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Real Estate Is Voted the Best Long-Term Investment 12 Years in a Row

May 23, 2025  |  KCM Crew

If you’ve been trying to decide if it makes sense to buy a home today, connect with an agent to talk about the p...

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Things to do in Denver this weekend, May 23-26

May 23, 2025

This Memorial Day weekend, several festivals are taking place across the metro, ranging from music and art-centr...

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DIY automation isn’t always a win: What mortgage lenders need to know

May 23, 2025  |  Danny Torbett

DIY automation pitfalls/myths: It’s time to rethink your strategy In today’s mortgage industry, nearly every org...

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She buys: How single women are reshaping today’s real estate conversation

May 23, 2025  |  Lauren Endsley

Lately, I’ve found myself pausing at headlines about the rise of single women in real estate, not just as influe...

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When “transparency” becomes a weapon

May 23, 2025  |  Dean DiCarlo

For years, the real estate industry has leaned on “transparency” as both a shield and a sword. Whenever innovati...

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Trump’s GSE exit pursuit is complicated (and could be costly)

May 22, 2025  |  James Kleimann, Flávia Furlan Nunes

President Donald Trump’s bombshell Truth Social post on Wednesday night sent the stock prices of Fannie Mae and ...

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Liberty’s Mike Kent talks relaunch of EquityIQ proprietary reverse mortgage

May 22, 2025  |  Chris Clow

Mike Kent is a busy man. He’s been a key figure at Onity Group’s Liberty Reverse Mortgage for most of the past ...

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Compass names Lacey Conway head of MA

May 22, 2025  |  Brooklee Han

Compass is hungry for more growth and it is turning to Lacey Conway to help it realize its ambitions.  The broke...

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With more inventory, where are home prices headed?

May 22, 2025  |  Logan Mohtashami

Last year, I predicted a national home-price increase of 2.33%. While that forecast was lower than most others, ...

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MetroList introduces voice-controlled property data app

May 22, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

MetroList, the largest MLS in Northern California, has rolled out a new “add/edit” voice-controlled app for real...

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Pennsylvania lawmakers target protections against deed fraud

May 22, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

Amid a growing wave of real estate thefts that involve fraudulent property transfers, a bipartisan pair of Penns...

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Legacy Group Capital secures $180M from LibreMax Capital

May 22, 2025  |  Sarah Wolak

Legacy Group Capital on Thursday announced its first institutional capital partnership with LibreMax Capital LLC...

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Thousands of Denver Public Schools employees didn’t get paid on time today

May 22, 2025

Thousands of Denver Public Schools employees woke up Thursday morning to find their regular paycheck hadn’t been...

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Home prices expected to dip as supply and demand collide

May 22, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

U.S. home prices are projected to flatten in the third quarter and decline 1% year over year by the fourth quart...

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Denee Evans to step down as CMLS CEO at the end of the year

May 22, 2025  |  Brooklee Han

The MLS industry’s trade group, the Council of Multiple Listing Services (CMLS) is looking for a new CEO. On Thu...

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Cotality: Single-family rent prices rise 2.9% in March

May 22, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

U.S. single-family rents rose 2.9% year over year in March, marking the third straight month of accelerating gro...

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NAF opens Black homeownership advocacy program to real estate agents

May 22, 2025  |  Sarah Wolak

New American Funding (NAF) announced that it’s expanding its Housing Advocate Certification (HAC) program to rea...

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An Iowa county is taking action to support aging in place

May 22, 2025  |  Chris Clow

The preferences that older adults have to remain in their homes as they age is well documented, but institutiona...

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Denver’s $250M budget hole will force major cuts, furloughs, freezes and likely layoffs

May 22, 2025

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston broke the news to city workers Thursday morning: The city is facing a $50 million def...

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Texas bill seeks more commercial-to-residential conversions to boost housing supply

May 22, 2025  |  Chris Clow

As the housing crisis manifests in different ways across various states, lawmakers in Texas recently approved a ...

