• Lower launches Movoto Advantage for solo real estate agents,Brooklee Han, HousingWire Automation

    Lower launches Movoto Advantage for solo real estate agents

    Lower has launched Movoto Advantage, a limited-access, subscription-based program that connects high-performing solo real estate agents with motivated home buyers and sellers through real-time live transfers, the company announced Thursday. The program, which Lower began rolling out in late 2025, op

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  • D.C. pushes single-stair apartments higher with added safety rules,Richard Lawson

    D.C. pushes single-stair apartments higher with added safety rules

    Washington, D.C., council members are leaning into a growing national trend by relaxing single-stairway rules to cut the cost of building small and mid-rise housing. On Tuesday, the D.C. Council unanimously advanced the One Front Door Act. If it passes on second reading, the maximum height for resid

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  • HECM activity rises in March, but proprietary loans are taking a bite out of business,Sarah Wolak

    HECM activity rises in March, but proprietary loans are taking a bite out of business

    U.S. reverse mortgage endorsements rose sharply in March following subdued activity in February, but overall volume remains down compared with recent months, according to data released Wednesday by Reverse Market Insight (RMI). Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsements increased 16.3% in M

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