Rechat adds custom app building features

Rechat has expanded its platform to allow brokerages, teams, technology providers and vendors to build and deploy custom branded applications directly on top of its real estate operating system. Custom app features are available immediately. The initiative builds on work that began more than a year

New York reform prioritizes housing production over climate review

New York state’s most sweeping reform of a 50-year-old environmental review law is on the books. Gov. Kathy Hochul secured the changes as part of the state budget, cutting red tape on housing construction. Developers, municipalities and environmental advocates are watching to see how the law works i

Inside Zac Efron’s ‘Futurecave’: Actor Is Building $2.7 Million Off-Grid ‘Hemp House’ in Australia After Buying Vast Parcel of Bushland

Actor Zac Efron has bid farewell to Hollywood's glossy megamansions in favor of returning to grassroots architecture in the form of a unique off-grid retreat made almost entirely of hemp that he is in the process of building on a remote plot of land in Australia. The 38-year-old "High School Musical

Trump Nominates New Head for CFPB, Signaling Change of Direction for Embattled Agency

President Donald Trump has picked a familiar name to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Trump on Wednesday nominated Brian Johnson, who'd previously overseen rule-making, supervision, and enforcement efforts at the agency, to be its lead. He'd need to be confirmed by the Senate and would