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HistoryMaker Homes’ crawl-walk-run approach to AI adoption

Aug 12, 2026 · 10:46 AM Tyler Williams HousingWire

Although homebuilders have not always fully developed AI strategies yet, the homebuilding industry at large is quickly recognizing and embracing it as a…

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How AI can power a leaner, meaner homebuilding land team

Aug 12, 2026 · 10:16 AM Tyler Williams HousingWire

AI’s move beyond talk, hype and possibility, to where it’s powering business operations and results was a constant theme at HousingWire’s AI Homebuilder…

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Legal fight over a ditch puts 265-home Utah project at risk

Aug 12, 2026 · 9:39 AM Richard Lawson HousingWire

A narrow irrigation ditch runs along the edge of a 142-acre former farm near Willard, about 50 miles north of Salt Lake City. Beside it sits a 2.74-acre…

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Texas HOA laws are changing board responsibilities. Here’s how communities can keep up.

Aug 12, 2026 · 7:00 AM Nikkole Luna HousingWire

Serving on a homeowners’ association (HOA) board has always meant balancing the needs of the community with the responsibility of managing its finances and…

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When it comes to closing workflow gaps, does one size really fit all?

Aug 12, 2026 · 7:00 AM Jimmy Lewis, Sridhar Loganathan HousingWire

For the past several years, title agents have been giving their technology partners some version of the same request: help us close the gaps. Those “gaps”…

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Housing Industry News

The hidden data problem costing national builders millions

Aug 12, 2026 · 7:00 AM Higharc HousingWire

Homebuilders have invested heavily in technology, purchasing customer relationship management platforms, enterprise resource planning systems and other…

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Small businesses shun retirement plans over cost, complexity fears

Aug 11, 2026 · 9:30 PM Jonathan Delozier, HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Only about half of U.S. private-sector workers participate in an employer-sponsored retirement plan at any given time — a gap driven almost entirely by…

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Housing Industry News

FirstTeam expands in Midwest with new Kansas City office

Aug 11, 2026 · 9:15 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

FirstTeam has expanded its national brokerage footprint into Kansas and Missouri, partnering with broker-owner Scott Eckhoff and Rival Real Estate to open…

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Housing Industry News

Epique Realty CEO Josh Miller offers 3-point fix for agent tech adoption

Aug 11, 2026 · 8:34 PM Jonathan Delozier HousingWire

Josh Miller, CEO and co-founder of Epique Realty , told attendees at Tuesday’s HousingWire AI Summit that the real estate industry’s most expensive…

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Mortgage Rate News

Mortgage Rates Sideways to Slightly Higher

Aug 11, 2026 · 8:30 PM Matthew Graham Mortgage News Daily

It ended up being a remarkably uneventful day for mortgage rates. Some lenders were slightly higher than yesterday. Others were roughly unchanged. The…

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