BCI Slips Again, With Brokers Seeing Little Help From Feds
After a momentary reprieve, RISMedia’s Broker Confidence Index (BCI) took another fall last month, dropping from 6.8 to 6.6, continuing...
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Mortgage Applications Decrease Again, but Jobs Data Could Mean Good News for Purchases
Mortgage applications decreased again this week, down 0.8% from last week’s 3.7% drop, but the strong jobs market could lead...
Revisiting the Capital Gains Tax Exemption for Home Sales
In 1997, back when Netscape ruled the web and “Seinfeld” was the most popular show on television, the average American...
Year-Over-Year Home Price Growth Dips Again in July as Higher Mortgage Rates Cool Demand
Annual home price growth slowed for the third consecutive month in July but remained elevated at 15.8%, according to the...
Sales of $1 Million Homes Are Growing as Their Floor Plans Are Shrinking
A record number of homes in the U.S. sold for $1 million or more in recent years, according to a...
6 Non-Tech ‘Tools’ Every Real Estate Agent Should Carry
Technology is advancing faster than most of us could ever have imagined. In the real estate industry especially, every year...
Job Growth Remains Resilient, Economy Shaky
Despite pressure from the Federal Reserve and a variety of market headwinds, the labor market has continued to defy expectations,...
Mortgage Mix: Lenders Offer Incentives as Market Shifts to Borrowers
Editor’s Note: The Mortgage Mix is RISMedia’s weekly highlight reel of need-to-know mortgage-industry happenings. Watch for it each Friday. The...
Zillow Accuses REX of Not Preserving Relevant Documents in Antitrust Case
Several accusations have been made in the past year since REX took aim at the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR)...
Days on the Market Increase for the First Time in 2 Years
Prospective buyers have been afforded more time to mull over their home-buying decisions over the past few weeks as August...
Frozen Lockboxes: Tools and Strategies for Deicing Before a Showing
A truly blistering winter can freeze up locks, both lockboxes and locks on the doors themselves, so it can pay off to have a fast-acting solution. Read more.
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