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Manhattan Institute opposes NAR commission lawsuit settlement

May 22, 2025  |  Brooklee Han

The Manhattan Institute (MI) is the latest organization to take issue with the National Association of Realtors’...

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Housing initiatives in New Hampshire appear stalled by politics

May 22, 2025  |  Chris Clow

Politics is often described as the “art of the possible,” but even when elected officials can agree there is a p...

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NAR, MBA share praise for GOP tax bill

May 22, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives has approved Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act — a swee...

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This long, twisty bridge could bring pedestrians to the Capitol in Denver

May 22, 2025

State officials are moving ahead with a public-private plan to create pedestrian connections between the Colorad...

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HomeServices of America again tops the RealTrends Core Services rankings

May 22, 2025  |  Brooklee Han

While real estate brokerages are known for helping consumers buy and sell homes, many also choose to offer core ...

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Existing-home sales slide despite mounting inventory

May 22, 2025  |  Jeff Andrews

The inventory of existing homes is rising rapidly, but sales aren’t following. That’s according to the National ...

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Five Points families are angry at librarians for moving community heirlooms out of a mini museum at Bl...

May 22, 2025

The Denver Public Library poked a hornet’s nest when librarians moved artifacts from a display area in the Blair...

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Rechat hires Audie Chamberlain to lead strategic growth

May 22, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

Rechat — a real estate software company focused on artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tools for brokerages and...

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Thinking about an Adjustable-Rate Mortgage? Read This First.

May 22, 2025  |  KCM Crew

If you’ve been house hunting lately, you’ve probably felt the sting of today’s mortgage rates.

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These Elyria Swansea residenst are suing their landlord, alleging retaliation for their tenants union

May 22, 2025

Residents of Elyria Swansea’s Viña apartment building are suing their landlord, alleging Columbia Ventures LLC r...

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Narrative collapse: Ethics, antitrust, and the real estate reckoning

May 22, 2025  |  Ryan Weyandt

The American real estate industry is collapsing under the weight of its own unresolved contradictions. With a ho...

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Bringing origination and servicing together with AI

May 22, 2025  |  Brad Vasto

The mortgage industry has undergone significant changes over the past few decades. One of the most notable has b...

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Appraisal Institute fires executive accused of sexual misconduct

May 22, 2025  |  Jeff Andrews

The Appraisal Institute (AI) executive facing multiple allegations of sexual misconduct is no longer serving in ...

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Trump says he’s giving “serious consideration” to releasing Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

May 21, 2025  |  James Kleimann

Two days after Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte said any decision over Fannie Mae and F...

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Pickleball is actually coming to the Colfax gravel pit

May 21, 2025  |  Kyle Harris

Want to build and operate a downtown Denver pickleball court for the next five years? Now’s your chance.  The ci...

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Where land-use regulations are driving up housing costs

May 21, 2025  |  Jeff Andrews

President Donald Trump has made deregulation a policy pillar for his second term — and housing regulations are u...

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Top Arizona real estate team with 53 agents joins eXp

May 21, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

Arizona real estate leader Scott Kumler and his team — The Kumler Group — have joined eXp Realty, leaving My Hom...

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Reverse mortgage veteran Dino Guadagnino joins Guaranteed Rate Affinity as regional VP

May 21, 2025  |  Chris Clow

Guaranteed Rate Affinity (GRA) announced this week that it has appointed longtime reverse mortgage industry prof...

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Fraud, mismanagement led to millions in losses for Houston Housing Authority

May 21, 2025  |  Chris Clow

As issues continue to persist across the country for local housing authorities, the situation in Houston has led...

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Colorado’s surging median age is attributed to aging in place

May 21, 2025  |  Chris Clow

In an ongoing series of stories focused on the dynamics of Colorado’s aging population, the Colorado Sun previou...

