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Home prices have stopped falling. But is it a reversal or a blip?

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Two widely cited home price measures confirm that the price drops halted in the early weeks of 2023. But downward pressure on prices remains. Continue reading →

Compass assembles new division serving military families, veterans

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The brokerage is recruiting agents and regional directors from the military community to help launch the Compass Military Division in July. Continue reading →

Buying a home is hard. For first-timers, it’s never been tougher

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Homes in the lower tier of pricing are still 8 percent more expensive than at this time last year — and inventory has barely budged, according to a new analysis released Thursday by Zillow. Continue reading →

The ‘Great Reshuffling’ is more complex than we realized

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The dust has begun to settle from the great pandemic home-price boom and bust. An Intel deep-dive analysis sheds light on which markets have been hit hardest by falling prices — and why. Continue reading →

Real Brokerage CEO: ‘At times like these, new leaders are crowned’

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The Real Brokerage founder and CEO Tamir Poleg shares how his rapidly growing business scooped up so much market share last year against the odds — and what the market holds in the days ahead. Continue reading →

New-home construction creeps upward from lower perch in March

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Builders pushed forward with more new single-family projects for the second month in a row, but remained far less active than last year, according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading →

Clarence Thomas claimed rental income from closed real estate firm

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The U.S. Supreme Court justice claimed hundreds of thousands in income from a real estate company that was dissolved in 2006, according to yet another inquiry into Thomas’s financial disclosures. Continue reading →

Clarence Thomas failed to report property deal with Texas developer

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Crow Holdings chair Harlan Crow, already under scrutiny for his role as a benefactor to the U.S. Supreme Court Justice, reportedly bought three properties from Thomas, including one where his mother still lives. Continue reading →

Real estate adds fewer jobs in an otherwise strong US hiring month

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The start of spring usually marks more brokerage transactions and ramped-up construction schedules. But payroll growth was weaker in March, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Continue reading →

Cash to burn: Do real estate’s big players have enough in the bank?

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Real estate businesses burned through billions in cash last year. Intel breaks down the biggest companies with the least wiggle room as economic uncertainty stretches into 2023. Continue reading →