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Virtual staging: The best apps for 2025 + mind-blowing AI picks

Housing Wire

Is virtual staging finally ready for its close-up? The days of AI-staged photos that look more like Salvador Dali paintings than comfy living rooms or HGTV-ready kitchens are long gone. The images todays virtual staging companies can create using AI are shockingly realistic and, dare we say it, stylish. We think it is.

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Why real estate professionals must return to old-school thinking in 2025

Housing Wire

The real estate industry is already in a whirlwind and the year has barely kicked off. To put it simply, the industry appears to be in its rapid evolution era. An industry-wide focus on lead generation has left many professionals with vast, often un-tapped lead databases. Have a seat and buckle in. What does this look like?

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How New Hampshire is looking to alleviate its housing crisis

Housing Wire

If you can attract someone right out of college or early in their career to stay or come to New Hampshire, apartment living is a great option for people at that stage in their life, said Rob Dapice, the executive director and CEO ofNew Hampshire Housing. Housing industry experts attribute this to the states restrictive zoning laws.

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Compass’s recent performance points to the future of real estate brokerage

Housing Wire

Startups in the real estate technology space are pushing the boundaries of staging with photorealistic virtual renderings of homes; in-person and remote touring; innovative financing options; better home renovation; and fraud-mitigation to protect high dollar-value transactions, just to name a few areas.

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New AI-powered homeowner platform aids with sales and maintenance tasks

Housing Wire

Exuma believes that the platform will provide transformative change to every stage of homeownership. “My My extensive experience in the home services industry has shown me the incredible potential in building strong relationships between homeowners and home service providers,” Exuma founder Anthony Perera said in a statement.

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Why HELOCs are growing more popular

Housing Wire

The past few years in the housing industry have been nothing short of unprecedented. HELOCs have continued to set the stage as flexible, helpful products that provide quick access to financing for a multitude of uses including home renovations, debt consolidations or emergency purchases.

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Compass’s title firm runs into trouble in Washington

Housing Wire

Specifically, the state said that Modus used its partnership with “Staging Boost,” a platform that works with third-party vendor ZingFix to offer cleaning, landscaping, staging and listing preparation renovation with a deferred payment. ” Inman News first reported the planned license revocation.

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