Cotality hires industry veteran Jason Nicosia to lead national real estate solutions

Cotality has hired residential real estate and proptech veteran Jason Nicosia as senior principal of national real estate solutions, the company announced Thursday. In the senior leadership role, Nicosia will serve as a strategic adviser to Cotality’s enterprise real estate clients, helping align the company’s data and technology products with clients’ long-term business goals and growth...

California court curbs Coastal Commission on building permits

A California home builder sought to build three additional houses on lots it had owned for more than two decades in a coastal county. That should have been easy. It had already built four nearby homes. But it wasn’t. Years of court hearings followed when a state agency overrode San Luis Obispo County’s authority and denied the building permits. On Thursday, the California Supreme Court ruled...

U.S. Foreclosures Climb in Early 2026 as Repossessions Surge

Foreclosure activity across the U.S. housing market accelerated at the start of 2026, signaling mounting financial strain for a subset of homeowners even as overall volumes remain below pre-pandemic norms. A total of 118,727 properties recorded a foreclosure filing in the first quarter, up 6% from the prior three months and 26% from a year earlier, according to data released by ATTOM. The increase was...

FSBO.com launches loan officer portal for consumer-directed listings

FSBO.com on Wednesday announced the launch of a new loan officer portal designed to integrate mortgage professionals earlier into the for-sale-by-owner (FSBO) home selling process, as the company looks to create a more structured and collaborative transaction model. The platform allows loan officers to assist sellers with listing creation, marketing and buyer screening, while also guiding financing from...

Lawmakers target retirement gaps facing family caregivers

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is advancing multiple pieces of legislation designed to strengthen retirement savings options for millions of unpaid family caregivers. Two companion bills introduced in the House and Senate would modify retirement account rules to better reflect the realities caregivers face. Under one proposal, the Improving Retirement Security for Family Caregivers Act, eligible...

How fraud gets stopped in its tracks by real estate and title pros

Real estate fraud has evolved rapidly, and professionals across the industry already recognize that today’s schemes are more complex and convincing than ever. What has changed most is the scale — driven by artificial intelligence (AI) that can generate realistic emails, cloned voices and even live deepfake video impersonations of buyers, sellers or agents. In 2025, the FBI’s Internet Crime...

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