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RESO and CMLS end talks to form new combined group

After nearly a year of exploration and discussions, the Real Estate Standards Organization (RESO) and the Council of MLSs (CMLS) have made the shared decision to not move forward in plans to form a new combined organization. The organizations announced the decision in a joint statement on Monday. “This decision reflects a disciplined evaluation of…

ICE launches AI voice and chat agents for mortgage servicing

Intercontinental Exchange Inc. on Tuesday morning unveiled a suite of artificial intelligence-powered voice and chat agents for mortgage servicing, along with new automation tools, during its annual ICE Experience (X26) conference. The company said the agents, currently in beta testing, are designed to help homeowners manage their loans and complete servicing-related tasks within governed processes….

Florida’s Live Local 4.0 flexes state muscle on housing progress

Florida lawmakers have approved a new Live Local 4.0 package that further extends state pre-emption of local zoning and tax rules to promote affordable and workforce housing development. The bill, the third major rewrite of the 2023 Live Local Act, was passed on the final day of the 2026 regular session of the Florida Legislature….

Tidalwave AI tops general models in mortgage underwriting accuracy benchmark

A joint study from mortgage technology platform Tidalwave and researchers at Columbia University found that Tidalwave’s mortgage-trained AI agent produced more accurate answers to loan underwriting questions than a general-purpose large language model. The benchmarking evaluated Tidalwave’s SOLO agent against Claude 4.5 from Anthropic on 90 questions commonly asked by loan officers during the mortgage…