The nationwide median rent in August remained unchanged year-over-year for the first time since 2012, according to Zillow’s latest housing data survey. The median rent is actually lower than it was in August 2017, in 19 of the nation’s 35 largest housi… Continue reading
Using data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the real estate database company found that home construction was down in each of the nine census divisions. Continue reading
A new marketing initiative by Compass that’s rolled out last week will allow agents to post listings days before they appear on the market. Continue reading
In real estate, innovations in technology have ignored the consumer. Instead, agents get clever digital marketing tools and backend applications. Continue reading
Glenn Kelman, Redfin’s CEO and president took the helm of the real estate brokerage 13 years ago, this month. He talks to Inman about the ups and downs. Continue reading
As has been the case in recent catastrophic hurricane events, most recently Hurricane Harvey’s 2017 landfall in Houston, most of the fear is rooted in the impact of flooding, a result of hours of prolonged downpours swelling rural and municipal bodies … Continue reading
The new pilot program, which launches in Florida under Premier Broker, will allow brokerages to generate leads with no upfront costs. Continue reading
The well-funded San Francisco startup is buying the discount brokerage Open Listings, giving it real estate agents and a powerful new tech platform Continue reading
Zillow Offers is launching Monday in Atlanta. It’s the third market for the neophyte direct-to-consumer home buying and selling program, which launched in Phoenix back in April of this year. Continue reading
And though still well below the historical average of 21.2 percent, the income-to-mortgage ratio has not been this high since 2009, in the wake of the financial crisis (leading up to it, the income-to-mortgage ratio spiked past 20 percent). Continue reading