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HousingWire’s Tech100 Honorees: How they’re innovating the industry today

The HousingWire award spotlight series highlights the individuals and organizations that have been recognized through our Editors’ Choice Awards. Nominations for HousingWire’s 2025 Tech100 Award are open now through December 16, 2024. Click here to nominate a tech organization. As technology continues to rapidly reshape nearly every aspect of real estate and mortgage, HousingWire’s Tech100 award has…

A homebuyer’s personal story from the post-Sitzer, post-settlement world

Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a series of articles that will explore the effects of the landmark Sitzer/Burnett case, which was decided on Oct. 31, 2023, and has since reshaped the business practices for real estate brokerages and agents across the country. What does a real estate reporter do to mark the one-year anniversary of the…

loanDepot eyes purchase business in the South with new mortgage JV

loanDepot has signed a new joint venture agreement with Smith Douglas Homes, a top-50 homebuilder with a solid book of business in the Southern states. Known as Ridgeland Mortgage, the joint venture will expand loanDepot’s footprint in a region where new-home sales account for roughly one-third to one-half of all transactions, depending on the market….

Realtor associations push back against antitrust allegations in Michigan

The National Association of Realtors (NAR)is pushing back against the antitrust lawsuit filed against it and other Realtor associations in Michigan by three industry professionals. On Friday, the defendants in the suit filed a motion to dismiss the Hardy suit due to a failure to state a claim. The defendants include NAR, the Michigan Association…