Above, a screenshot from one of Homes.com’s new ads featuring Dan Levy of “Schitt’s Creek” fame and SNL’s Heidi Gardner. During one of America’s most enduring traditions, Super Bowl Sunday, Homes.com plans to make history, regardless of who takes home the championship trophy. Through four commercials reaching some 113 million viewers, the rapidly ascending real…
With President Biden bowing out, and Kamala Harris now the likely Democratic nominee for the 2024 presidential election, real estate practitioners will want to know where she stands on key housing issues. After all, it’s hard to understand a leader without understanding the context of her career (Harris didn’t just fall out of a coconut…
With the Chevron deference now void, opinions from housing organizations and experts are split on how this might impact regulatory decision-making within the industry moving forward. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court overturned the so-called “Chevron deference,” a legal principle originally set in Chevron U.S.A. Inc. vs. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc that allowed courts…
The Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) of Harvard University recently released its annual “State of the Nation’s Housing,” and it paints a bleak picture of a real estate market plagued by inventory and affordability challenges. During the recent webinar highlighting findings from the report, Daniel McCue, senior research associate at the center, said this…
The buyer commission field is here to stay for areas in the Northwest under the purview of the NWMLS (Northwest Multiple Listing Service). A non-affiliate of the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR), NWMLS does business independently, owned instead by its member real estate firms, and is therefore able to opt out of the proposed settlement…
Most people want to date before becoming exclusive, and the same goes for hiring a real estate agent, per Zillow. Last month, the company unveiled a short-term touring agreement to get ahead of the buyer-agency agreement stipulation in the proposed NAR settlement—and has now shared additional details with RISMedia. Long-term exclusive agreements from the get-go…
Editor’s Note: The Buyer-Agent Playbook is a new iteration of RISMedia’s biweekly Playbook segment, specifically centering on buyer agency and how agents are navigating the changes and trends in a post-NAR-settlement environment. The series will provide brokers and agents with insights and information to ensure they not only survive but thrive in these challenging times.…
Real estate may be local, but experts are looking at housing reform success stories within regional hot spots to address the affordability crisis that’s overtaken much of the country. Magda Maaoui, a postdoctoral fellow, recently highlighted one such case study for The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University: the Cambridge, Mass.,100 Percent Affordable…
June is National Safety Month, which is a good reminder to all real estate professionals that, above all else, staying safe is the most important part of your job. With that in mind, Tracey “The Safety Lady” Hawkins, founder of Safety and Security Source, sat down with RISMedia to discuss the importance of safety training,…
Above: Asa Fleming. Photo by AJ Canaria of MoxiWorks The term “affordable housing” often carries a negative connotation with it, one typically rooted in racist stereotypes. Changing that starts by changing consumers’ perspectives through education, says Asa Fleming, a REALTOR® with Allen Tate REALTORS® in North Carolina. We sat down with Fleming back in November…
Job growth didn’t meet expectations for the month of December, as COVID-19 cases surged due to the highly infectious Omicron variant. According to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, nonfarm payrolls increased by 199,000 and unemployment fell to 3.9%. However, this is behind the Dow Jones estimate of 422,000 for payroll for…
In the modern age of social media forms and the storytelling that comes with them, blogging feels like a bit of an outdated form of marketing. This, however, is absolutely untrue. Read more.
