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Six MLSs are joining together in a federal lawsuit against Compass, escalating and consolidating opposition to the mega-brokerage as a long-simmering confrontation between incumbent listing service platforms and the arch-disruptor mega-brokerage appears destined for a prolonged court battle. Filed in the federal Southern District of New York yesterday by Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service, REColorado,…

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In the months following President Donald Trump’s executive order cracking down on institutional investors buying single-family homes, the state of real estate investing in the U.S. has taken a definite shift.  First, investors began to pull out of the market, with Redfin reporting in June that investor home purchases dropped 6% year-over-year in Q1 2026…

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Editor’s note: This is part two of a two-part story on builder incentives. Part one focused on a builder’s point of view when it came to incentives. As another low-and-slow year for housing comes to a close, and with mortgage rates weighing on affordability, there can be real value out there for buyers interested in…

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