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Keller Williams expands overseas once again

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Amid a push across the globe, Keller Williams has awarded a new master franchise in Uzbekistan, a land-locked central Asian country north of Turkmenistan and south of Kazakhstan. Continue reading →

‘More persistent headwinds’ plague housing market as prices barely budge

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The latest numbers from the Case-Shiller Index show weak price growth in September. One expert even warned of “outright decline” in some markets. Continue reading →

October brought the strongest buyer’s market in 12 years: Redfin

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The number of homesellers exceeded homebuyers by a record 36.8 percent in October, which is the largest divide between the two groups since at least 2013, Redfin reported on Wednesday. Continue reading →

HUD shifts homeless policy away from providing permanent housing

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$3.9 billion in competitive grant funding will favor transitional housing with employment and addiction treatment requirements, and allow faith-based groups to submit bids to provide services. Continue reading →

NAR scores a victory in buyer commission lawsuit

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An order from Judge LaShonda A. Hunt in the Batton homebuyer case struck down a proposed class of plaintiffs that included substantial overlap with the class in the now-settled Burnett lawsuit. Continue reading →

Redfin site fluke exposed past users’ data on listing contact forms

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The glitch momentarily revealed past users’ names, phone numbers and email addresses over the span of less than a week. Continue reading →

Brown Harris Stevens names Halstead heir chief strategy officer

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Christopher Halstead will oversee several company-wide initiatives and work to streamline operations at the brokerage in his new role as chief strategy officer. Continue reading →

Real partners with MAXA Designs on agent marketing platform

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The co-branded marketing platform directly integrates with MLS property data and automatically delivers print and digital listing campaigns to agents via the firm’s AI-powered concierge, Leo CoPilot. Continue reading →