The Law of 3: A powerful marketing and branding tool for real estate

Limiting alternatives, niches and more to three, trainer Bernice Ross writes, allows you to narrow your focus and make your branding, marketing and negotiations more effective. Continue reading

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

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

Middle East and Asia drove global residential luxury growth last year

Despite global uncertainties, many investment opportunities exist for the wealthy in today’s market, Douglas Elliman and Knight Frank’s The 2025 Wealth Report shows. And they continue to be interested in real estate. Continue reading

Help clients get spring deals done with an assumable mortgage

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

Maurice Boschetti and Boschetti Realty Group join Compass

The powerhouse Boschetti Realty Group has joined forces with Compass, where the team is further cementing its dominance in Coconut Grove, Florida’s luxury real estate market, the brokerage announced Monday.

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Insurance, property taxes taking a bigger bite of buyers’ budgets

With the average homeowner spending $442 a month on property taxes and insurance, real estate agents and mortgage lenders are urged to help clients shop for better deals. Continue reading

New lawsuit accuses Howard Lorber of enabling the Alexanders

Douglas Elliman and its former CEO should have known about the alleged string of drugging and sexual assaults by agents Oren and Tal Alexander and their brother Alon Alexander, according to the suit. Continue reading

Perfume mogul Jean Madar puts 1 of 6 mansions on market for $55M

The waterfront mansion, located at 1007 Links Drive in Miami, is the first of six luxury spec mansions that he and his brother, Alain Madar, are bringing to the market. Continue reading

Home values have surged at 2X the normal rate since pandemic

Since 2020, U.S. home values have risen by 45.3 percent. In other words, more than 10 years of typical home value growth has been packed into a five-year period, a new report from Zillow shows. Continue reading

Pacaso, The Agency partner on co-ownership sales

The two companies will also expand listing availability in number of luxury markets, such as La Jolla, Miami, Vail, London and Napa, among other domestic and international destinations. Continue reading