Privately owned housing starts dipped 0.7 percent in October while single-family housing starts dropped 3.9 percent, according to U.S. Census Bureau residential construction data Continue reading
EXp founder Glenn Sanford said his company should have half a million agents in five years. We asked some experts if that was realistic. Continue reading
Investors purchased a record 18.2 percent of U.S. homes, amounting to a new high of $63.6 billion in homes during the third quarter of 2021, according to a new Redfin analysis released Monday. Continue reading
Amid the continued shattering of annual sales pace records, inventory also took a slight hit during October, a report from realtor.com released on Wednesday showed. Continue reading
Zillow announced Tuesday that it is exiting its iBuyer business, Zillow Offers. After racking up over $1 billion in losses over 3.5 years, Zillow is closing the business down, a move that has significant implications for the real estate industry. Continue reading
Slowed contract signings in September are a likely sign that home price growth will soon come back down to earth, NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said. Continue reading
The S&P/Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index remained virtually unchanged since July, when gains rose 19.7 percent while continuing a 15-month streak of upward growth. Continue reading
The current problem seems to be unique to Zillow. Other iBuyers saw the signals and made adjustments while Zillow kept on buying; either it missed the signs or proceeded anyway. Regardless, it’s a timely reminder that growing an iBuyer business is chal… Continue reading
A new study by Redfin found that in the areas impacted by California’s five largest wildfires between 2010 and 2020, home values grew at a rate of 21 percent, slightly slower than the surrounding markets. Continue reading
Compass’ growth over the past three years has been remarkable. It is one of the fastest growing real estate brokerages of all time — yet its stock price continues to decline. Continue reading