Location! Location! Funding! Local Logic lands $13M in Series B round

The funds will go toward general operations and services expansion to help the space “better understand the impact of location,” according to a company announcement. Continue reading

Zillow sees losses rise in Q2 thanks to ‘tough’ market

The company lost $38 million between April and June, though it did see revenue tick up slightly. Zillow also described 2023 as “crucial,” in a newly published earnings report. Continue reading

‘Empowered with great products,’ Zillow acquires Aryeo

Aryeo offers an online platform for managing real estate marketing media, founded by a trio of real estate photographers and media creatives. It will fall under ShowingTime+, according to Zillow. Continue reading

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac boost profits in Q2 despite a slow spring

Mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac continued to grow their net worth as firm home prices and low default rates allowed them to release billions of dollars previously reserved for losses. Continue reading

Lamacchia Realty expands with acquisitions across Massachusetts

In the last month, the East Coast-based brokerage has made two strategic acquisitions as the company works to bolster its presence in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Continue reading

Foreign buyers target high-end homes as transactions fall 14%

The average price of homes sold to foreign buyers was $639,900, the National Association of Realtors said. The median price was $396,400. Both numbers are record highs. Continue reading

A doctor inherited a vacant lot. The home he found there shocked him

Daniel Kenigsberg alleges a series of fraudulent documents led to his land being stolen last fall before contractors built a single-family house on his half-acre of land in Connecticut. Continue reading

Offerpad scoops up more homes in Q2 as path to profitability emerges

Having unloaded almost all of its older inventory, the iBuyer ramped up home acquisitions by 131 percent, to 840 homes, in the second quarter of 2023 and expects positive adjusted earnings by year’s end. Continue reading

What the early ’80s inflation crisis reveals about today’s home market

The Fed has raised interest rates to fight inflation in the past. A new Intel analysis illuminates the data behind the “rate lock” of the early 1980s and how long it took home sales to eventually recover. Continue reading