Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

It explicitly allows for such offers to be made off-MLS, however. If sellers cannot notify buyers about offers off-MLS, many buyers will not have the information they need to determine whether a home purchase is financially feasible. Rolling the fees into the mortgage” leaves the buyer with a higher interest rate.

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Housing Wire

JULY 1, 2025

Now in its 16th year, the award honors leaders across mortgage, real estate and fintech who are making a measurable impact on their organizations and the broader housing economy. This year’s honorees include mentors, innovators, and community leaders. Congratulations to this year’s honorees!

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2025

In an op-ed published Wednesday by Newsweek, Coldwell Banker president and CEO Kamini Lane let loose about the potential repeal of CCP, which requires brokers to list a property on the MLS within 24 hours of publicly marketing it. Debate over the rule has heated up in recent months. Lane offered more thoughts in her op-ed.

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Real Estate News

AUGUST 6, 2025

Skip to Content Agents Brokerages MLS/Assn Tech Industry By the Numbers Consumer Illustration by Lanette Behiry/Real Estate News Industry Agent-buyer connections driving Zillow’s mortgage growth Overall revenue beat expectations — again — jumping 15% in the second quarter, thanks in large part to big gains in rentals and home loans.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

That can include being a housing market expert and advising clients on the best times to list or buy a home; having referrals handy for inspections, repairs, staging and photography; understanding the mortgage origination process; and more. Now, it’s time to join a brokerage. Also top of the list, agents are marketers.

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Housing Wire

MAY 2, 2025

The economic headwinds facing real estate brokerages keep piling up, and its taking a toll on RE/MAX. CEO Erik Carlson acknowledged the issues facing brokerages, including tariffs, high mortgage rates , a possible recession and the evolving environment around things like the Clear Cooperation Policy (CCP). The brokerages U.S.

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Real Estate News

JULY 26, 2025

Skip to Content Agents Brokerages MLS/Assn Tech Industry By the Numbers Consumer Illustration by Lanette Behiry/Adobe Stock Brokerages Century 21 gains 2 affiliates; eXp lands in Japan Kansas and Maryland indies align with C21; eXp enters its fourth global market this year; Douglas Elliman launches mortgage division; more.

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Real Estate News

JUNE 18, 2025

Skip to Content Agents Brokerages MLS/Assn Tech Industry By the Numbers Consumer Illustration by Lanette Behiry/Real Estate News Industry People on the Move: HomeServices taps brokerage leader for VP role Long Realty CEO Renee Gonzales has been named vice president of Core Services Integrations at HomeServices.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 17, 2025

Even if we dropped mortgage rates tomorrow, you’d just drive in more demand and have more people competing for the same supply. As the statistics bear out, that happens when you put a listing out in the public domain, meaning in the MLS, where more consumers can see it. What can realistically be done to address the housing crisis?

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Real Estate News

JUNE 23, 2025

Skip to Content Agents Brokerages MLS/Assn Tech Industry By the Numbers Consumer Shutterstock By the Numbers High rates, prices keep existing home sales muted Though there was an uptick in existing home sales as spring progressed, last month was still the slowest for the month of May since 2009. last month.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

31, 2023, and has since reshaped the business practices for real estate brokerages and agents across the country. But the New Hampshire Association of Realtors and Prime MLS had already introduced the changes, including mandatory buyer representation agreements and no offers of cooperative compensation on the MLS, about three weeks prior.

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Real Estate News

JULY 8, 2025

Skip to Content Agents Brokerages MLS/Assn Tech Industry By the Numbers Consumer Shutterstock By the Numbers Is the surge in delistings good news for buyers? Many sellers have plenty of equity and low locked-in mortgage rates , both factors that enable them to be patient.

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Real Estate News

JUNE 16, 2025

Skip to Content Agents Brokerages MLS/Assn Tech Industry By the Numbers Consumer Shutterstock By the Numbers Down payments drop for the first time in nearly 2 years A new Redfin report suggests homebuyers may be seeking less expensive homes as ongoing economic concerns add pressure to large purchase decisions. Redfin found that 15.3%

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Real Estate News

JUNE 25, 2025

Skip to Content Agents Brokerages MLS/Assn Tech Industry By the Numbers Consumer Shutterstock Agents Agents rethink pricing strategies as buyers gain leverage Two new agent surveys indicate that while affordability remains a top concern for home shoppers, the market is starting to favor buyers. " JBREC/KCM's June U.S.

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Real Estate News

JUNE 13, 2025

Skip to Content Agents Brokerages MLS/Assn Tech Industry By the Numbers Consumer Shutterstock Agents 4 rate-lowering strategies to share with buyer clients For some buyers, even a small mortgage rate reduction can make the math work on a home purchase. Improving the credit score can drop the mortgage rate by 0.39

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Real Estate News

JUNE 26, 2025

Skip to Content Agents Brokerages MLS/Assn Tech Industry By the Numbers Consumer Shutterstock By the Numbers Pending sales defy expectations, spark hope for a rebound Mortgage rates continued to decline in another positive sign for the market. The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage meanwhile averaged 5.89%.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 6, 2025

Growth in mortgage, rentals Since flaming out of iBuying in late 2021, Zillow has gone all in on its “ Super App ” strategy, seeking to be a one-stop shop for home buyers and seller. In building out this plan, Zillow has expanded into mortgage, through Zillow Home Loans , and has grown its presence in rentals.

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BAM Media

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Real RISE 2024 kicks off today, October 22nd, with some exciting new developments in AI and fintech for real estate agents who’ve joined (or will join) the brokerage. It also integrates with the Real Design Center , using MLS data to generate branded content (including “Just Sold” posts and listing announcements) delivered at the right time.

