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Interlinc Mortgage adds Gary Royal as Southeast sales manager 

Gary Royal joins Interlinc Mortgage with 40 years of mortgage industry leadership experience to drive Southeast expansion and branch growth.

Scrivnr pledges to help Philadelphia property heirs resolve title issues 

Scrivnr’s new program addresses housing shortage by resolving unclear property ownership and “tangled titles” in Philadelphia.

Fixer-upper homes prove popular as affordability lifeline 

The median list price for a fixer-upper is $200,000, about 54% less than the $436,250 median for all single-family homes.

The top 10 reverse mortgage LOs in the country 

Reverse Mortgage Daily rounds out the rest of the national top 10 based on data from mortgage recruiting software provider Modex.

Texas AG under scrutiny for potential mortgage fraud 

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife allegedly claimed three homes as primary residences to lock in lower rates and tax breaks.

J.D. Power: Customer satisfaction with mortgage servicers is fading 

Mortgage servicers received an overall satisfaction score of 596, down 10 points compared to the 2024 iteration of the J.D. Power study.

Why Lower and Movoto are doing it differently than Rocket-Redfin 

Movoto CEO John Berkowitz discusses the merger with Lower and current trends in the real estate portal space with HousingWire.

Renters now outnumber owners in key U.S. cities. Is the real estate industry paying attention? 

In cities across the U.S., the scales have tipped, and most of the real estate industry hasn’t noticed. More than 44.5 million households in the United States are renter-occupied, accounting for 35 percent of all homes. But in many of the country’s most economically influential metros, that number isn’t 35 percent but the majority.

eXp team leader David Brooke on how to overcome industry myths 

From navigating team turnover and agent burnout to building a strong culture, Brooke opens up about what it really takes to lead effectively.

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