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Extreme weather and high insurance costs pose foreclosure risk

May 21, 2025  |  Chris Clow

The rising cost of homeowners’ insurance coupled with the rising regularity of weather-related natural disasters...

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Rural America isn’t immune to housing squeeze

May 21, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

Rural areas of the U.S. that have long been viewed as a refuge for affordable homeownership are now grappling wi...

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Northern Nevada brokerage joins Century 21 network

May 21, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

A northern Nevada real estate brokerage led by a longtime local broker has joined the Century 21 network — aimin...

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Study: Mortgage lenders lag on compliance as tech evolves rapidly

May 21, 2025  |  Sarah Wolak

Amid a surge in AI adoption and mounting cybersecurity threats, only 51% of nonbank mortgage lenders say they fe...

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Fannie Mae’s forecast for 2025 home sales, GDP growth just got a bit sunnier

May 21, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

Fannie Mae upwardly revised forecasts in its May 2025 Economic and Housing Outlook, reflecting modest improvemen...

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Purchase applications see 16 weeks of positive YOY growth

May 21, 2025  |  Logan Mohtashami

Who would have predicted purchase application data increasing for 16 consecutive weeks on a year-over-year basis...

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Airbnb spinout brings ADUs to the LA wildfire recovery effort

May 21, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

As California continues to grapple with a deepening housing affordability crisis and escalating climate disaster...

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House Financial Services Committee cites HUD, CFPB cuts as keys to passing Trump tax bill

May 21, 2025  |  Chris Clow

As part of the broader reconciliation effort involved in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — President Donald Trump...

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Venezuelan families came to Denver for opportunity. Now some are going back

May 21, 2025

By Bianca Vazquez Toness/Associated Press, Neal Morton/The Hechinger Report, Ariel Gilreat/The Hechinger Report,...

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FHFA’s Bill Pulte turns up the heat on FICO

May 21, 2025  |  Flávia Furlan Nunes

Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), made clear this week that credit-score pr...

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Prudent AI is helping mortgage lenders cater to gig economy workers

May 21, 2025  |  Sarah Wolak

Mortgage lending has long catered to a bygone era of steady paychecks and W-2 forms, leaving millions of self-em...

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19 real estate agent tips for beginners to kickstart their careers

May 21, 2025  |  Ashley Harwood, Gina Baker

Welcome to the world of real estate sales! Maybe you’ve recently passed your real estate exam and obtained your ...

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Kamini Lane wants to change the narrative for the real estate industry

May 21, 2025  |  Brooklee Han

Roughly two years after Kamini Lane took the helm at Coldwell Banker Realty, the real estate industry has gone t...

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Fidelity sues FinCEN, Bessent over all-cash transaction reporting requirements

May 21, 2025  |  Brooklee Han

The housing industry and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) have been bickering for years over re...

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Texas, Florida housing markets have the most inventory per capita

May 21, 2025  |  Jeff Andrews

Housing markets across the country are getting a much-needed infusion of inventory, as the number of homes for s...

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Industry leaders on the trends shaping housing’s future

May 21, 2025  |  Lesley Collins

The housing industry is shaped by shifting consumer expectations, rapid technological advancement, and a turbule...

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FHA share of mortgage applications continue to increase

May 21, 2025  |  Sarah Wolak

Mortgage applications decreased 5.1% from a week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Associatio...

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More Homes for Sale Isn’t a Warning Sign – It's Your Buying Opportunity

May 21, 2025  |  KCM Crew

Maybe you’ve heard the number of homes for sale has reached a recent high.

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The driving forces behind mortgage lenders moving away from third-party processors

May 21, 2025  |  Steven Pals

Mortgage lenders and services today face significant operational challenges, especially when relying on third-pa...

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Denver has racked up $250,000 in legal bills for immigration inquiry response

May 20, 2025

The legal bill is coming due for Denver’s response to a congressional inquiry. The city recently received an inv...

