• Zillow’s MRED feed remains safe, but Realtracs showdown nears June 8 deadline,Brooklee Han

    Zillow’s MRED feed remains safe, but Realtracs showdown nears June 8 deadline

    A federal judge in Chicago has extended Zillow’s temporary restraining order against Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) in the listing portal giant’s antitrust lawsuit against the Chicagoland MLS and Compass International Holdings.  On Thursday morning, Zillow filed a motion to extend its temporary res

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  • Berkshire Taylor Morrison deal puts vertical integration in focus,John McManus

    Berkshire Taylor Morrison deal puts vertical integration in focus

    Berkshire Hathaway’s planned acquisition of Taylor Morrison has opened the door for us to explore a set of uber-themed questions: about homebuilders’ present and future valuations, leadership and scale, and to the question that public homebuilder boards may now be asking: whether to build toward gre

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  • Ten years after: Schaefer Homes revs up its engines for growth,Tyler Williams

    Ten years after: Schaefer Homes revs up its engines for growth

    After spending much of its first decade laying the groundwork for growth, Maryland-based Schaefer Homes emerged as the eighth-fastest-growing homebuilder by residential sales volume in HousingWire’s inaugural HousingWire Homebuilder Rankings.  Jim Schaefer, CEO of Schaefer Homes, founded the company

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