Jesse Williams

Jesse Williams is content director for RISMedia Premier.

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Court

Court Report: DOJ Takes on ‘Mandatory’ MLS Rules; Plaintiffs Denied in Buyer Case

The COURT REPORT is RISMedia’s weekly look at current and upcoming lawsuits, investigations and other legal developments around real estate. DOJ tips hand in REX v. Zillow appeal The Department of Justice (DOJ) took a hard stance against a previous court ruling in a case involving Real Estate Exchange (REX), Zillow and the National Association…

Mortgage

Mortgage Mix: CFPB Drops Lawsuits; LoanDepot Wins in Front of Jury

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. -Analysts for the S&P released a new breakdown of how removing the GSEs (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) from their long government conservatorship could impact the mortgage giants—and the market in general. According to…

plaintiffs

Judge in Buyer Case Partially Denies Plaintiffs’ Request to Expand Lawsuit

In the largest and oldest commission-focused case filed by homebuyers (known as Batton), Judge LaShonda Hunt mostly sided with defendants in a dispute over new claims and new named plaintiffs, characterizing the proposed amendment as burdensome and unnecessary. At a hearing today in the Northern District of Illinois, Hunt eventually directed defendants—consisting of the National…

Brokers

Confidence Low, but Brokers See 2025 as Growth Opportunity

Defying post-pandemic trends, RISMedia’s Broker Confidence Index (BCI) dipped slightly at the start of the year, with real estate business owners still wrestling with spiking insurance costs, inventory shortages and consumer hesitancy—but most are planning to increase investments in their business. Falling slightly from 6.2 to 6.1, the relatively minor change skews from recent readings,…

Housing Industry Questions Remain After ‘Funding Freeze’ Confusion

A so-called “funding freeze” ordered on short notice by the new Trump administration was withdrawn almost as quickly as it was released, but the broad-based directive has caused significant confusion across the housing industry, and raised questions about how the new administration will seek to implement its agenda on housing. The original memo, dated Monday…

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