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NAR urges Congress to block proposed HUD budget cuts
The National Association of Realtors is calling on Congress to reject a White House budget proposal that would eliminate billions in federal housing funding.
Remodeling growth to slow sharply in early 2027: Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies
Home remodeling spending is expected to remain positive through early 2027, but growth will slow to a pace below overall inflation, according to new data from Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies.
Gary Keller: Private listings could make MLS a ‘market of last resort’
The Keller Williams chairman argued that "the issue isn’t whether people know — it’s which people know, and who gets to decide who knows."
Luxury Presence launches unified AI platform for agents
Luxury Presence unveiled a revamped platform Wednesday that consolidates website, marketing, advertising and client relationship tools into a single AI-powered system.
The years-long decline that drove REMAX into the hands of Real
How a frozen housing market, an outdated fee model and a new generation of tech-forward brokerages combined to push REMAX into a sale.
This REMAX merger isn’t a masterstroke. It’s a strategic escape hatch
The merger between REMAX and Real solves certain problems elegantly, while introducing a new set that will be much harder to unwind, Michael Valdes writes.
What HUD just changed about fair housing talk, and what it didn’t
Compliant communication requires awareness and a commitment to doing the work in a way that does not unintentionally recreate the barriers, Julia Lashay Israel writes.
Compass focus on productive agents helped it outpace the market, earnings show
Its brokerage gross transaction volume grew 7.3 percent in the quarter compared with a 1.5 percent increase in market volumes.
As the industry consolidates, it’s time to build your own flywheel
The stacking model is a practical system for agents who refuse to be out-marketed by platforms with billion-dollar budgets, Zac Kennedy writes.
Zillow, Realtor.com to share pre-market listings this summer
Zillow and Realtor.com will share pre-market listings across both platforms this summer, giving buyers early access to preview homes.
MRED goes national: How agents can protect local MLS systems
The real estate industry fed Zillow until it became too powerful to ignore, coach Darryl Davis writes. Let us not do the same thing with MRED.
Home prices ticked up in most metros during Q1
NAR numbers show the median single-family, existing-home price hit $404,300 in Q1. That's a 0.5 percent year-over-year increase.
Compass adds 72SOLD founder to bring seller-choice fight to agent training
Industry veteran Greg Hague says his new CIH role will help agents rethink how homes are marketed before they hit the MLS.
Alexia Umansky on life after ‘Buying Beverly Hills’
Alexia Umansky spills the tea on what’s happened since "Buying Beverly Hills," the best advice her dad’s given her and what happens to The Agency post-divorce.
Agent and loan officer sentenced in $17M Ponzi scheme
Robert Christensen and Anthony Matic spent investor money on casino trips, a whiskey club, massages and cryotherapy.
Experts say MLS competition, consolidation to heat up after nationwide expansion
Industry experts say the wave of MLS consolidation is poised to continue, competition to heat up after two major MLSs expanded beyond their regions.
Consolidation is about speed, not size, as the fast eat the slow
Zac Kennedy describes what Rocket, Redfin, Real and REMAX are actually building — and why your current business model can't ignore it.
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