• Friday Harbor’s AI originator assistant now supports overlays,Sarah Wolak

    Friday Harbor’s AI originator assistant now supports overlays

    Friday Harbor, an AI-powered platform that helps loan officers build compliant loan files in real time, announced this week that its AI Originator Assistant can now assess loans against lender and investor overlays in addition to standard program guidelines. The update aims to give lenders greater c

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  • ADU innovation spells affordable housing progress in North Carolina,Jonathan Delozier

    ADU innovation spells affordable housing progress in North Carolina

    In Wilmington, North Carolina’s tight housing market — where infill land is scarce and prices have climbed sharply — Jeffrey and Becky Maynard of Our House Your Home LLC are finding creative ways to keep their mission of affordable family housing alive. What began a decade ago as a small real estate

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  • Buyer agency agreements test limits of real estate agent-buyer trust,Brooklee Han

    Buyer agency agreements test limits of real estate agent-buyer trust

    In August 2024, as many in the real estate industry prepared for the terms of the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement agreement to go into effect, industry professionals began wondering how agents would handle breached buyer agency agreements and if lawsuits would e

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