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NYC builds taller housing again, as state, city law reset the stage
1+ hour, 54+ min ago (639+ words) New York City is seeing early results from 2024 state law changes and City of Yes zoning updates that raised allowable residential FAR in some districts. Mayor Zohran Mamdani is adding ADU and fast track programs aimed at faster, more affordable…...
Join the most powerful room in housing at The Gathering April 27-30
20+ hour, 32+ min ago (206+ words) HousingWire will host The Gathering from April 27-30 in Austin, Texas, bringing together real estate, mortgage and homebuilding executives for four days of networking and strategy sessions. Billed as "the most powerful room in housing," The Gathering is designed for leaders…...
United Real Estate adds 725 agents with Allison James affiliation
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (433+ words) United Real Estate affiliated with Allison James Estates and Homes, a 725 agent brokerage based in Port Charlotte, Florida. The deal expands United's reach across eight states plus Washington, D.C., and includes adoption of the BullseyeAI productivity platform." AI Summary United Real…...
Alabama and Texas diverge on buyer agency agreements
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1450+ words) The NAR settlement put buyer representation agreements at the center of agent workflows. Alabama and Mississippi passed laws that allow touring before signing, while Texas now requires a written agreement before substantive action. Oklahoma is considering bills that would loosen…...
Rhode Island targets housing supply with three reform bills
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (686+ words) Rhode Island lawmakers are moving forward on legislation aimed at increasing housing supply and affordability, including a faith-based by-right framework, SRO housing rules with a 90-day minimum, and a state adaptive reuse fund. One agency witness cautioned about incentive stacking…...
Manufactured housing is the homeownership solve we keep ignoring
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (514+ words) Most men appear never to have considered what a house is, and are actually though needlessly poor all their lives because they think that they must have such a one as their neighbors have." " Henry David Thoreau, Walden. Per Polk…...
Housing supply summit highlights the cost of complexity
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (1646+ words) At the National Housing Supply Summit in Washington, DC, panelists argued the housing gap persists less from missing ideas and more from complexity that stalls execution. A proposed fix centers on aggregation, standardization, and fewer moving parts across land, design,…...
First fully rebuilt Palisades home testing post-fire demand
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (1207+ words) Fourteen months after California's Palisades wildfires destroyed nearly 5,900 homes, the first fully rebuilt residence has listed for $7.5 million, testing post-fire demand. Rebuilding is gaining traction with 650 permits issued. Insurance remains available despite premium hikes, while developer interest has shifted the…...
Do pocket listings really boost sale prices, a new study tests it
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (846+ words) A new preprint study finds pocket listings can deliver higher prices and faster sales " challenging long-held assumptions about exposure and competition. But the research also shows NAR's Clear Cooperation Policy may have wiped out most of that advantage without reducing…...
Shilo AI tool turns agent calls into personalized coaching playbooks
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (595+ words) Shilo launched Signals, a feature that builds DISC behavioral profiles for agents from weeks or months of call recordings. The tool ties insights to cited calls with confidence scores and generates individualized coaching recommendations." AI Summary Shilo has launched Signals,…...