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Second Century Ventures Expands Into Middle East Through Partnership With ADRES
Second Century Ventures (SCV), the the strategic investment arm of the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) announced a strategic partnership with Advanced Real Estate Services (ADRES), the technology arm supporting real estate transformation across Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, ADGM (Abu Dhabi Global Market) and other UAE partners. This alliance formalizes SCV’s role as a strategic innovation…
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Fathom Realty Names Stephanie Verderose as Vice President of Growth
Fathom Realty has announced its appointment of Stephanie Verderose as vice president of Growth, a newly created leadership role designed to strengthen agent production, attraction, retention and community development across the company. Verderose will report directly to Lori Muller, president of Fathom Realty. A respected real estate executive, speaker, trainer and Senior Certified Coach with…
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COURT REPORT: Top Rhode Island Agent Sued for Foreclosure Rescue Scam; Standoff in HomeServices of America Case
Editor’s note: The COURT REPORT is RISMedia’s weekly look at current and upcoming lawsuits, investigations and other legal developments around real estate. Rhode Island agent Kyle Seyboth under fire, again The Delva family—a Haitian immigrant family at the center of the Rhode Island Attorney General’s lawsuit against top agent Kyle Seyboth—has now filed their own…
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Passive Prospecting: How to Turn LinkedIn Into a Referral Machine
Editor’s Note: Social Skills is a bi-monthly feature in RISMedia’s Daily News focused on social media and digital marketing tips, trends and solutions for agents and brokers. When it comes to social media for real estate professionals, platforms like Instagram and TikTok can be great for showcasing listing photos, sharing property tours and reaching your…
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CoStar Launches Homes AI, Refining the Future of Home Shopping
CoStar Group on Feb. 17 announced the launch of Homes AI, which the portal calls a transformative experience powered by Microsoft Azure OpenAI, fully integrated into Homes.com, and accessible to all consumers. For the first time on a major real estate portal, according to the company, consumers can engage in natural, real-time, two-way conversations, by…
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Zillow and Blizzard Bring Player Housing to Life With ‘Zillow for Warcraft’
As player housing goes live in World of Warcraft®, Zillow has teamed up with Blizzard Entertainment® to introduce Zillow for Warcraft, a custom microsite that allows anyone to browse a curated collection of in-game homes from Azeroth™. According to a release, the Zillow for Warcraft experience brings Zillow’s familiar home exploration into a fantasy setting. The microsite…
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Refinancing at the Forefront of Mortgage Origination as Rates Come Down
While mortgage originations remain constrained due to affordability concerns, refinancing is driving increased activity as mortgage rates have come down from record highs to near 6%, according to the latest data from ATTOM. ATTOM’s Mortgage Origination Report for Q4 2025 found that 1.72 million mortgages secured by residential property were issued, a 6% decrease from…
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Brokerage Execs Parse NAR Annual Report
When a company’s annual report appears not long after some sort of upheaval, it’s natural that it would be inhaled by the industry’s masses like a New York Times best-seller. Such is the case for the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) 2025 Annual Report after the now famous Sitzer-Burnett trial outcome in late 2023, along…
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Inflation Hits New Lows as 2026 Outlook Brightens
January appears to be looking up in terms of inflation as the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics saw the Consumer Price Index (CPI) hit a low for both inflation and core inflation. The CPI for January saw a 0.2% increase in the all items index, landing annual inflation at 2.4%. This is…
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Top DOJ Antitrust Enforcer Out, With Real Estate Issues Still Simmering
Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater, who was overseeing the long-suffering Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into the National Association of Realtors® (NAR), announced on social media yesterday that she would be resigning from the position, effective immediately. “It is with great sadness and abiding hope that I leave my role as (assistant attorney general) for…
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