HousingWireHousingWire New York-based Roam, a platform for purchasing a home with an assumable low-rate mortgage included, announced on Wednesday that it has secured $11.5 million in Series A funding led by Keith Rabois of Khosla Ventures, who is a co-founder of Opendoor. The announcement from Roam confirmed that Founders Fund…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire A federal judge in Maryland on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to reinstate probationary federal employees across 19 states who’ve been dismissed since the president’s inauguration on Jan. 20, according to court documents obtained by HousingWire. Additionally, after publicly speculating in the Oval Office to reporters about a possible…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire California Regional MLS (CRMLS) has partnered with proptech company RealReports to provide artificial intelligence (AI)-powered property reports to its users. The service, described as a “Carfax for homes,” will be available on an opt-in basis for CRMLS’s participating associations through the CRMLS Association Product Co-Op. RealReports compiles data from…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire As the largest brokerage in the country by transaction side count, eXp Realty is looking to make it easier for more agents to sponsor recruits and join the company’s revenue share plan. On Wednesday, eXp announced it was adding a co-sponsor option to its revenue share program, allowing two…
Continue reading →HousingWireHousingWire ProPublica reported last month that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) was considering the deployment of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology to monitor agency grants. This prompted the leading Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee to criticize HUD leadership. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), alongside congressional allies…
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