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The Invisible Engine: How Trestle Powers the Modern Real Estate Market
The tools brokers and agents use every day, from search portals and market reports to AI-driven applications, rely on one fundamental that is often unseen: accurate, timely data. Behind the scenes, the infrastructure that powers this critical data flow is managed by platforms built for reliability and scale. Cotality’s Trestle product serves as the core…
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eXp Realty Debuts LYVVE Search Platform
eXp Realty has announced the official rollout of LYVVE, an international property search platform designed to reshape how eXp agents and consumers connect across borders. Following a successful beta phase earlier this year, eXp stated that LYVVE is now entering full production, expanding to include listings from nearly 30 countries where eXp Realty operates. The…
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Leading With Heart: How Giving Back Builds Stronger Agents and Communities
As the year winds down, there’s a familiar energy in the air—part gratitude, part exhaustion and part reflection on what really matters. For real estate professionals, 2025 has demanded more than skill or strategy. It asked for something deeper: empathy. When markets wobble and headlines rattle consumer confidence, people look to their agents not just…
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Louisiana Brokers Challenge NAR’s ‘Anticompetitive’ MLS Restrictions in Antitrust Case
Four Louisiana real estate brokers have filed a supplemental motion in federal court, seeking to add newly available legal authority and factual developments to their ongoing antitrust case against the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) and several Louisiana-based real estate associations. The case, filed in January 2025, in the U.S. District Court for the Middle…
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CoStar Agrees to Move Zillow Lawsuit to Seattle, Looks to Resolve Case ‘As Soon as Possible’
In a switch-up from the company’s previous stance, CoStar has filed an agreement to move its copyright infringement lawsuit against Zillow to Seattle, Washington. In a notice of non-opposition filed Dec. 2, CoStar stated it agrees to transfer the case to the Western District of Washington “in light of new information disclosed by Zillow in…
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Mortgage Application Activity Fluctuates as Holiday Season Kicks Off
Home purchase application activity fluctuated over the Thanksgiving holiday period, both increasing and decreasing over the past few weeks. This week mortgage activity saw a slight decline. According to the latest Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) report, the Market Composite Index—the measure of mortgage loan activity volume—decreased 1.4% from one week earlier on a seasonally adjusted…
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NAR Financials Revealed: Executive Salaries, Legal Expenses and Dues Revenue
As the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) seeks to execute what the organization has described as a significant and broad-based turnaround, financial disclosures from 2024 provide the first glimpse into how—or if—that effort is showing up on the balance sheet, as Realtors® (and big brokerage leaders) closely scrutinize decisions made by NAR after multiple scandals…
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It looks like the CoStar-Zillow legal battle is changing venues
CoStar agreed that moving the lawsuit from New York to Washington would likely make proceedings more efficient for all parties.
Ridley founder says platforms, not agents, will eventually be at the center of the transaction
The self-sale company just secured new funding. Meanwhile, CEO Mike Chambers says his company wants "to support agents" who are "unapologetically consumer first."
A 15-year Zillow veteran gives his take on today’s portal wars
Lofty’s Andrew Wild joined Zillow as employee No. 60 — when he left, it had grown past 6,000. After stops at Tom Ferry and Final Offer. On this episode of Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered, he’s sharing predictions for where the industry is headed next.
Buyer’s agents charge too much? An agent’s response to the CPC
The Consumer Policy Center still thinks commissions are too high. Cara Ameer writes that buyers and their agents should be allowed to determine the value of competent representation.
Real Estate Capital Europe’s Active Lenders 2025: Alternative lenders, Part 1 - Real Estate Capital Europe
Real Estate Capital Europe’s Active Lenders 2025: Alternative lenders, Part 1 Real Estate Capital Europe
