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Bonus Homes lands in Phoenix, unveils home equity release option
With $65.5M in seed funding, Bonus Homes plans to scale to 10,000 homes under management over the next decade.
NAR faces new antitrust suit over alleged steering
A Florida broker claims that NAR steers homebuyers to use a buyer’s agent by making it hard for them to directly contact the listing agent.
Ex-GSE risk chief makes case for Fannie-Freddie merger
Clifford Rossi, academic director of the Smith Enterprise Risk Consortium at the University of Maryland, pushes a merger as solution to avoid a race to the bottom.
Liberty Reverse parent Onity praises Q1 earnings performance, proprietary product launch
Onity Group, the parent of PHH Mortgage Corp. and its subsidiary, Liberty Reverse Mortgage, posted solid financial results for the first quarter of 2025 and again praised Liberty’s reverse mortgage performance.
DOGE cuts to AmeriCorps imperil Habitat for Humanity programs
AmeriCorps helped support aging in place programs for Habitat for Humanity which are now endangered due to DOGE-induced funding cuts.
Vegas powerhouse brokerage IS Luxury expands to California
Founded by Ivan Sher in 2018, IS Luxury has closed nearly $2 billion in sales in Las Vegas and Henderson, Nevada, over the past three years.
How Compass leverages private exclusive listings to recruit agents
Compass is using its private exclusives marketing strategy in an attempt to recruit more agents, but not by hoarding inventory.
New York broker Patty LaRocco joins Compass
Patty LaRocco, a veteran New York City real estate broker, has joined Compass after a high-performing tenure at Douglas Elliman.
