Zillow (NASDAQ: Z, ZG) is rolling out climate risk data provided by First Street on its listings for US properties for sale. According to the Seattle-headquartered company, home shoppers will have new information on five key risks – flood, wildfire, wind, heat and air...
This week’s edition for Tech Trends highlights four new tools designed to help current and prospective property owners. Keeping the Title Safe. Iris Powered by Generali, a provider of a proprietary identity and cyber protection platform, has unveiled Total Title...
The American Real Estate Association (AREA) has launched a petition calling on the National Association of Realtors (NAR) to repeal its Clear Cooperation Policy. The petition on the Change.org site claims that NAR forces real estate professionals to “submit listings...
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) has published a new series of consumer resources designed to help realtors educate homebuyers and sellers to the post Sitzer/Burnett settlement practices. The new series consists of six installments available in English and...
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is now offering an online risk analysis tool designed to offer geographic estimates for physical risks from natural disasters along with nationwide data on housing and the mortgage market. The new Mortgage Loan and Natural...
Seattle-headquartered Redfin (NASDAQ: RDFN) is expanding the Redfin Next agent compensation plan nationwide on Oct. 27. According to the company, all Redfin agents will earn competitive splits as high as 75% and will have virtually all their business expenses covered....
Mortgage Delinquency Rate Inches Up to 3.72%
