Housing Starts Up, With Big Regional Disparities
As fall creeps closer, summer begins its conclusion with slight drops and gains in new construction nationwide—a consistent trend this...
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Florida Discount Broker Self-Represents in Lawsuit Filed Against NAR, Local Associations
Florida real estate agent and flat-fee broker Jorge A. Zea has filed a lawsuit against the National Association of Realtors®...
Court Report: Buyer Case Revived With Burnett Evidence; Moehrl Lawyers Launch ‘Investigation’
The COURT REPORT is RISMedia’s weekly look at current and upcoming lawsuits, investigations and other legal developments around real estate....
Policy ‘Frustrations’ Keep Builder Confidence Low Amid Market Pressures
Confidence among homebuilders remains low as the housing market sees little relief from economic challenges, according to the latest data...
CEO Wheeler Out at Opendoor; Radhakrishna New President With Search Underway
Above, Carrie Wheeler Opendoor, the e-commerce platform for residential real estate transactions, announced on August 15 that effective immediately, the...
Mortgage Mix: Fannie & Freddie Could See IPO, Mr. Cooper Lawsuit Going Ahead
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...
Zillow and Compass Wrangle Over High-Stakes Executive Depositions
In a hearing on Friday, Aug. 15 in the high-stakes Zillow-Compass lawsuit, Judge Jeannette Vargas of the Southern District of...
U.S. Foreclosures Reach Highest Level of Year Amid ‘Growing Pressure’
Economic pressures have seen foreclosures rise during 2025, and the latest data saw them hit the highest point of the...
Lawyers Behind Original Commission Lawsuit Launch ‘Investigation’ Into Industry
One of the law firms behind the original commission lawsuits has just announced an “investigation” into “recently uncovered practices” in...
Average 30-Year-Fixed Hits Lowest Rate Since October
Seeing a third week of declines and the lowest point since October, decreasing mortgage rates saw purchase applications and especially...
5 Key Reasons FSBOs Regret Not Using a Real Estate Agent
Some homeowners think selling their properties with no agent will save gobs of money on commissions. Almost always they come to regret it, settling on a price that could have been better, not to mention spending way more time on the process than they envisioned Read more.
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