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Proposal to abolish ‘parking minimums’ for Denver development clears first hurdle

May 20, 2025

Developers in Denver could skip building parking spaces for future construction projects under proposed rules be...

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The Agency’s Rainy Hake Austin on leadership and AI integration

May 20, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

Rainy Hake Austin, president of The Agency, joined Tracey Velt on this week’s episode of the RealTrending podcas...

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Colorado’s largest LGBTQ organization has a new CEO

May 20, 2025

Kim Salvaggio is the new executive head of the region’s largest LGBTQ community center.  The Center on Colfax ha...

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Longbridge’s new proprietary reverse mortgage aims to preserve home equity for heirs

May 20, 2025  |  Chris Clow

Citing the desire among many older homeowners to leave their homes to members of their family, New Jersey-based ...

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Competition for HELOC business heats up as home equity grows

May 20, 2025  |  Jeff Andrews

John Toohig stood at a podium as the moderator of a panel about home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) and asked a...

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NAR: Americans want a tax plan that supports the American dream

May 20, 2025  |  Patrick Newton

As Congress continues its effort to rewrite major portions of the tax code, the National Association of Realtors...

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Federal lands amendment draws bipartisan rebuke

May 20, 2025  |  Chris Clow

As part of broader housing initiatives, Republicans in both the Trump administration and in Congress are pursuin...

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Sidelined homebuyers see opportunity in a possible recession

May 20, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

As economic concerns grow, a new survey from Realtor.com shows that a significant share of prospective homebuyer...

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Maryland-based Anchor Home joins Compass

May 20, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

Compass announced Monday that Anchor Home — a top-producing real estate team formerly known as Stahley Thompson ...

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Kind Lending appoints new SVP to drive retail sales in the West

May 20, 2025  |  Sarah Wolak

Kind Lending today announced the appointment of Geri Farr as its senior vice president of West retail sales. Far...

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Running a food truck in Denver (and the rest of Colorado) will get simpler

May 20, 2025

The city of Denver likes to do things differently, sometimes to the frustration of local businesses. Case in poi...

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Vince Leisey named president of BHHS franchisor HSF Affiliates

May 20, 2025  |  Brooklee Han

There’s yet another new executive in the HomeServices of America ecosystem. Vince Leisey has been named the pre...

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Zillow will begin banning noncompliant listings on June 30

May 20, 2025  |  Brooklee Han

Zillow will begin a “phased rollout” of its listing access standards policy, which bans publicly marketed listin...

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eXp welcomes top-producing team in Nebraska

May 20, 2025  |  Brooklee Han

ERS Real Estate Group, the residential arm of Omaha, Nebraska-based Elite Real Estate Systems LLP, is making the...

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The 16th Street Mall has a new name, and it’s one word shorter

May 20, 2025  |  Kyle Harris

The 16th Street Mall has had its name since 1982, when the city finished a sweeping project that turned a busy r...

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Despite new veteran partial claim bill, some advocates call for VASP revival

May 20, 2025  |  Chris Clow

Housing issues for U.S. veterans continue to be a major topic of conversation among housing advocates and lawmak...

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Mortgage rates remain close to 7%, but there are positives for housing

May 20, 2025  |  Neil Pierson

Mortgage rates rose in the past week, but even as they remain close to 7%, there’s little evidence to suggest th...

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What’s the goal of ending the Fannie and Freddie conservatorship?

May 20, 2025  |  Jeff Andrews

The government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) have been under the conservatorship of the federal government since ...

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Rocket has regionalized consumer direct channel

May 20, 2025  |  Flávia Furlan Nunes

Rocket Companies, traditionally known for its call center model, is diversifying its channel strategy amid its d...

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National home prices reached record high in April: First American

May 20, 2025  |  Sarah Wolak

First American Data & Analytics released its April 2025 Home Price Index (HPI) report on Tuesday, revealing that...

