Interest rate buydowns involve a trade-off between upfront costs and long-term affordability. Clever CEO Luke Babich offers strategies to help clients make the choice
Clever CEO Luke Babich writes that partnering with well-qualified lenders helps you help your clients, build your brand and add value to every real estate transaction
With commissions up in the air, is it time for some agents to explore alternative compensation models? Clever's Luke Babich weighs the options for those considering making a move
Investors Christian Gore and Itay Simchi shared 10 US cities where they would never choose to invest in real estate
For real estate agents, highlighting diverse financing options is one of the easiest ways to attract more traffic to their listings. Clever's Luke Babich shares programs and options to know about
Powered by the latest polling results from the Inman Intel Index, this wide-ranging guide explores how brokerages are steeling themselves for a new type of client: the buyer's-fee-evading seller
With new clients including USA Mortgage and New American Funding, Matic says it's doing business with more than 100 lenders and servicers that together process 20% of U.S. home loans
Rental price growth for single-family apartments surged 3.4% in February, with Boston, Seattle and New York City rising fastest among US cities, according to CoreLogic data released Tuesday
Seasonal price growth is highest in San Jose as buyers compete for extremely limited inventory, according to an analysis by Zillow
MacDonald is the latest agent to boomerang back from a previous brokerage amid intense competition. In 2023, while an agent at Compass, she closed approximately $20M in sales volume
First-time homebuyers made up half of all homebuyers in St. Louis in 2023, according to Zillow. That's the highest share the city has seen since at least 2017
Austin and Seattle were the friendliest cities for renters as the monthly mortgage payment on a starter home in each of the top 50 cities soared above the average rent by more than $1,000
One of the class-action suits seeks $250M in damages while the other is asking the court for a preliminary injunction stopping Keller Williams from distributing profit share payments
With some areas seeing rising prices and low supply, Clever's Luke Babich writes, many would-be homeowners are looking into unconventional routes to homeownership, including short sales
Buyer demand is still robust, but affordability challenges can make it harder for clients to qualify for financing, Luke Babich writes. Here's how to help