Above: Sara Roberts and Didi Doolittle. When a leading multi-office luxury brokerage in Colorado decided it was time for new technology to fuel its business, the executive team turned to its agents to identify their must-haves. Rather than choosing a system themselves and deploying it company-wide, Slifer Smith & Frampton Real Estate knew it would…
Editor’s Note: Social Skills is a bi-monthly feature in RISMedia’s Daily News focused on social media and digital marketing tips, trends and solutions for agents and brokers. Visual content—meaning photo and video content, and not graphic design—is essential to having a successful social media account, especially in real estate. In real estate, the content you…
The supply gap in housing has been a consistent topic of conversation over the recent years of housing-market challenges. The idea that the U.S. is short nearly 4 million homes has been stated over and over, but what does this figure truly mean, and how can the industry overcome it? According to a new report…
Editor’s note: The COURT REPORT is RISMedia’s weekly look at current and upcoming lawsuits, investigations and other legal developments around real estate. Hooper plaintiffs accuse interveners of demanding compensation, support settlements Plaintiffs in 1925 Hooper vs. NAR recently filed a reply in support of the controversial settlements from eXp and Weichert, and accused the proposed…
Katey McGrath—vice president and director of Operations of Elfant Wissahickon REALTORS®—was recently named as a Crusader in RISMedia’s 2025 class of Real Estate Newsmakers. She was recognized for her leadership on the Philadelphia Women’s Council of REALTORS®, Philadelphia Commission for Women and BrightMLS Board of Directors, as well as having a successful career in the…
In order to run a successful team, you need to recruit agents who will contribute productively and positively to your sales and environment. This, sometimes, is easier said than done. Effective recruiting can be hard to navigate, as many agents get into real estate to be their own boss and run their own business, and…
Inflation remains elevated and consumer spending has tightened as all eyes are on the Fed’s favorite inflation measure ahead of the central bank’s closely watched March meeting. The Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index (tracking costs of goods and services) for January increased 0.3%, and saw the same increase excluding food and energy, according to…
Editor’s Note: The Mortgage Mix is RISMedia’s biweekly highlight reel of need-to-know mortgage-industry happenings. Watch for it every other Friday afternoon. -Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) nominee Bill Pulte spoke on several topics of interest at his confirmation hearing on Thursday Feb. 27, according to National Mortgage News. Pulte mentioned the conservatorships of the GSEs…
United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) has continued to boast success in the mortgage market, with executives noting it saw the “third year as the number one mortgage company in America, the fourth year as the largest purchase lender, and the 10th year as the number one wholesale lender” in its recent Q4 and 2024 full year…
Home prices across the U.S. have been elevated since 2020, and this challenge persists as we now move into five years post-pandemic. While recent reports have found the rate of home price appreciation to be slowing overall across the country, many markets have seen sharp spikes as of late. New research from Homes.com pinpointed some…
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