Agent/broker perspective: How important is correct pricing in a down market?

A top Miami real estate agent is feeling the pain of a challenged market and sellers who refuse to budge on pricing. What can her broker do to help convince these stubborn clients?  Continue reading

New legislation aims to make mortgages easier for gig workers

Self-employed workers have a hard time qualifying for a mortgage. A new bill called the Self-Employed Mortgage Access Act could change that. Continue reading

New Orleans landlord charged with discrimination for ‘no teenagers’ ad

On Friday, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) charged the landlord with housing discrimination for a 2014 ad on Craigslist. Continue reading

How to Prepare for Retirement on Your Terms

(Editor’s note: This content is sponsored by Acts Retirement-Life Communities.) The residents at Acts Retirement-Life Communities are retirees who consider themselves far from the traditional definition of retired. They consider retirement to be the ne… Continue reading

Home sales in California have fallen for 4 months straight

Near record-high home prices are crushing demand in California, according to the latest home sales data from the California Association of Realtors (C.A.R.). The state dropped below the 400,000 sales benchmark in August, the first time in two years sal… Continue reading

Douglas Elliman agent and husband killed in plane crash

Jodi Cohen, an agent with Douglass Elliman, and husband Michael Graver, were flying between airports in New York and Massachusetts when the plane went down. Continue reading

Agents reap the spoils of new technology, not consumers

In real estate, innovations in technology have ignored the consumer. Instead, agents get clever digital marketing tools and backend applications. Continue reading