Mortgage Lock-In Effect Is Still Here, Confirms Data and Brokers
The latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey® from Freddie Mac found the 30-year mortgage rate is averaging 6.72%. For most prospective...
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eXp Focuses on Growing High-Productivity Agents Amid Difficult Market Environment
While eXp’s agent count decreased by 5% year-over-year in the second quarter (totalling 82,704), the company is highlighting its first...
Mortgage Mix: Rocket Details Redfin Integration; Judge Orders Fair Housing Funds Released
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...
Consumer Sentiment Up for the Second Straight Month, but Not by Much
The consumer sentiment index indicated a second consecutive month in the rise of consumer sentiment, per the University of Michigan’s...
Another MLS-Access Lawsuit Dismissed as Federal Judge Affirms Realtor® Membership Requirements
Yet another lawsuit filed by a broker against the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) and local associations has been dismissed,...
Rocket Reports Strong Q2 Results, Touts AI Results and Redfin Acquisition
Rocket Companies—which recently acquired Redfin and is currently undergoing the acquisition of Mr. Cooper—continued to see high earnings results during...
What to Watch Out for When Editing Listing Photos
Photography is one of the most useful skills an agent can cultivate; cliché as the description of a picture’s value...
Inflation Continues to Crawl Higher; Spending Slows
Inflation continues to make a slow crawl upward, with tariffs again being pointed to as a major cause for concern...
Business Leaders Report Tariff Anxiety, Split on When It Will End: Survey
The next big chapter on tariff policy is scheduled to come on Friday, August 1, when the latest pause on...
Compass Delivers ‘Record-Breaking’ Q2 as Reffkin Calls Out ‘Silence’ on Private Listing Ban
Compass proved it's firing on all cylinders in the second quarter, posting what CEO Robert Reffkin called "the best quarterly...
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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