Real Estate Industry Overview & Trends
The acquisition of the Aurora, Illinois-based, family-owned lender marks San Diego-based Guild Mortgage's fourth expansion since December, according to an announcement on Monday
Anne Hodge and Debra Dobbs are joining Compass in the Windy City. The agents together bring more than 60 years of experience in Chicago real estate, according to the company
In addition to going public at a bad time for mortgage lenders, Barron's reports that SPAC merger resulted in a huge increase in the number of shares outstanding
Beloved Keller Williams Moorestown agent Rob Montalbano died in a Lake Travis boating accident on Aug. 13. His brokerage and community have rallied to raise more than $68K for funeral costs
Unburdened by rate lock, the share of first-time homebuyers rose to 50% this year, according to a new report from Zillow. That's the highest share since 2010
Following 2 years of challenges, Better will go public Thursday with $565M in new funding and plans to 'aggressively' partner with agents as it builds its mortgage production team
Despite the ruling, Zillow said it looks forward to presenting its case to a jury and is 'confident that the evidence will show that REX’s business failed for reasons unrelated to Zillow'
Experts expect US companies to adjust remote work policies in the coming 6-12 months as office market suffers. 'Our cultures are different around work-life balance,' said CBRE's Julie Whelan
The town of Bridgehampton, where the median home price is $3.8M, is home to 1 of just 3 remaining Kmarts. Soon it will be 1 of 2, according to reports
Judge Thomas Zilly on Wednesday tossed antitrust claims against NAR and Zillow, saying REX had failed to prove the parties had agreed to work together to disadvantage non-MLS listings on Zillow
Housing starts increased 3.9% between June and July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.45M units, according to data released Tuesday by the US Census Bureau
'I'm happy. Screw 'em,' the Keller Williams co-founder told agents Tuesday at his Mega Agent Camp event, referring to antitrust suits involving commissions in which the brokerage is named
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
The outlook is mixed, but 'it does look like prices may have bottomed out and are on their way back up,' said CJ Patrick Company CEO Rick Sharga
Multiple listing services impacted by an ongoing ransomware attack on Rapattoni are defaulting to manual updates, texting and email to communicate listing updates, according to reports
Mortgage technology, title provider and cloud-based banking platform has eliminated more than 1,000 positions in 5 rounds of layoffs in the last 16 months
Keller Williams President Marc King told Inman he wants KW agents to sharpen lead generation and conversion strategies as the brokerage's annual Agent Mega Camp hits Austin this week