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Hiring is on the rise, but also worse than once thought. What gives?

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Real estate didn’t shed an unusual number of workers in August. But there are fewer jobs than it once seemed. Inman explains the paradox. Continue reading →

What down market? Payrolls are just fine in the brokerage world

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Home transactions may be down, but you wouldn’t know it from most brokerage payrolls. Real estate hiring churned along in July, according to new data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Continue reading →

Builder hiring ramps up while real estate brokerages keep pace

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Builders and residential contractors added nearly 60,000 jobs in June — about 11,000 more than expected for this time of year, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Continue reading →

Kendall Bonner: The industry isn’t ready for reality of commission suit

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Bonner, an eXp team leader, has been vocal about the need for agents and brokers to consider how they’ll serve buyers in a post-lawsuit landscape. She expanded on her concerns with Intel. Continue reading →

Builders are back on track. Here’s what that means for real estate

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It wasn’t easy, but builders survived the market downturn without mass layoffs. And they’ve clawed their way back near normal sales levels. Continue reading →

Hiring in real estate ramps up — but lags behind other industries: Labor

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May was a strong hiring month for the U.S. as a whole. But in a down market, real estate didn’t quite keep pace, according to new jobs data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Continue reading →

New-home construction creeps upward from lower perch in March

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Builders pushed forward with more new single-family projects for the second month in a row, but remained far less active than last year, according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading →

Welcome Homes CEO Alec Hartman on this moment’s parallels with 1981

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The CEO of construction tech startup Welcome Homes thinks builders will have to take risks to prevent a massive affordability crisis, the likes of which haven’t been seen since the early 1980s. Continue reading →

Builders are pulling their hair out. Why do investors still love them?

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To get a clearer picture of where things stand for builders — and where they’re headed for investors — Inman compiled financial results from the nation’s five largest publicly traded homebuilders. Continue reading →

Homebuilders avoid mass layoffs as brokerages post big hiring month

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Sales of new homes have suffered, but plenty of projects remain active. Homebuilders have yet to make steep cuts to their payrolls, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday. Continue reading →