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Real estate tech started like streaming and ended as a bundle

Remember when Netflix felt like the answer to everything? One price, one app, watch whatever you want. People were ditching cable because the math was obvious. Why pay for 200 channels when $12 a month got you everything you wanted to watch. Simple, cheap, done. Then Disney launched their own thing. Then HBO. Then Paramount,…

NextHome opens two Southern California offices with 200 agents

Brokerage leader Albert Meggers has launched two large Southern California offices under the NextHome brand, bringing nearly 200 agents onto the franchise’s new large-office model following its acquisition by eXp World Holdings. NextHome, a national real estate franchise and subsidiary of eXp World Holdings, said it is expanding its Southern California footprint with two coastal…

Trump to Congress: Pass ROAD Act with institutional investor ban

President Donald Trump, in a Truth Social post Monday night, urged Congress to pass the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act.  In the post, Trump doubled down on his support for a ban on institutional investors buying single-family homes. The Senate’s version of the bill includes a provision that would prohibit investment firms that own…

Figure posts strong Q1 on surge in blockchain lending activity

Figure Technology Solutions reported first-quarter net income of $45 million as the blockchain-based lending marketplace nearly doubled revenue and more than doubled consumer loan marketplace volume year-over-year. The company said on Tuesday that its consumer loan marketplace volume rose 113% year over year to $2.9 billion in the quarter ended March 31. Figure Connect volume…