• Tech Pulse: Redfin, Real Brokerage show off AI home search,Jonathan Delozier

    Tech Pulse: Redfin, Real Brokerage show off AI home search

    Welcome back to Tech Pulse — HousingWire‘s weekly series rounding up the latest in technology news, including tools, integrations and trends that impact mortgage and real estate. Here’s what happened this week: Redfin puts forth AI chat tool for home searches Redfin has launched a new AI-powered “co

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  • First American’s 2026 housing market forecast points to better affordability,Jonathan Delozier

    First American’s 2026 housing market forecast points to better affordability

    After a year of easing mortgage rates and slightly improved affordability, the U.S. housing market heads into 2026 with expectations for steady, if uneven, progress. First American deputy chief economist Odeta Kushi said a broader reset remains gradual. “There are no quick fixes — recoveries take ti

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  • Figure’s marketplace accelerates with $2.5B in Q3 volume,Flávia Furlan Nunes

    Figure’s marketplace accelerates with $2.5B in Q3 volume

    Figure Technology Solutions reached $2.5 billion in consumer loan marketplace volume in the third quarter of 2025 — a 70% year-over-year increase, the company reported Thursday in its first earnings release since going public. Most of Figure’s volume continues to come from home equity lines of credi

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