Top Coldwell Banker team in Missouri jumps to eXp Realty

A top-performing Coldwell Banker team in the St. Louis, Missouri, area announced this week that it’s joining eXp Realty, making it the latest in a string of high-profile defections away from legacy brands. Continue reading

Hot housing market, unemployment fuel record-high NAR membership 

The National Association of Realtors credited the boom in membership in 2020 to a robust housing market and Americans’ career shifts during the pandemic. Continue reading

Woman files complaint alleging discrimination in home appraisals

The valuations of an Indianapolis property owned by Carlette Duffy’s, a Black woman, more than doubled when she removed anything from her home identifying her race. Continue reading

Showing management startup Instashowing nabs $4M in funding

Former Trulia CEO Pete Flint once again led the funding round. The company will primarily use the funds to develop an open API for showing services Continue reading

Dozens of economists don’t see any bursting bubbles on the horizon

A new survey of 42 economists showed that home prices, housing starts, apartment vacancies and other factors should remain healthy for the next several years. Continue reading

Timber may soon follow lumber in upward price trend

Pandemic-fueled housing demand is finally beginning to catch up with years of oversupply in the timber industry that resulted from the 2008 financial crisis. Continue reading

Discrimination still holding back LGBT homeownership: report

Many members of the LGBT community report experiencing discrimination, and the homeownership rate for the community is a paltry 49 percent. Continue reading