Lew Sichelman

As deepfakes get convincing and AI-driven fraud escalates, real estate industry faces critical tests on multiple levels

From 2020 to 2023, monthly housing costs jumped 29% for outright owners and 16% for mortgage holders, as taxes, insurance, and utilities stretch budgets across the board

Platform augments home search with live mortgage rates, pre-approvals, property-specific special financing

‘The balance of power has shifted toward buyers, but a lot of sellers have yet to see or accept the writing on the wall’

With 60% of Americans unsure it's the right time to buy, and 75% expecting rates and prices to fall, most would-be homeowners are holding out

Seniors now make up nearly one in three shared households, with 65+ participation tripling since 2005

Homeowners seek to recover tens of thousands as Wisconsin joins nationwide crackdown on $20,000–$240,000 ‘home equity theft’ windfalls

GSE fee hike raised borrowing costs by $1,867 annually and cut high-LTV second home loans by 23%, with little gain for first-time buyers, CFPB study finds

New AI integration shaves off more than 180 minutes from each valuation report, enabling appraisers to double daily output, Aivre contends