Agent Outlook: How will the market determine your strategy?

Eric Forney, director of industry for Livian shares his wit and wisdom as he reviews current market stats and weighs in on what’s next. Check out this week’s outlook, and add these insights to your weekly playbook. Continue reading

Congress closer to prodding VA to update appraisal requirements

The Department of Veterans Affairs allows desktop appraisals when borrowers put 20 percent down, but nearly 90 percent of VA-backed loans are made to homebuyers who put nothing down. Continue reading

Swanepoel says this company is still ‘the 800-pound gorilla’ in real estate

Several newer brokerages have made big strides. But real estate executive Stefan Swanepoel says one established juggernaut still looms large: The holding company formerly known as Realogy. Continue reading

Does remote work spell doom for Florida’s housing market? The Real Word

Byron Lazine and Nicole White discuss mortgage fraud, rising home prices in the Sunshine State, and news from Left, Right and Center. Find out what they have to say about these hot topics, and watch this week’s The Real Word. Continue reading

Contingent vs. pending: What’s the difference?

Q: Every time we look for a house (condo, townhouse or single-family home) and find one we like, by the time we go to make an offer, it’s always been either contingent or pending. Why? And also, what does pending mean? –Eric B., Las Vegas A: Eric, … Continue reading

CoStar to be included in S&P 500, issues $750M public stock offering

As it seeks to gain footing in the residential space, the online real estate behemoth says it plans to raise funds to keep growing as it joins an elite list of some of the nation’s biggest companies. Continue reading

Investor Keith Rubenstein sells NYC townhouse for nearly $50M

Rubenstein and his wife Inga Rubenstein have listed the home multiple times, dating back to 2016 when they put it on the market for $84.5 million. Since then, it’s undergone a series of price cuts. Continue reading

RealScout launches 19th Buyer Graph in Southwest Florida

Fourteen brokerages have partnered to launch the Southwest Florida Buyer Graph, which hosts real-time anonymized buyer data and habits and climate risk data. Continue reading

Households with school-age kids likely to lead fall homebuying rush

Households with school-age children will account for 22.5 percent of all home sales over the next 10 months, according to analytics firm TKI’s latest predictive report. Here’s how to market to them. Continue reading