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Buyers who are waiting for rates to come down before making their home purchase will likely have to wait until next year for that to happen, according to economists commenting on this week’s mortgage data.  Mortgage rates changed little from last week, with the latest Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey® showing the 30-year fixed-rate…

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Editor’s note: AI Pulse is RISMedia’s ongoing roundup of AI happenings, providing hype-free trends and real-world use cases to help navigate the rapidly evolving AI landscape. ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini fail as originators, show “extreme” bias As the mortgage industry appears just as eager as the real estate agent and broker community to boost their…

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REMAX, part of the Real REMAX Group family of brands, announced on Aug. 27 with deep sorrow the passing of REMAX co-founder Gail Liniger. She was 81. A business visionary and luminary whose leadership built one of real estate’s most recognized and respected brands, REMAX called Liniger “a force of nature whose courage, brilliance and…

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On Wednesday, Aug. 26, U.S. District Judge ‌Myong Joun in the federal district of Massachusetts ruled that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) failed to justify a significant restructuring of a landmark fair housing program, after HUD said it would not disburse monies to hundreds of nonprofits that are charged with combatting housing…

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