By offering an option to skip state and national Realtor membership, the local association stands to earn 84 percent more per agent while brokers and agents pay hundreds less, according to an analyis. Continue reading
Are there marketing tools you can’t live without? Let us know which platforms, software or strategies are making the biggest impact on your business this year. Continue reading
Judges rule the now-defunct real estate brokerage did not provide evidence of “concerted action” between NAR and Zillow and that the no-commingling rule was “in fact” optional. Continue reading
Preliminary results from February’s Intel Index survey show agents pulling back slightly from the confidence they had in recent months about buyer and seller client pipelines improving in the next year. Continue reading
The future of real estate is here, and it’s time to look ahead. In Nashville, we’re doing just that, and we’re giving you the secrets and skills you’ll need to thrive in the next era of real estate. Continue reading
After moving in the wrong direction for three months, annual inflation cooled to 2.5 percent in January. But the biggest drop in consumer spending since February 2021 has one model predicting that the economy is shrinking. Continue reading
Florida wrapped up the first month of the year with a record-breaking number of homes for sale, according to Redfin’s latest data analysis. At the end of January, there were 172,209 homes on the market, the most Florida has ever seen. That’s a 22.7 per… Continue reading
Virginia-based portal CoStar Group has finished its acquisition of spatial mapping company Matterport. The companies expected to finish the deal by the end of March, putting them 31 days ahead of schedule. Continue reading
Revenue from Blend’s biggest business, its mortgage software suite, fell 6 percent in 2024 to $73.3 million. A 42 percent increase in consumer banking suite revenue, to $33.7 million, more than made up the difference. Continue reading
In a difficult year for real estate, Rocket Mortgage grew closed loan volume by 29 percent, to $101.2 billion, and higher profit margins on those loans helped boost net revenue by 34 percent, to $5.1 billion. Continue reading