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MBA’s Bob Broeksmit: ‘The CFPB is listening’ to industry concerns

May 20, 2025  |  Flávia Furlan Nunes

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) highlighted the deregulatory efforts of the Trump administration at its S...

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The Denver school board isvestigating one of its over discrimination allegations

May 20, 2025

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. By Mela...

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Denver gets a new power over landlords

May 20, 2025  |  Kyle Harris

Denver City Council gave the health department the power to force landlords to relocate tenants when their build...

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Bill Pulte is putting ‘obese’ Fannie and Freddie ‘on the treadmill’

May 20, 2025  |  James Kleimann

It won’t be Federal Housing Finance Administration (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte or Treasury Secretary Scott Bessen...

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How a Christie’s agent closed $44 million+ in 2024 on Instagram

May 20, 2025  |  Emile L'Eplattenier, Gina Baker

Over the last decade, I’ve interviewed dozens of the country’s most successful real estate agents. All of them, ...

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Ask the Agent Joins NAR Realtor Benefits Program

May 20, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

Ask the Agent — a video communication and engagement platform tailored to real estate professionals — has been n...

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What Buyers Need To Know About Homeowners Association Fees

May 20, 2025  |  KCM Crew

When buying a home, you’re probably thinking about mortgage rates, home prices, your down payment, and maybe eve...

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Brokerages are sleeping on AI: Here’s the playbook to wake them up

May 20, 2025  |  Aaron Pierson

Let’s call it what it is: most brokerages are way behind on AI. Agents? They’re scrappy. They’re downloading Cha...

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America’s top reverse mortgage professional practices what he preaches

May 20, 2025  |  Dan Hultquist

When George Vrban recently took out a reverse mortgage himself, some eyebrows were raised. But his decision wasn...

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Debt is derailing homeownership for a generation — here’s how we can fix it

May 20, 2025  |  Helene Raynaud

The path to homeownership in America has never been easy. But for many millennials — the largest generation in t...

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RiNo’s Business Improvement District is set to operate for another 10 years

May 20, 2025

The River North Art District’s self-taxing business improvement district has been officially approved for anothe...

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Lime and Bird are now on the hook for bad scooter and e-bike behavior in Denver

May 20, 2025  |  Andrew Kenney

The Denver City Council on Monday adopted a new law that will set significant limits on how rented scooters and ...

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House passes bill to give VA borrowers a partial mortgage claim option

May 19, 2025  |  Chris Clow

Following about 20 minutes of debate on the floor of the House of Representatives on Monday, H.R. 1815 — known a...

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Homebuilder sales incentives are in full bloom this spring

May 19, 2025  |  Brooklee Han

The spring homebuying season is in full swing. But what is typically the busiest time of year for homebuilders h...

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Rate’s Jesse Allen on the progress of a reverse mortgage revamp

May 19, 2025  |  Chris Clow

In November, Chicago-based mortgage lender Rate — formerly known as Guaranteed Rate — announced that it was “rev...

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Like other states, Colorado confronts realities of the ‘silver tsunami’

May 19, 2025  |  Chris Clow

When looking at the fastest-growing state populations for residents 60 and older, Colorado is not at the top of ...

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Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty appoints president

May 19, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty has appointed Martha Mosier as its new president, the brokerage announced...

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Scott Turner tours Nevada federal land to talk potential sale, housing development

May 19, 2025  |  Chris Clow

The secretaries of the U.S. departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Interior (DOI) journeyed ...

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A year of 10 mph trains is almost over for RTD — but first a little more pain

May 19, 2025

The Regional Transportation District’s light-rail network has been plagued by “slow zones” for nearly a year.  T...

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Joe Gormley addresses those pesky Ginnie Mae rumors

May 19, 2025  |  James Kleimann

What you might have heard about Ginnie Mae is simply rumor, according to Joe Gormley, the government-owned compa...

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