Realtor.com has launched a new national advertising campaign featuring country music artist and actress Reba McEntire as the company aims to offer reassurance to prospective homebuyers who are navigating a historically difficult real estate market.

The campaign, titled “Nearly Home,” incorporates sitcom-style ads that draw on real buyer experiences and attempt to ease the emotional toll of the homebuying process.

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AppraisalVision has restructured its platform into what it describes as the mortgage industry’s first fully autonomous appraisal execution system. This comes on the heels of a new partnership with Alpha7X, an artificial intelligence (AI) firm with a focus on automating mortgage operations.

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Compass Real Estate has launched a new business unit aimed at catering to ultra-high-net-worth clients and family offices.

The new division — called Compass Family Office — is led by Agent Cindy Scholz and will focus on providing strategic, long-term real estate services to individuals and entities managing significant wealth.

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San Francisco-based home equity solutions provider Unison announced Monday that it’s lowering the annual percentage rate (APR) on its Equity Sharing Home Loan, an alternative funding vehicle aimed at helping U.S. homeowners tap into record levels of equity.

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Reverse mortgage industry performance metrics have been soft so far in 2025, but two key data points involving Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) volume and HECM-backed Securities (HMBS) issuance saw promising increases in April.

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Stewart Title Insurance Co. has merged with its affiliate Stewart Title Guaranty Co. and will now operate in New York under the latter’s name.

Company leaders said the internal consolidation is intended to unify Stewart’s operations under a single underwriting entity in New York — with the goal of enhancing underwriting capacity and financial backing for transactions in the state.

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Preferences for aging in place are well-documented among older Americans, but there are some factors that should be considered carefully. This is according to Pamela Redwine, a family, health and wellness agent with the Mississippi State University Extension Service.

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The potential elimination of Section 8 housing vouchers and roughly 40% cuts to rental assistance were included in a recent White House request to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

The cuts, first reported by NPR, target core HUD programs like Section 8 vouchers, replacing them with block grants to states.

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Previously approved federal grants from Congress are now coming with allegedly unlawful fulfillment conditions for homelessness and transit assistance, which put these services at risk of failing to meet the needs of program beneficiaries.

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One of the most successful real estate teams in Texas is making a major brokerage move. The Neal & Neal Team, led by twin brothers Shane and Clint Neal, has left Keller Williams after 15 years to join eXp Realty.

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