Mississippi has joined Alabama in creating a law that states that buyers agents and brokers are not required to obtain a signed buyer agency agreement prior to touring a property with a prospective buyer. Earlier this month, Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves signed Senate Bill 2713 into law. Under the new law, buyers and sellers may make “affirmative election of a specific type of brokerage service...
March 2026
As real estate professionals face growing threats from title fraud and in-person safety risks, TransUnion is introducing a mobile solution that consolidates tools for verifying identities and checking criminal backgrounds. TruLookup for Real Estate allows agents to validate property ownership, conduct personal safety checks using a phone number and generate prospecting lists — all within a single...
Better Home & Finance Holding Co. announced Wednesday that it has appointed Hugh Frater, a founding partner of BlackRock and former CEO of Fannie Mae, to its board of directors as the company leans further into its Tinman AI mortgage platform. Frater, whose role became effective March 23, brings experience spanning mortgage-backed securities (MBS), agency finance and commercial real estate lending...
For most real estate valuation models, the biggest bottleneck is data, not logic. Even the strongest underwriting frameworks depend on timely, consistent comparable property data, so analysts spend hours...
Accurate and up-to-date short-term rental data is central to profitability in the real estate industry. Investors, property managers, PropTech startups, marketplaces, and analytics platforms face a common challenge: How...
Excess space is a luxury that most of us do not enjoy while our kids are living at home. But many of my clients find that once their grown children have moved out of the house and established their own households, they suddenly have extra unused spaces. At some point, those childhood bedrooms get...
Dubai's once red-hot real estate market is showing clear signs of weakening as the ongoing Iran war and a series of regional missile and drone strikes undermine the psychological belief that the city was immune from Middle East conflict. After more than three weeks of sustained hostilities, housing sales in Dubai have slowed sharply. In the first half of March, property transactions in the emirate fell to...
Hanna Holdings, the parent company of Howard Hanna Real Estate Services, has settled the homebuyer commission lawsuits. In a filing in the Davis homebuyer commission lawsuit on Monday, attorneys for Hanna Holdings indicated that the company had reached a settlement agreement in the Tuccori home buyer commission lawsuit via an opt-in feature in that lawsuit’s master settlement. This filing came...
The California Mortgage Bankers Association (CMBA) testified on March 20 before the California Assembly Banking & Finance Committee during an oversight hearing on California Assembly Bill 238, which focuses on the effectiveness of mortgage forbearance and the broader challenges facing homeowners affected by the state’s January 2025 wildfires. AB 238 provides up to one year of mortgage forbearance...
Washington state’s Covenant Homeownership Program is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) over potential violations of the Fair Housing Act. HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) notified the Washington State Housing Finance Commission, which administers the program, of the probe on Tuesday. The investigation comes days after a...
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