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Median tax bills increased 5.1% in 2024, with borrowers carrying mortgages facing higher costs than mortgage-free homeowners

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Another MLS Challenges Zillow In Fight Over Listing Visibility

Realtracs joins MRED in pushing back on Zillow's listing policies, a battle with potential implications for the broader homebuying and mortgage ecosystem

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New integration brings mortgage-focused AI agents directly into ChatGPT, allowing lenders and LOs to move borrower conversations into pre-underwriting workflows faster

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Higher loan amounts and modest rate increases continued squeezing borrower qualification margins, particularly for FHA and payment-sensitive buyers

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MISMO Introduces New Loan Boarding Standard

Wrapper Files support standardized data transfers between origination and servicing systems, with potential savings of $60 to $160 per loan

Regulation and Compliance
May 29, 2026
Newrez Targets Rising Insurance Costs With Matic Partnership

Rising homeowners insurance costs are pushing lenders to expand affordability tools beyond the mortgage itself

Operations
May 29, 2026
Property Taxes Rise Across Every Major Metro, Adding To Borrower Affordability Pressure

Median tax bills increased 5.1% in 2024, with borrowers carrying mortgages facing higher costs than mortgage-free homeowners

Analysis and Data
May 29, 2026
Another MLS Challenges Zillow In Fight Over Listing Visibility

Realtracs joins MRED in pushing back on Zillow's listing policies, a battle with potential implications for the broader homebuying and mortgage ecosystem

Industry News
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CommLoan Launches AI-Powered Lender Matching Tool For CRE Mortgage Brokers

New platform analyzes deals against more than 600,000 loan programs and 1,000 lenders in under a minute

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The mortgage industry’s deal fight that refuses to end keeps getting extended like a Netflix series as proxy pressure and competing bids push the saga deeper into June

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Housing Groups Sue To Block CFPB’s ECOA Overhaul

Lawsuit challenges both CFPB’s fair lending rollback and Vought’s authority to lead the bureau

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Addy AI Launches ChatGPT App For Mortgage Pre-Underwriting

New integration brings mortgage-focused AI agents directly into ChatGPT, allowing lenders and LOs to move borrower conversations into pre-underwriting workflows faster

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