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Real Estate News

JUNE 25, 2025

Skip to Content Agents Brokerages MLS/Assn Tech Industry By the Numbers Consumer Shutterstock By the Numbers More sales this year? The trend Simonsen is anticipating did seem ready to materialize in previous years but was thwarted when mortgage rates began climbing. Why will the market shift?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 9, 2025

” How to make ChatGPT write like you (or a billion-dollar luxury brokerage) ChatGPT can now convincingly emulate anyone’s writing style. This could be: A high-performing email you’ve already written An example email from another agent or brokerage Upload it or paste it into ChatGPT as a style guide.

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Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2025

At the center of these standards is the principle that if a listing is publicly marketed to any buyer, it must be placed on a multiple listing service ( MLS ) and be able to be published on Zillow, as well as other sites that receive internet data exchange (IDX) feeds.

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Real Estate News

JULY 1, 2025

Skip to Content Agents Brokerages MLS/Assn Tech Industry By the Numbers Consumer Illustration by Real Estate News/Shutterstock Brokerages Rocket finalizes $1.75B acquisition of Redfin The two companies are rolling out a new pricing program for clients as part of the July 1 announcement. billion stock deal.

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Real Estate News

JUNE 17, 2025

Skip to Content Agents Brokerages MLS/Assn Tech Industry By the Numbers Consumer Shutterstock By the Numbers Builder sentiment sours heading into summer The NAHB’s June confidence index was the third-lowest in the past 13 years as new home prices weaken and buyers remain on hold. Given that last year's 4.06

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

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Real Estate News

JULY 18, 2025

Skip to Content Agents Brokerages MLS/Assn Tech Industry By the Numbers Consumer Illustration by Lanette Behiry/Real Estate News Industry Homeownership education needs a reboot — and a new messenger Loan officers and financial advisors need to meet aspiring buyers where they are as many increasingly turn to social media for home financing advice.

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Real Estate News

JUNE 18, 2025

What to watch: Agents, homebuyers and sellers should monitor inflation and labor market shifts over the summer, according to Lisa Sturtevant, chief economist at Bright MLS. "However, mortgage rates could fall even before the rate cut in response to these indicators.

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Real Estate News

JULY 7, 2025

Skip to Content Agents Brokerages MLS/Assn Tech Industry By the Numbers Consumer Shutterstock Agents 20% down? While there are signs that the market is shifting in buyers' favor , affordability remains a pressure point for many as home prices and mortgage rates remain high.

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Real Estate News

JULY 29, 2025

Skip to Content Agents Brokerages MLS/Assn Tech Industry By the Numbers Consumer Illustration by Lanette Behiry/Real Estate News Brokerages RE/MAX revenue continues to slip despite agent gains While revenue fell 7.3% Motto Mortgage franchises: Office count decreased 9.1% Agent count: Total agent count rose 2.5%

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Or omit the MLS link and tease out the listing with stats and photos in your newsletter, and invite your audience to contact you directly for more information. RealEstateNews.com Tech trends, real estate news, brokerage and agent trends and news, and a data and research resource. Its the best place to find average mortgage rates.

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Real Estate News

JUNE 18, 2025

Skip to Content Agents Brokerages MLS/Assn Tech Industry By the Numbers Consumer Shutterstock By the Numbers Home construction stalls as costs rise, demand softens Housing starts and permits fell in May in response to economic and market factors, while buyers continue to hold out despite easing mortgage rates.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2025

Agents can now spend time converting high-quality leads that are sure to turn into more closed deals instead of spending hours trying to identify potential sellers through expired MLS listings or door knocking. Comparable analysis: Run a comparables report derived from MLS data and public records.

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Redfin

MARCH 18, 2025

Listing on the MLS and pricing accurately are a few ways to close quickly and sell for more The U.S. Increase your homes visibility The best way to sell your house fast and get the most money is to list on a Multiple Listing Service (MLS ). Afterwards, well go over alternatives, including For Sale By Owner (FSBO) and iBuyer companies.

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The Close

MAY 8, 2025

Redfin is a real estate brokerage, whereas Zillow is primarily a real estate aggregator, getting information from multiple sources and helping buyers and sellers (whether theyre licensed agents or FSBOs) complete a real estate transaction. Since Redfin is a real estate brokerage, its only expenses and fees are for its agents.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 16, 2025

I have a private mortgage. Ron said, “Well, I’m looking at the two mortgages that I have on this, and I need to get $865,000 to clear them. HST commission payable to the buyer brokerage and replaced it with 0.5%+HST. ” He said, “Well, yeah, I mean, I owe a ton of money on this house. ” I asked Ron.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Like the Compass-backed OriginPoint , @properties also has a mortgage joint venture with Chicago-based Rate Proper Rate which Golod said will help to strengthen Compass mortgage offerings. Under the policy, listing brokers are required to submit a listing to their MLS within 24 hours of marketing a property.

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BAM Media

JUNE 9, 2025

Eales explained that Realtor.com’s long-standing ties to the MLS community, and its foundational role in building an open marketplace, mean they’re already aligned with the spirit of cooperation. “The concept that to participate in an MLS you have to cooperate under a consistent set of rules is common sense.

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BAM Media

APRIL 25, 2025

Hack #2: Make the MLS Your Home Screen Swap entertainment for intel. Find the right brokerage, the right team, the right infrastructure. Partner with multiple mortgage pros who specialize in different buyer profiles: first-time buyers, VA, jumbo, self-employed. Hack #1: Own Your Mornings You dont need to wake up at 4 AM.

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