Pending home sales dipped for the fifth-straight month in March, with the Pending Home Sales Index dropping 1.2 percent from February to 103.7, according to the National Association of Realtors. Continue reading
Zillow now expects home value growth to reach 14.9% through March 2023, down from its previous estimate of 16.5% growth. What’s with the downgrade? Continue reading
SUCCESS Coaching executive Ben Fairfield has joined RE/MAX as vice president of region development for the West Coast, overseeing franchise growth across 15 states. Continue reading
Rents rose by 0.4 percent from February to March — a slowdown from recent months even as gas and food costs spiked, according to the latest Consumer Price Index, released Tuesday Continue reading
Only 24 percent of consumers think now is a good time to buy a home — the lowest reading ever recorded in a monthly survey conducted by Fannie Mae since 2010. Continue reading
In a heartfelt letter posted on LinkedIn, Compass founder and CEO Robert Reffkin addressed his company’s stock market troubles and cast his vision for the future. Continue reading
A sharp decline in mortgage refinancing prompts Blend to pull back “very hard” on hiring and reconsider the “right number of people” needed in the title insurance segment. Continue reading
Real estate offers many of the same advantages as bonds, without the same inflation risk. Here’s how you can take advantage of its potential in today’s market. Continue reading
The Federal Reserve will double the pace of its tapering of support for mortgage markets, as falling unemployment and worries about inflation outweigh uncertainty around the potential health and economic impacts of the Omicron variant. Continue reading
Real estate coach Brian Buffini shared his annual predictions for the year ahead during a webcast in which he urged agents to hunker down on the fundamentals of their training and get back to basics in preparation for a market shift. Continue reading