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Association veteran Lynda Fernandez will join LVR in January, while Charles F. Hunt will take over a century-old family firm with billions in annual sales.

Plus, C21 Circle enters Chicago; CB Yost gets a new owner; Elliman expands to France, Monaco; industry veterans join Revel in California, CB in South Carolina.

Plus, a Fannie-Freddie IPO may not come until 2026, and the Senate advances an NAHB-backed bill even as the weeks-long government shutdown drags on.

The agent, who was told she violated Zillow's private listing ban, will testify in November. Plus, a new claim in eXp misconduct case; Batton damages revised.

But the company reported an all-time high for its global agent count, with its international pool growing 9% year-over-year.

Rocket is poised “to finish the year strong” as it brings “end-to-end integration to housing at a scale the industry has never seen," company execs said.

The company’s mortgage and rentals divisions drove significant growth during a quarter marked by lawsuits and “more noise around hidden listings.”

This week’s rate adjustment was expected, but the Fed indicated a December cut isn’t guaranteed. Meanwhile, pending sales fell flat despite earlier rate drops.

The company is also bolstering its AI offerings to “reduce manual or low-value processes across the organization,” execs said during a Q3 earnings call.

Trulia went from rival to teammate after Zillow’s 2015 acquisition, but new challengers emerged — including Rocket, with its purchase of Redfin, and Homes.com.

Plus, a Cloze-Courted integration; AI renovation startup launches; Rayse expands with SFAR partnership; REA Group acquires majority stake in Planitar.

The share of newly built homes for sale is at the lowest level in four years as builders scale back and existing home inventory rebounds.

The central bank’s short-term interest rate cut on Oct. 29 was already priced in, economists say, which means mortgage rates may not drop much more.

Ongoing investments in new tech, marketing and sales teams dragged down the company’s net income in Q3, though YoY revenue growth jumped again by double digits.

The year-old case challenging the association’s membership rules was appealed after a July dismissal; the higher court has now dismissed the suit as well.

It was like Coke bought Pepsi when Zillow bought Trulia a decade ago, declaring a truce in what was then its biggest battle for home search dominance.

New broker group says the association must put words into action if it hopes to “quiet the masses that believe NAR is lip servicing the changes being made.”

The brokerage is requesting blog post drafts allegedly written in mid-April 2025. Meanwhile, a seven-year floor plans case comes to an end.

At NextHome, Charis Moreno is now CRO and Jim Fischetti is the new president of brokerage operations. Plus, Ashley Fidler becomes CPO at MoxiWorks.

The working group of 15 executives representing roughly 100K agents is pushing for "real changes" around finances, governance and legally vulnerable policies.