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Interview: Andy Florance on Restoring Transparency and Putting Agents ‘Back in Front of America’

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…

HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge to Deliver Dunlop Lecture at Harvard

Marcia L. Fudge, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), will deliver the 21st Annual John T. Dunlop Lecture, presented by the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies at the Harvard Graduate School of Design in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Tuesday, February 8 at 6:30 p.m. ET. Harvard ID-holders can attend in person;…

Boom in Home Remodeling May Peak in 2022

Spending for home improvements and repairs is expected to expand at a stronger pace in 2022, but signs point to some easing of growth by year end, according to the Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA) being released Friday by the Remodeling Futures Program at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. The LIRA projects double-digit…