This Cybersecurity Awareness Month, let’s spread awareness about real estate wire fraud by Diane Tomb for HousingWire

HousingWireHousingWire Over the last decade, real estate transactions have increasingly become a prime target for cybercrime. Far from slowing down, the scams are becoming more prevalent, sophisticated, and difficult to recognize as fraudulent. With October being Cybersecurity Awareness Month, it is important that the real estate industry and consumers speak…

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Robert Reffkin wants to make Compass a hub for real estate listings by Brooklee Han for HousingWire

HousingWireHousingWire Compass’s plan for future success? Become a hub for real estate listings. Brokerage founder and CEO Robert Reffkin laid his firm’s plans for the future bare during its third-quarter 2024 earnings call with investors and analysts on Wednesday. “Listing inventory remains the lifeblood of the residential real estate marketplace,”…

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AgentCoach.AI is deploying bots to train real estate agents by Kennedy Edgerton for HousingWire

HousingWireHousingWire AgentCoach.AI, an AI-powered real estate coaching company, is launching a new training platform for real estate agents. The Austin-based tech company will use advanced training bots on the platform, according to a recent announcement. The new platform will leverage specialized training bots to help agents prepare for business. Users…

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Rithm expects ‘normalized’ refi levels to return after Q3 spike by Flávia Furlan Nunes for HousingWire

HousingWireHousingWire New York-based asset manager Rithm Capital, the owner of multichannel lender Newrez, reported a 58% increase in refinances to $3 billion in the third quarter of 2024 after mortgage rates dropped due to the Federal Reserve’s 50 basis-point rate cut. But executives expect things to calm down moving forward. …

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