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More booster shots, testing and other measures coming in response to Omicron variant

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President Biden laid out a COVID-19 response plan Thursday that will push more people to get vaccinated and attempt to keep businesses open. Continue reading →

Fed still considering faster tapering of support for mortgages

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Speaking before the Senate Banking Committee Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the recent rise in COVID-19 cases and the emergence of the Omicron variant does pose “downside risks to employment and economic activity and increased uncertainty for… Continue reading →

As Omicron COVID variant spreads, real estate agents grin and bear it

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Disease experts are racing to address the Omicron variant, but in the real estate industry, few expect the new threat to be a game changer. Continue reading →

Omicron could lead Fed to exercise restraint on mortgage pullback

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Financial markets have already dialed back expectations that the Fed would quickly withdraw its support for mortgage markets and hike short-term rates three times next year. Continue reading →

Seasonality is back, iBuying is alive, and other big earnings takeaways

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This week saw a flood of real estate company earnings reports. Overall, they indicate the market is well-positioned and maybe returning to some semblance of normalcy. Continue reading →

Keller Williams sees transactions dip, volume rise in Q3 — but no word on IPO

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The company’s latest earnings report reveals that the coronavirus pandemic is still impacting the housing market. Continue reading →

EXp’s Glenn Sanford on iBuying, the metaverse, stocks and more

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Ahead of eXp’s EXPCON event, Sanford also discussed agent compensation and his company’s latest earnings results. Continue reading →

Encryption, inequality and ‘Zero DOM’: 6 pocket listing takeaways

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Inman took a deep dive into pocket listings, which continue to polarize the real estate industry long after many thought the practice would disappear. Continue reading →

Anti-mask agent canned after badgering school kids in viral video

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Former R New York agent Curtis Goldstein was canned Saturday following a series of anti-vaccine posts and a protest outside an elementary school. Continue reading →

Brad Inman challenges agents to embrace the future: ‘This is your time’

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The real estate industry has been in an era of rapid digitization for the past decade, and venture capitalists are pushing fast-forward on a future where transactions are as simple as buying a new car. Although that future terrifies most agents, Inman … Continue reading →