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Inside QXO’s growth plan after $30.2 billion acquisition spree

May 12, 2026 · 9:04 PM Tyler Williams HousingWire

Less than a month after announcing its pending TopBuild for $17 billion , QXO’s business strategists outlined plans to integrate the company into its…

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Broker Public Portal, RPR bring valuation data to Cribio platform

May 12, 2026 · 8:33 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Broker Public Portal (BPP) and Realtors Property Resource (RPR) have announced a new collaboration that will integrate RPR’s Realtors Valuation Model into…

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Ivory Prize honors solutions in a higher rate, higher risk backdrop

May 12, 2026 · 8:24 PM John McManus HousingWire

The affordability crisis in American housing demands more invention, more experimentation and more scalable models to break through the chronic chokeholds…

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Supreme Lending brings on $100M Lasso Lending team in Houston

May 12, 2026 · 8:01 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

Branch manager Austin Baker and his Houston -based team, Lasso Lending , have joined Supreme Lending , bringing more than $100 million in annual loan…

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Real estate’s consolidation math has changed. The industry hasn’t caught up.

May 12, 2026 · 7:55 PM Darryl Davis HousingWire

Two transactions. One structural shift. Compass ’s acquisition of Anywhere and Real ’s $880 million deal for REMAX are not simply the largest brokerage…

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Mortgage Connect noncompete agreement ruled unenforceable by Pennsylvania judge

May 12, 2026 · 7:42 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes HousingWire

The lawsuit that prompted Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson to issue a warning letter to Mortgage Connect last week has dealt the…

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Mortgage Rate News

Mortgage Rates Match Highest Level Since March

May 12, 2026 · 7:28 PM Matthew Graham Mortgage News Daily

When the Iran war was in its initial escalation phase, the initial surge in markets took the top-tier 30yr fixed rate to 6.64% for the average lender by…

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Sagent unveils Dara platform’s new AI capabilities at Ignite

May 12, 2026 · 7:24 PM Sarah Wolak HousingWire

Earlier this month at the company’s Ignite conference, Sagent executives unveiled new artificial intelligence capabilities embedded in the Dara platform ,…

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Housing Industry News

LiveBy aims to close neighborhood data gap in real estate tech

May 12, 2026 · 7:18 PM HousingWire Automation HousingWire

LiveBy , a data platform serving brokerage websites and agent marketing platforms across North America, has partnered with Repliers to bring expanded…

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Big mortgage lenders stay profitable, but cracks emerge as rates climb

May 12, 2026 · 5:45 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes, HousingWire Automation HousingWire

A consistent theme emerged from the first-quarter 2026 earnings season : higher mortgage rates and macroeconomic volatility are dampening second-quarter…

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