‘Signs of deceleration’ bedevil US home prices

Home price growth continued to slow in August as buyers expressed trepidation over the economy, despite a healthy supply of inventory and lower mortgage rates, the FHFA and S&P Dow Jones Indices reported. Continue reading

A bunch of big real estate teams are making big moves

As competition for talent remains intense, major teams this week moved to Compass, eXp Realty and the Real Brokerage. Continue reading

Home price gains relaxed in April, near slowest pace in 2 years

The FHFA HPI rose 3 percent on an annual basis in April, while the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index posted a 2.7 percent annual gain. Continue reading

Bright MLS CEO: Time for fence-sitting is over. It’s time to decide

If you’re arguing for secrecy in a marketplace that is built on trust and efficiency, Bright MLS CEO Brian Donnellan writes, then maybe it’s not the model that’s outdated — maybe it’s the mindset. Continue reading

Agents attracted to techie brokerages, capped fees: Report

A new report suggests agent recruiting remains intense in real estate and that churn from company to company comes with significant costs to brokerages. Continue reading

Private listings offer no clear advantage for sellers: Bright MLS

As the debate over Clear Cooperation has hit a peak in recent weeks, the new study suggests that seller flexibility may not mean much when it comes to looking at hard numbers from MLS transactions in the last year. Continue reading

December home prices extend decade-long growth streak

U.S. home prices continued their climb in December, extending a long-running growth streak and reaching all-time highs, according to data released Tuesday by S&P Dow Jones and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). The FHFA Housing Price Index… Continue reading

Bright MLS welcomes teams into its platform

As teams continue to dominate the real estate industry, the major Mid-Atlantic MLS is launching new tools to help them better track their performance. Continue reading

Bright MLS launches tool to measure home demand in real time

The “Bright T3 Home Demand Index,” created in partnership with T3 Sixty, is designed to give Bright MLS subscribers a sense of how the market is doing in real time. Continue reading

Assist-2-Sell slams ‘hubris’ of pocket listing bans, predicts regulatory trouble

In a new letter, the discounter argues that new off-market listing bans from Bright MLS and the National Association of Realtors will negatively impact its ability to do business. Continue reading