Zillow posted a strong earnings report for Q1 2026, with revenue up year-over-year as the company launches new consumer-facing initiatives. But in CEO Jeremy Wacksman’s opening remarks to investors yesterday after the report, he specifically framed Zillow’s success as overcoming a housing market in a rut. “We once again outperformed the broader housing market, which…
Chicago-based MLS Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) maintains a private listing network, which it has consistently defended even against pressure from other industry power players such as Zillow. Now, MRED’s private listing network is expanding outside Illinois, following an announcement on April 24 that the MLS is partnering with Compass to take its whole platform…
Since the commencement of the U.S. and Iran war, energy prices have soared, and the latest findings from the Bureau of Economic Analysis’ Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) index (the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation) found that catching up. The PCE price index experienced a large bump in March 2026; after hovering around 2.9% annual…
Planning for an open house requires diligence; you don’t get a second chance for the first impression of a house. For real estate agents wanting to add a bit more fun to the touring, your options range from a snack table to a music playlist. When it comes to picking the right song, it never…
“Steering” buyers to or from a particular neighborhood is a practice most often associated with the history of racial discrimination in real estate. The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) condemns the illegal practice and urges its members to “steer” away from it. Recently, though, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) weighed in on…
The data giant CoStar Group, operator of Homes.com and Apartments.com among other real estate businesses, set a confident atmosphere during its Q1 2026 earnings call; Founder and CEO Andy Florance touted “60 consecutive quarters of consistent, double-digit revenue growth” during the earnings call and the corresponding press release. Citing its ongoing success, CoStar shared plans…
Editor’s Note: The Mortgage Mix is RISMedia’s biweekly highlight reel of need-to-know mortgage-industry happenings. Watch for it every other Friday afternoon. – Mortgage rates trickled down the week of April 20, with the 30-year fixed-rate dropping from 6.30% to 6.23%, but economists such Bright MLS’ Lisa Sturtevant and Realtor.com®’s Joel Berner said that economic headwinds…
If you’re a homeowner who thinks about risk, then you’ve probably looked into where your home sits relative to sea level. What about homes right on the coast? As climate change raises global temperature and sea levels continue to rise, coastal properties are naturally at the most risk. A few high-profile studies have even claimed…
At a press conference on Wednesday, April 22 (attended virtually by RISMedia), Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Bill Pulte and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner announced that “effective immediately,” government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will begin accepting new credit scores, VantageScore 4.0 and FICO 10T, for…
Editor’s Note: The RISMedia series Legislative Round-Up looks at pending and passed federal and state-level legislation that impacts real estate professionals. Illinois Realtors® back Governor JB Pritzker’s housing plan to revise zoning Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, who has been speculated as a 2028 Democratic presidential candidate, appears to be cultivating a relationship with the Illinois…
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