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What it means to lead when global becomes personal

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CEO Dezireh Eyn shares how professional and personal life shifts when global politics begin to take center stage. Continue reading →

Your seller needs to sell now. Here’s how to handle the 6 objections that will stop them

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Help seller clients position their home where buyers see it as the best value among the properties currently on the market.  Continue reading →

Oil prices, jobs and mortgage rates: Numbers to know

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Windermere’s Principal Economist Jeff Tucker looks at the factors that are impacting the economy at large and your local market. Continue reading →

March CPI jumps 0.9% as gas prices surge on Iran conflict

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The Consumer Price Index rose 0.9 percent in March, its largest monthly gain since June 2022, as a 21.2 percent surge in gasoline prices — the biggest single-month increase in the index’s history — accounted for nearly three-quarters of the monthly inc… Continue reading →

‘People are praying for a crash’: Why housing doomers keep getting louder

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Housing analyst Ricky Carruth pushes back on crash predictions, arguing today’s market is defined by strong fundamentals. Continue reading →

INTERACTIVE: Here’s why mortgage rates are spiking now

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A mix of macro factors, policy statements and war in the Middle East have created mortgage rate volatility and dampened the 2026 home sales outlook. Continue reading →

Shock event sours rosy real estate hopes for 3rd straight spring: Intel

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Client pools saw little change in March. But the once-optimistic outlook for 2026 fizzled as the war in Iran drove borrowing costs higher. Continue reading →

Job cuts climb in March, with AI emerging as a growing factor

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U.S. job cuts rose in March, and AI emerged as a key driver, while layoffs spread across industries and hiring rebounded on seasonal demand. Continue reading →

NAR thought home sales would spike this year. Not anymore, thanks to volatile mortgage rates

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The market reaction to Trump’s war in Iran sent mortgage rates sharply higher. NAR will revise its bullish 14 percent sales jump as a result. Continue reading →

Rising prices, cooling demand: Interest rates hit a 6-month high

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For the first time since October, the monthly cost of buying a home increased, a consequence of the Iran war driving mortgage rates to a six-month high. Continue reading →