Opendoor Pivots to Referrals, With iBuyer Aspirations Dimmed
Back in 2014, a company called Opendoor launched what was a novel business model at the time—letting people sell their ...
Tag: Existing-Home Sales
Inventory Leaps as Existing-Home Sales See Slight Monthly Increase
Existing housing inventory, which has been highly deficient in the past few years, saw a significant leap in May, according ...
Existing-Home Sales Tick Down as Spring Market Slumps
Existing-home sales slowed in April, according to the National Association of REALTORS®’ (NAR) latest report. Sales dipped in the Northeast ...
Fed Analysis of Commission Rates Ponders ‘Substantial’ Shifts
As nearly everyone has weighed in on the commission issue, with no real consensus on exactly how recent policy changes ...
Stuck, Sinking or Striving: New Affordability Analysis Shows Markets on Diverging Paths
Deep into an affordability crunch, as one of the primary barriers to homeownership remains soaring costs, the urgent question is ...
Brokers Say Tariffs Are Top of Mind as Confidence Plummets
Through a rollercoaster few months, as the new Trump administration has enacted—and then often swiftly withdrawn—harsh tariffs on countries around ...
Jobs Data Comes in Strong—Though Economists Say Too Early to Celebrate
Real estate professionals—and the country at large—breathed a sigh of relief this morning, as the latest data on the labor ...
Existing-Home Sales Plummet 5.9% in March Amid Rising Inventory
Continuing its flip-flop—after starting the year with sliding sales and jumping back up in February—existing-home sales were down again, at ...
Zillow Bans Most Private Listings, Setting Up Potential Conflict With Brokerages
In a major policy announcement today, portal giant Zillow sharply escalated a long-simmering dispute over private listings, implementing what the ...
Recession ‘Probably Inevitable’ as Housing Economists Parse ‘Whiplash’
Words like “turmoil” and "uncertainty" rarely describe an environment where people are eager to buy and sell real estate. Unfortunately, ...
3 Ways to Boost Engagement With Selfie-Style Content
In the age of TikTok, hyper-polished, overly-produced videos are a thing of the past. Today’s most effective social media content is simple, scrappy and all you need is your phone. Read more.
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