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Slowdown in bidding wars is "having a predictable impact on profit margins for investors," said Rick Sharga, executive vice president of market intelligence from Attom, in the latest report.

Using fancy computer techniques, researchers analyzed more than 14,000 photos of homes for sale. From bedrooms to decks, here are the most popular features.

Melissa Kwan launched eWebinar in 2019, demonstrating remarkable prescience prior to a pandemic that would push so much of the industry into online business.

After serving the area for a decade, Michael Merrill will join the brokerage at its newly opened Vero Beach office.

To fulfill the promise of our founders, and of Juneteenth, it's time to prioritize affordability and access for Black Americans, writes team leader Carl Medford. Here he outlines the history of the holiday and the meaning it holds.

Purchase mortgage applications are still down 10% from a year ago, with mortgage rates nearly doubling in the last 12 months, according to a survey by the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Fewer members of Generation Z said they were "handy" than older groups did in a recent poll, with Generation X tallying the highest scores in a survey of 1,049 people conducted by CraftJack.

Recent headlines have been filled with news of layoffs, but look closer, writes author and executive Joe Rand. The companies where layoffs are occurring are wholly unrepresentative of the real estate industry and don't represent a major trend.

The agent, who in May launched her own team, the Maya Vander Group, will be working out of Compass's Coconut Grove office in Miami.

Mortgage rates continue to increase nationwide; inventory is increasing slightly as buyers back off, and the extremely hot seller’s market we saw during the peak of COVID-19 is cooling down. We see terms like “bubble,” “buyer remorse,” and “recession” thrown around, sparking emotion and even fear in some. Is the sky falling? 

In May of this year, NAR’s Chief Economist Lawrence Yun referred to the real estate market as uncertain. But what does this mean for you today, and more importantly, for your clients? You, as the real estate professional, are seen by so many as an expert in your local market, a trusted advisor, a problem solver, and an advocate for fair housing and home ownership. 

Your marketing is a direct reflection of who you are and personifies your business so it’s critical that your marketing efforts are informed by current market conditions. Therefore, having the most up-to-date local and national housing market information is pivotal to your marketing strategy and to position yourself for receiving the best return on investment for your marketing dollars spent. 

Here are three tips for keeping your marketing efforts up to date.

The Importance of Staying in-the-Know

Program piloted last year now provides services to more than a dozen mortgage lenders and loan servicers, who help 7 million people finance or refinance their homes each year.

The newly merged firm will become the largest real estate company in Oregon state by sales volume, with a combined sales volume of $6 billion in 2021.

This January saw some of the island’s highest tourism numbers in recent years, lending some momentum to a rebounding sales market.

Existing home sales declined again in May, falling by 3.4% to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 5.41 million units, according to new data from the National Association of Realtors.

On a yearly basis, existing home sales were down 8.6% compared to May 2021.

The NAR said the market is now at its weakest reading since June 2020, during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic when a lot of activity was temporarily paused. Excluding that month, sales hit their lowest point since January 2020.

The latest data is based on deals that closed in the month, and therefore represents contracts that were likely signed in March and April. At that time, the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate increased from 4% to around 5.5%. Now, the rate is even higher at 6%. Rising rates, along with the low supply of homes and price appreciation have had a devastating impact on affordability.

“I do anticipate a further decline in home sales,” said Lawrence Yun, chief economist at the NAR. “The impact of higher mortgage rates is not yet fully reflected in the data.”

A Tudor Revival house in Portland, a Craftsman bungalow in Baton Rouge and a two-family home in Savannah.

Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies report, published Wednesday, dives into economic factors shaping current homebuying and renting landscapes.

Those nostalgic for 1980s New York will find much to love in this area, where buildings are slathered in graffiti and stylish people fill the streets.

This week, we want to know: What adjustments are you making to business as usual to meet the demands of a shifting market?

If you’re hooked on houseplants like Monstera, Philodendron and pothos, wait until you meet the other members of the aroid family.