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7 low-inventory market strategies every agent should adopt in Q4

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Housing expert Luke Babich says that agents need to bring their A-game to thrive this fall in 2025’s late season market with these seven key tips. Continue reading →

Canada’s Virtuo to test AI home concierge platform in Texas

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Canadian real estate software company Virtuo is bringing its homeowner-centric concierge solution to buyers, builders and agents the United States, launching in Texas. Continue reading →

Tariff threats prompt builders to pump brakes on new construction

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Housing starts fell 11.4 percent in March, a modest improvement from 2024, according to Census data released Thursday, with one economist describing the slump as “well below consensus expectations.” Continue reading →

Tariff threats prompt builders to pump brakes on new construction

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Housing starts fell 11.4 percent in March, a modest improvement from 2024, according to Census data released Thursday, with one economist describing the slump as “well below consensus expectations.” Continue reading →

New-home sales fall abruptly in February for first time in 3 months

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Sales of newly built homes slipped a modest 0.3 percent between January and February to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 662,000, according to data released Monday by the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading →

Knock on wood: Cost of lumber drops back to pre-pandemic levels

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Lumber futures have fallen back to where they were before the pandemic ignited a boom in housing and stretched supply chains to the limit, according to data compiled by Nasdaq. Continue reading →

Prices for home construction materials dip for first time in 2021

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Builders got a break in August from the price increases of previous months, but the unpredictable swings in costs remained unwelcome. Continue reading →

Buy and build with Welcome Homes’ online new construction platform

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Welcome Homes augments a streamlined business plan with dynamic 3D visualization to let new homebuyers build and buy directly from their browsers. Continue reading →

How to support your agents in this ultra-competitive seller’s market

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Across the country, nearly every major market is hearing the same song: low inventory, high demand, and a knock-down, drag-out fight for buyers trying to get a home, especially in the entry-level pricing brackets. Here are a few tips for encouraging yo… Continue reading →

Builder confidence rises due to falling mortgage rates

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Builder confidence for newly-built single family homes is rising due to falling mortgages, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). The HMI rose two points in January to 58 on an index… Continue reading →