HousingWire expands AI strategy to housing data and news

HousingWire is expanding its artificial intelligence strategy by making its housing market data, mortgage information and industry analysis accessible through AI platforms including ChatGPT and Claude. HousingWire executives previewed the technology on Tuesday during the company’s third annual AI Summit at the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas. “When we started this event three years ago, the conversation that we had planning content was, how do we weed through all the noise to get to actionable insight?” HousingWire CEO Clayton Collins said. That task has become easier as companies have moved from discussing potential AI applications to deploying tools in their businesses, Collins said. HousingWire has spent much of the past year preparing its own data infrastructure for AI applications, including organizing housing market data, mortgage data, mortgage rates, RealTrends Verified rankings, and other information available through the company and its partners. The effort was necessary to make the data usable both internally and through new products, Collins said. “Anyone who’s initiated and implemented AI initiatives understands the importance of having data structured the...