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Buffini & Company adds three senior executives to scale coaching

Jun 11, 2026 · 8:49 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Buffini & Company has added three senior executives — Steve Pacinelli as chief revenue officer, JB Bolton as chief operating officer and Ethan Beute as…

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Rechat adds custom app building features

Jun 11, 2026 · 8:16 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Rechat has expanded its platform to allow brokerages, teams, technology providers and vendors to build and deploy custom branded applications directly on…

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New York reform prioritizes housing production over climate review

Jun 11, 2026 · 8:12 PM Richard Lawson HousingWire

New York state’s most sweeping reform of a 50-year-old environmental review law is on the books. Gov. Kathy Hochul secured the changes as part of the state…

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Mortgage Rate News

Rates Drop Sharply to One Week Lows

Jun 11, 2026 · 8:00 PM Matthew Graham Mortgage News Daily

Mortgage rates began the day in uneventful fashion with the average lender right in line with yesterday's latest levels. Things might have gotten off to a…

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eXp World completes AGNT name change, relocates to Texas

Jun 11, 2026 · 7:31 PM Brooklee Han, HousingWire Automation HousingWire

eXp World Holdings, Inc. has completed its corporate transformation to AGNT, Inc . , including a formal name change and a move of its legal domicile from…

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2026 RealTrends Verified: Family ties drive success for The Horak Group

Jun 11, 2026 · 7:27 PM Jonathan Delozier HousingWire

Long before she became a real estate agent helping lead one of the nation’s top-performing small teams, Molly Horak was spending her days in an infant…

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Jay Clayton tapped for DNI role as Congress pushes back on Pulte

Jun 11, 2026 · 7:26 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes HousingWire

President Donald Trump confirmed Thursday that Bill Pulte ’s tenure as acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI) will be temporary. He announced on…

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Housing Industry News

Washington agents now face limits on private listings

Jun 11, 2026 · 7:21 PM Brooklee Han HousingWire

On Thursday morning, real estate professionals in Washington state woke up having to comply with a new law requiring them to publicly market their…

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US foreclosure filings rise 14% annually in May, led by Southeast states

Jun 11, 2026 · 6:16 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

U.S. foreclosure activity continued its gradual annual rise in May 2026 even as filings declined from April, according to ATTOM ’s latest Foreclosure Market…

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Why eXp and NextHome say the private listings war is here

Jun 11, 2026 · 6:10 PM Tracey Velt, HousingWire Automation HousingWire

At an event in France, an eXp Realty agent who had relocated from Southern California pulled eXp Realty CEO Leo Pareja aside with a warning from the other…

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