Weighed down by low inventory and high mortgage rates, existing-home sales fell in July, to 4.07 million — or 16.6 percent lower than a year earlier, according to data from the National Association of Realtors. Continue reading
A pair of explosive lawsuits could upend how brokers do business. As those suits come closer to trial, tell us how you feel about those cases and how prepared the industry is for the repercussions. Continue reading
The case is currently set for trial on Sept. 18, but the National Association of Realtors is no longer a defendant, according to a court order. Some claims against Zillow remain. Continue reading
Last week at Connect, Brad Inman dropped the biggest bombshell of the conference when he told a rapt audience about a text message he’d received involving The New York Times, Bernice Ross writes. Continue reading
Fires that roared through western Maui last week have destroyed thousands of homes and killed scores of people. The real estate community is trying to help pick up the pieces. Continue reading
In a Friday brief, the Department of Justice argued the National Association of Realtors’ pocket listing and commission rules need “to be assessed on their merits” on whether they cost American homebuyers billions of dollars a year. Continue reading
Price declines were bigger in the spring than in the late winter, according to quarterly home sales data issued Thursday by NAR. But to real estate agents in most U.S. markets, it didn’t feel that way. Continue reading
An Intel analysis of the National Association of Realtors’ nonprofit tax filings between 2004 and 2021 reveals just how much the trade group pays its top executives and leadership team. Continue reading
At Inman Connect Las Vegas, real estate broker and attorney Kendall Bonner urged the industry to be proactive instead of waiting to be legally “bullied” into change. Continue reading
Joe Rath is Redfin’s senior director of brokerage operations and head of industry relations. He shared thoughts on Clear Cooperation ahead of his appearance at Inman Connect Las Vegas. Continue reading