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Discount brokerage Homie Technology, Inc.’s appeal to reverse the dismissal of its lawsuit against the National Association of Realtors® (NAR)—as well as Anywhere, REMAX, Keller Williams and HomeServices of America—has been dismissed. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued its judgement Tuesday, dismissing the appeal, with the Circuit judges stating in the…

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Independent real estate brokerage FirstTeam has announced the next phase of its strategic national expansion in Kansas and Missouri. Led by broker-owner Scott Eckhoff and Rival Real Estate, the expansion establishes the company’s first Midwest presence with a community office in Kansas City. “From our initial meetings with FirstTeam®, it was clear that they saw…

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Inside Real Estate, the technology company behind its BoldTrail CRM and AI real estate platform, has announced two steps in its AI roadmap for BoldTrail BackOffice: The launch of ComplianceAI, an automated compliance-review capability built in partnership with SetWave, and the upcoming launch of BackOffice MCP, giving brokerages a direct, secure line between their data…

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Peabody, Massachusetts, (that’s Pee-buh-dee for out-of-towners), a commuting-distance suburb of Boston located about 15 minutes Northeast on the city’s pricey North Shore, is taking first prize in this year’s Hottest Zip Codes of 2026 report from Realtor.com®, which ranks zip codes based on how many views listings receive and how quickly homes sell.  According to…

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The private listing debate quickly got messy within the industry. Real estate rivals suddenly couldn’t agree even on the definition of “private,” and the disputes have often become technical and insular—seller choice versus transparency, monopolies and conspiracies, the Wall Street boogeyman and the out-of-touch incumbents. But as brokerage and MLS leaders updated policies and focused…

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In the technological revolution of AI, more and more data centers that house the processors and servers for this tech are being built across the country, and they’re getting bigger and bigger.  As AI continues to become more popular, and the data centers continue to grow, there are many questions at play in real estate…

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Monthly home sales slowed their descent but continued a downward trajectory, as reported by the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) Tuesday. Between June and July, existing-home sales decreased 1.7%, bringing the seasonally adjusted annual rate from 4.09 million to 4.06 million.  Despite the drop month-over-month, NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun highlighted the stabilization of the…

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