Mortgage Rates Decline for Third Straight Week, but Headwinds Remain
Mortgage rates have reached their lowest point since mid-March but economists worry inflation and economic uncertainty caused by tensions in...
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Forensic Pilot Reveals Widespread MLS Data Violations
SourceRE, provider of MLS data solutions, has announced the results of a forensic pilot conducted in partnership with Hive MLS...
Home-Purchase Application Activity Up This Week
Despite ongoing geopolitical uncertainty, recent mortgage rate declines have boosted mortgage application activity for a second week in a row....
Survey Reveals Biggest Misconceptions Consumers Have About the Homebuying Process
About 85% of homeowners with mortgages say there is something they wish they had known before starting the homebuying process,...
Florida Associations Miami Realtors and RWorld Announce Merger
The Miami Association of Realtors® (MIAMI) and Broward, Palm Beaches & St. Lucie Realtors® (RWorld), along with their respective MLSs...
Productivity, Service and a Direct-to-Consumer Strategy: How the Expert Home Advisors Team Built a Scalable Real Estate Business
Above, Shawn O’Neill In a real estate industry increasingly shaped by portals, lead aggregators and referral-fee platforms, Expert Home Advisors,...
Rates Drop Again but Economists Say Momentum Depends on Ceasefire
Economists continue to be cautious about the direction of mortgage rates, saying the spring market outlook remains unclear and further...
American Home Shield Expands Technology Partnership with SkySlope
Frontdoor, Inc., a national home warranty provider, has announced an expanded relationship with technology provider SkySlope to help simplify transactions...
New ‘Zillow Buzz Index’ Tracks Buyer Engagement
Zillow has launched the Zillow Buzz Index (ZBI), a new metric that measures which design details and architectural features boost...
The Pre-Marketing Rush Is Reshaping Listings—and the MLS Record
In a matter of weeks this quarter, all the major brokerages partnered with portals to pre-market their listings. Compass routed...
What Recent Pre-Marketing Studies Say About Pricing, Policy and Privacy
How can the industry (and you) use data to steer policy and clients in a direction that best serves everyone—whether that is toward “seller choice” or “transparency,” or perhaps both? Read more.
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