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Who’s buying real estate brokerages post Compass-Anywhere merger?

With the dust now settling on 2025, marked by Compass’s acquisition of Anywhere and Stone Point’s strategic investment in Keller Williams Realty, the natural question is: What does the mergers and acquisitions landscape look like for 2026? At RTC Consulting, we expect to see one to two additional large-scale acquisitions this year involving national real…

Fifth Third completes Comerica merger, forms ninth-largest U.S. bank

Fifth Third Bancorp said Monday that it has completed its merger with Comerica, creating the ninth-largest bank in the U.S. with roughly $294 billion in assets. The combined company brings together Fifth Third’s retail banking and digital operations with Comerica’s middle-market banking business. Fifth Third said the merger is intended to strengthen the bank’s scale,…

Alanna, Settlor partner on FinCEN compliance options

Alanna.ai and Settlor today announce a collaboration to develop technology solutions aimed at helping title and escrow companies comply with new federal reporting requirements under the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN) anti-money laundering rule (AML). The partnership integrates Alanna.ai’s compliance tools with Settlor’s provider-agnostic title production system, giving title professionals multiple options for managing FinCEN-related…

Homebuying power improves as prices cool, inventory expands

U.S. homebuyers are gaining ground on affordability as price growth slows and housing supply expands, according to the latest HousingWire Data through Jan. 24. While affordability challenges persist — despite mortgage rates trending lower — recent shifts are improving purchasing power and giving buyers more leverage than they had a year ago. Nationally, the median…