How High Mortgage Rates Are Impacting the Housing Market—and Consumers’ Moods
In August, mortgage rates surpassed 7%, hitting a more than two-decade high. At the beginning of 2023, most housing-market watchers ...
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The Playbook: Agent Interactions, and Thriving in the New Normal
Editor’s Note: The Playbook is an RISMedia biweekly segment centering on what brokers and agents are doing to ensure they ...
CRS Data Celebrates Record Growth in 2023
The team at CRS Data, a leading provider of property tax data in the U.S. and Canada, is looking toward ...
HomeSmart CEO: Real Estate ‘Becoming a Commodity’ and Hurting Consumers
As 2023 draws to a close, the residential real estate industry is facing challenges like never before. Elevated mortgage rates, ...
Mortgage Rates May Well Rise Again, Fed Chair Powell Warns
At an International Monetary Fund research conference held Nov. 9 in Washington, D.C., Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned that ...
New Commissions Lawsuits Spread to Manhattan, South Carolina
It appears to have become open season on buyer-broker commissions following the Burnett vs. NAR class action lawsuit in which ...
Real Estate Webmasters’ Global MLS Project Continues to Gain Momentum
On a mission to solve the global problem of consumer access and transparency in real estate, Real Estate Webmasters’ global ...
Income to Afford ‘Starter Home’ Passes $100,000, NAR Data Shows
The challenge of housing affordability continues to grow to historic levels, according to the latest analysis by the National Association ...
CRS Data: A Prospecting Must for Real Estate Professionals
When leads and listings are plentiful, interest rates low and inventory high, homes usually sell fast. Real estate agents may ...
Op-Ed: Agent Commissions’ Possible New World: A Step Backward for Fair Housing
The United States real estate market is actually the envy of the world. The U.S. boasts the world’s most orderly, ...
Enhance Your 2025 Social Media Strategy With Housing Awareness Days and Months
In addition to your regular content, posting about housing-related holidays and awareness months can offer agents unique opportunities to engage audiences. Read more.
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