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6 named to NAR REACH Australia’s latest class

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Six innovative companies from Down Under have been named by Second Century Ventures as members of the 2025 cohort for REACH Australia and New Zealand. Continue reading →

Weak February jobs report moves the needle on mortgage rates

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Mortgage rates eased Friday as investors took stock of new data showing employers added 151,000 workers to their payrolls in February and the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.1 percent. Continue reading →

Want to get more for your sellers? List in late May

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Despite a slow start to the year, Zillow’s latest report said May might be a potential goldmine for homesellers. Listings that go live during the last two weeks of May receive a premium of $5,600. Continue reading →

Help clients get spring deals done with an assumable mortgage

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Get buyers off the fence and help sellers market their homes more effectively when you tap into the potential of assumable mortgages, Troy Palmquist writes. Continue reading →

As JVs struggle, Rate names top salesman to head retail mortgage

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Guaranteed Rate Inc.’s retail mortgage operations named Shant Banosian as president on Tuesday as joint ventures with Compass and Anywhere Real Estate strove to generate profits. Continue reading →

NAR names new general counsel as Lesley Muchow quietly steps aside

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Jon Waclawski was named as Muchow’s replacement after nearly a decade serving on NAR’s political and legal teams. NAR also replaced the legal team behind Sitzer | Burnett, Batton. Continue reading →

Maverick Systems expands reach of recruiting data

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Maverick Systems launched a year ago with the intent to help industry leaders better predict when agents might leave their office and who to target from market competitors. Continue reading →

December home prices extend decade-long growth streak

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U.S. home prices continued their climb in December, extending a long-running growth streak and reaching all-time highs, according to data released Tuesday by S&P Dow Jones and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). The FHFA Housing Price Index… Continue reading →

NAR pulls the plug on its annual tech conference

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The Innovation, Opportunity & Investment (iOi) Summit will “evolve” to provide year-round education, while signature events will move to other NAR conferences. Continue reading →

DOGE cost-cutting exposes risk to cities with federal office space

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Impact on certain markets may be “profound,” attorneys warn, as federal agencies look to cut the size of their real estate footprint by as much as 50 percent under the Trump administration. Continue reading →