah Wolak HousingWire

ICE data shows the FHA purchase share for this group fell from 5.8% to 0.1% after a rule change in May 2025

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Housing Industry News

The 90-day business reset every real estate agent should do before 2027

Oct 8, 2026 · 03:00 PM Juliet Clapp HousingWire

Run a business audit, rebuild your database, and lock 3 decisions for what to do more of and stop doing.

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Housing Industry News

70% of mortgage executives just told you the future

Oct 8, 2026 · 02:05 PM Rick Roque, Jim Deitch HousingWire

Are we creating strategic optionality?

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Why the condo sale next door may not be the best comp

Oct 8, 2026 · 01:14 PM Jake Miakota HousingWire

Why market definition may be the missing layer between property data and actionable market intelligence

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Housing Industry News

Compass, Qualia expand title and escrow partnership

Oct 8, 2026 · 12:30 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Consolidation will replace separate systems Compass inherited following its merger with Anywhere Real Estate

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Vesta raises $30M in Series B funding to expand AI-native LOS

Oct 8, 2026 · 12:00 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Among lender investors in the platform, Pennymac saw a 25% drop in origination costs and 50% LO efficiency gains after moving to Vesta

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Housing Industry News

Howard Hughes blueprints a 400,000-resident desert community

Oct 8, 2026 · 09:21 AM Tyler Williams HousingWire

Once complete, Teravalis could deliver 130,000-plus homes and 60 million sq ft of commercial space west of Phoenix

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Housing Industry News

UAD 3.6 is coming. Hybrid appraisals are built for it.

Oct 8, 2026 · 07:00 AM Nikkita Phanda HousingWire

Hybrid eligibility is now in the high-90% range for some programs, expanding use cases ahead of Nov. 2

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Housing Industry News

Confessions of a content hoarder: What 107 dead pages taught me

Oct 8, 2026 · 07:00 AM Alizabeth Leng-Barton HousingWire

Tough-love advice to marketers about their bloated websites

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