Monthly Archives: June 2024

Buyer (agent) beware before opting for a workaround: The Download

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What do you make of commission-sharing workarounds, and how are you planning to change up your communication strategy? Continue reading →

Interest rate waiting game: Should buyers purchase now or wait it out?

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Is it better to buy now or wait it out in today’s housing market? RE/MAX President Amy Lessinger lays out the factors that can help you help buyer clients decide. Continue reading →

REColorado owners oust board amid plans to sell MLS

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Owners of the 16th largest MLS in the country plan to sell to a newly formed private company called MAZL that is run by a person identified only as J. Burks. Continue reading →

Prospects for lower mortgage rates grow as inflation continues to ease

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The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge fell to 2.56 percent in May, getting closer to the Fed’s 2 percent target for the 2nd month in a row. Core inflation reading is lowest since March 2021. Continue reading →

Jones Fridman International brings on Straser Silicon Valley team

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The merger brings on Katy Thielke Straser’s seven-person team and allows Jones Fridman International to expand its market area into Northern California. The team now represents about $25 billion in career sales. Continue reading →

Ryan Serhant’s flashy ‘Owning Manhattan’ raises bar for reality TV

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The Netflix series focuses on Serhant’s agents and lifts the stakes on real estate-focused reality TV thanks to high production values and sophisticated plotting, reporter Lillian Dickerson writes. Continue reading →

Keller Williams picks up 31-agent Texas indie

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TJ Lewis Real Estate is based in Austin, Keller Williams’ home turf, and has done $27.9 million in volume this year so far. Continue reading →

Marilyn Monroe’s former home achieves cultural monument status

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The home’s current owners, heiress Brinah Milstein and reality TV producer Roy Bank, had hoped to demolish the home and said that instead of selling, they will continue their legal fight against the city of LA. Continue reading →

RealPage lays off 4% of workforce amid ongoing lawsuits and probe

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The layoffs include employees at various levels of the company and come as RealPage faces scrutiny from federal regulators, who claim its software allows landlords to collude on rent. Continue reading →