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Is the Housing Bubble About to Burst in the US?  Norada Real Estate Investments

What Colorado can teach us about commercial real estate  OCRegister

NAR President Kevin Sears sat down at Inman Connect Las Vegas with Clelia Warburg Peters to talk about the trade group's past and future, including a return to advocacy and transparency.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is distributing $12 million in payments to customers caught in a real estate house-flipping scheme operated by Zurixx, LLC.

Residential portal behemoth Zillow has settled its antitrust lawsuit against Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service, Multiple Listing Service, Inc., over discontinuing its integration with ShowingTime+ in favor of MLS Aligned's listing platform.

Broward, Palm Beaches & St. Lucie REALTORS® announced the licensing agreement of their award-winning Only a REALTOR® campaign’s Box of Memories commercial with the recently merged Greater Tampa REALTORS® and Pinellas/Central Pasco REALTOR® Association.  “It takes a collective effort and investment to influence change on such a grand scale, and this licensing partnership continues our…

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10 Cheapest Small Towns to Live In  Kiplinger's Personal Finance

Above, Brian Buffini Forget everything you knew about how real estate worked in the past. That was then, and this is now. Gone are the days of real estate being an easy living to earn quick cash for minimal effort. Economic shudders compounded by recent court rulings and a landmark legal settlement on how real…

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The National Association of REALTORS® has announced the roster of its 2025 Leadership Academy class. Twenty REALTORS® from across the country have been chosen to participate in the 10-month program, which will prepare emerging state and local volunteers for future leadership positions at NAR. “The Leadership Academy develops and prepares upcoming leaders to help shape…

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Editor’s Note: The Mortgage Mix is RISMedia’s weekly highlight reel of need-to-know mortgage-industry happenings. Watch for it each Friday afternoon. – The Federal Reserve announced that they are continuing to keep rates steady and are again making no changes at the latest FOMC meeting on Wed., Aug. 31. Inflation has cooled, however it is yet…

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Carroll appeared before LA Superior Court judge Francis Bennett II following his July 1 arrest by LAPD and agreed to waive his rights to be present for court dates in the future.

In a second quarter earnings call Aug. 1, Anywhere Real Estate reported $30 million in profits for the quarter, reversing a downward trend over the last few quarters to post an $11 million increase from the same period last year. Revenue remained relatively flat YoY, with $1.669 billion reported, a slight decline over last year’s…

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Jobs reports trigger recession fears, sending rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages plunging to new 2024 lows as investors rotate out of stocks and into bonds.

Yesterday, Opendoor, the largest and oldest iBuyer, announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2024, also addressing recent settlements and the impacts on buyer agents and sellers. In the wake of recent settlements, investors asked Opendoor CEO Carrie Wheeler about the impact on the company as a result of new buyer agent contracts…

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2 Regions in the US Where the Housing Market Is Starting To Shift  GOBankingRates

Redfin's latest report revealed the average buyer's agent's commission percentage has declined in 47 of the 50 largest markets since the National Association of Realtors' March settlement. However, robust home prices have yielded small gains in commission dollar amounts.

The U.S. added 114,000 jobs in July, below the average monthly gain of 215,000 over the prior 12 months, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Markets reacted negatively to the news, with all three domestic indices down over 2% at around midday Friday. The unemployment rate rose slightly, up 0.2%…

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The multi-family residence sold on July 31 for $21.5 million. The couple purchased the home in 2011 for $12.7 million. 

For about the last four years, home price growth in the overall market outpaced growth in the luxury sector every month. But since January 2024, that trend has reversed, Zillow reported.

Freshfields London Partner Set to Join US Rival  Law.com International