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| MRED Warns of Possible Interruption to Zillow Group Listing Data Feeds | ||
| 5/18/2026 6:54 PM | ||
| Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) has announced that it will suspend property listing data feeds to Zillow Group websites, including Zillow.com and Trulia.com, unless Zillow cures its violation of its license agreements and MRED’s rules by May 19 at midnight CDT. MRED reserves the right to terminate Zillow’s license based on Zillow’s material brea...Read More | ||
| Why Team Branding Is a Growth Strategy | ||
| 5/18/2026 3:59 PM | ||
| Today’s most successful teams approach branding as more than surface-level marketing: they treat it as a core driver of business development. This perspective shapes how teams attract clients, recruit agents and build long-term market presence. As industry pressures like consolidations and mergers mount, having a distinct, consistent team brand ...Read More | ||
| NWMLS Accuses Compass of ‘Bad Faith Litigation,’ Requests Fees in Discovery Dispute | ||
| 5/18/2026 3:13 PM | ||
| In a court filing in federal court in Washington on Sunday, May 17, Northwest MLS (NWMLS) is accusing mega-brokerage Compass of promising, then failing to produce documents, datasets and communications in a lawsuit over private listing rules, as both parties have accused each other of anti-competitive practices. The lawsuit, filed by Compa...Read More | ||
| Op-Ed: The Future of Real Estate is Not Going Backward to One-Size-Fits-All | ||
| 5/18/2026 1:53 PM | ||
| Above, Josh Jarboe, broker/owner of REMAX Empire Buyers in Kentucky Joe Hayden, in his recent op-ed, criticizes brokerages for innovating outside the MLS while simultaneously admitting sellers deserve choice and flexibility. You can’t have both. The market is evolving, and some brokers are uncomfortable because they can no longer con...Read More | ||
| Redfin Launches New ‘Early Access’ Search Category for Buyers and Sellers | ||
| 5/18/2026 1:43 PM | ||
| Redfin has launched what it is calling Redfin Early Access, a new search category featuring homes “buyers won’t find on other major real estate sites,” which include both Compass Coming Soon listings through a previously announced partnership as well as properties listed through the company’s brokerage. According to a release from the port...Read More | ||
| Teaching Background Boosts Las Vegas Brokerage Team Leader | ||
| 5/18/2026 1:07 PM | ||
| Matt Langguth is a high-producing agent and team leader at Las Vegas’s huntington & ellis, where he balances his own production with mentoring a six-member team. After a decade-long rise from solo agent to director and partner at Galindo Group Real Estate, also in Las Vegas, helping grow it from 18 to 185 agents and…
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| Builder Confidence Sees Slight Improvement, but Remains Troubled | ||
| 5/18/2026 12:13 PM | ||
| As some sales activity picked up toward the end of the spring season, with housing starts seeing an unexpected boost, the latest data from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) observed a slight pickup in homebuilder confidence. However, as market and economic challenges persist, builders still remain overwhelmingly cautious abo...Read More | ||
| New Homes More Affordable in the Long Run, Despite Overall High Prices: Report | ||
| 5/15/2026 1:10 PM | ||
| In the ever-going search for affordability in the market, new research identifies that while prices may be higher on newly built homes, they cost less in the long run for homebuyers than existing homes. Realtor.com®’s new report on the total cost of homeownership found that homebuyers purchasing newly built homes can save $25,335 on average...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Mix: Rates Continue Rising; Major Lenders Share Quarterly Earnings | ||
| 5/15/2026 12:50 PM | ||
| Editor’s Note: The Mortgage Mix is RISMedia’s biweekly highlight reel of need-to-know mortgage-industry happenings. Watch for it every other Friday afternoon. – Rocket Mortgage has filed a lawsuit against rival United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), seeking $100 million in damages. Rocket has accused UWM of profiting off of loans it sold to Mr. ...Read More | ||
| Rocket Sues UWM for $100 Million Over Alleged Breach of Non-Solicitation Agreement | ||
| 5/14/2026 6:57 PM | ||
| Rocket Mortgage filed a lawsuit against United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) on May 14, seeking nearly $100 million in damages for allegedly breaching a non-solicitation agreement tied to mortgage servicing rights purchases, according to a complaint filed in the New York Supreme Court’s Commercial Division. The lawsuit centers on three bundles of mor...Read More | ||