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Mr. Cooper lays out path to $1T mortgage servicing rights portfolio

Rising mortgage rates have many lenders looking to sell servicing rights, creating an opportunity for a Dallas-based company that now collects payments on $870 billion in loans.  

Clever offers its own take on the lead-referral model

Clever Real Estate finds its leads with extensive content marketing to educate consumers on a vast range of real estate topics.  

Buyers are returning to the market — and sellers are following: Redfin

This week, the Redfin Homebuyer Demand Index, the brokerage’s in-house gauge of buyer activity, hit its highest level since September, rising 21 percent from an October low, new data shows.  

News Corp will slash 1,250 jobs following rough real estate earnings

Move Inc. revenue fell $23 million in Q4, due to a drop in home sales and referral revenue, according to earnings on Thursday. The company confirmed it was in talks

‘Big Short’ investor says iBuyers could be obsolete by 2025

In his latest interview with Bloomberg, former Goldman Sachs investor Don Mullen explains why iBuyers won’t survive much longer, calling them the “forced sellers” of today’s market.  

A home touted as the priciest in the US a decade ago returns to market

A Connecticut estate made headlines in 2014 when it sold for a then-record $120 million, making it America’s priciest home sale at the time. Now its owners are giving it

Inman’s Top 5 stories for the week of Feb. 3-9 , 2023

Catch up on all of the latest news and this week’s most-read stories. It’s Inman’s Top 5 for the week of Feb. 3-9, 2023.  

‘Our values shot up astronomically’: Behind Coeur d’Alene’s viral ascent

A highly livable city with space to spread out suddenly becomes attractive to wealthy, out-of-state buyers who can now work remotely and have the purchasing power to snatch up the

Red Oak Realty taps former KW, Pacific Union leader as president

Nicole Aissa will oversee agent growth and development at Red Oak. She previously worked as an operating principal at Keller Williams.  

7 power moves top agents are making right now

Is your desire to grow your business this year? What are you doing right now that your competition isn’t? According to Jimmy Burgess, by focusing on optimizing the efficiencies in