• Why Texas builders are betting on backup batteries for new homes,John McManus

    Why Texas builders are betting on backup batteries for new homes

    On March 4, 2025, a windstorm cut across Texas and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of homes. Outside Dallas-Fort Worth, the pattern was the same as the storm swept through one of Lennar‘s new communities: the grid went down, the neighborhood went dark. But 46 homes in that same community—

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  • Supreme Court denies REX’s request to rehear petition,Brooklee Han

    Supreme Court denies REX’s request to rehear petition

    The Supreme Court will not be taking up Real Estate Exchange (REX)’s appeal of a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in REX’s long-running antitrust suit against the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and Zillow. The nation’s highest court denied REX’s rehearing request in a ruling on Monday.

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  • ICE taps Bob Hart to lead mortgage technology division,Flávia Furlan Nunes

    ICE taps Bob Hart to lead mortgage technology division

    Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) on Tuesday named Bob Hart as president of its ICE Mortgage Technology division. Hart will succeed Tim Bowler, who will transition to ICE’s fixed income and data services division, where he will focus on index development and financial institution infrastructure. The l

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