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AI voice agents target real estate’s next conversion opportunity

Oct 16, 2026 · 1:00 PM Brooklee Han HousingWire

CINC’s Jeff Walker says the priority is recognizing lead intent during a 12-month sales cycle and acting at the right moment

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Housing M&A shifts as global capital retargets residential futures

Oct 16, 2026 · 10:50 AM John McManus HousingWire

Zelman data shows housing M&A deal value up 56% through Aug. 2026 while investment grade issuance fell 71%

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Could your lead-gen and referral practices face FTC scrutiny? Senators want a closer look

Oct 16, 2026 · 10:40 AM Brooklee Han HousingWire

Letter cites lead gen referrals, mortgage steering, and office exclusive listings as affordability pressures

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Mortgage underwriting has a blind spot: The homeowner’s largest risk

Oct 16, 2026 · 7:00 AM Marc Biron, Steven L. Siegel HousingWire

A diversified benchmark approach could reduce balance sheet shocks that precede credit deterioration

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Beazer Homes stockholders approve $2.2B sale to Dream Finders

Oct 15, 2026 · 11:10 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

The all-cash deal is now expected to close on October 20

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New York 485-x filings cluster at 99 units to avoid wage rule

Oct 15, 2026 · 9:28 PM Richard Lawson HousingWire

Latent Urban found 49 registered projects at exactly 99 units across the April and October releases

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Surging jobsite raids put 370,000 new home completions at risk

Oct 15, 2026 · 9:15 PM John McManus HousingWire

Census data show 256,000 homes under construction and 114,000 not started, as builders push for year end completions

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Homa raises $5M to expand across California, add mortgage lending

Oct 15, 2026 · 9:03 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

The brokerage, also live in Florida and Texas, offers buyers up to 2% of the purchase price back at closing

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Mortgage industry reacts to Pulte’s absence at MBA Annual

Oct 15, 2026 · 8:47 PM Sarah Wolak HousingWire

MBA said 3,700 attendees still gathered in Chicago as FHFA director cited travel tied to housing funds

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MLSs race to set AI guardrails before data slips beyond their control

Oct 15, 2026 · 8:37 PM Brooklee Han HousingWire

As agents feed large MLS datasets into LLMs for CMAs, MLSs weigh closed-loop tools and new governance layers

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