Housing Wire

MAY 27, 2025

Weve entered the busiest season in the real estate industry at the same time that markets are more uncertain than ever. Current market uncertainty may increase the already stressful process of selling a home. This is a crucial time for agents to act as trusted guides to their clients, particularly first-time sellers.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 9, 2025

Here are seven ways that a claw machine is similar to today’s real estate market — and why you can still win. It feels that way in the real estate market right now, where inventory is tight (except where it’s not), interest rates are unpredictable, the economy is changeable, buyers are cautious and sellers are stubborn.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The Florida real estate market has reached unprecedented heights with major projects getting funding from developers across the country and even overseas. Understanding the market landscape Florida has long been a bellwether for national real estate trends.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 18, 2025

In today’s market, uncertainty is expensive, and lenders can’t afford to second-guess their valuation data,” John Fraas , CEO of Class Valuation, said in a statement. CVA is structured to comply with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice and is intended for use across various stages of the loan life cycle.

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Inman

JUNE 9, 2025

Is spending $20,000 to $40,000 on traditional home staging necessary? Until recently, virtual staging wasn’t a true alternative — it was expensive, slow and often looked artificial. That changed with AI.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 18, 2025

Housing starts and permits peaked in 2022 and have been fluctuating at levels similar to the early stages of the COVID-19 recession for some time now. However, as active inventory in the resale market continues to grow, it will become increasingly complex to build more homes with mortgage rates near 7%.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2024

On Tuesday, the residential real estate giant announced the acquisition of Virtual Staging AI (VSAI). Founded in 2023 by Michael Bonacina and Mikhail Andreev, VSAI helps home sellers, agents and photographers create digitally staged images of a listing, eliminating the need for physical furniture in the home.

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Inman

JULY 4, 2025

Luxury expert Chris Pollinger talks to the leadership team at LA's Elite Home Staging about the features that get luxury homes sold in the summertime.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

From the RISE stage in Las Vegas , Real unveiled three new products for agents and clients on Tuesday. Leo CoPilot can help agents generate automated marketing materials by leveraging data from an MLS. Real also unveiled Leo of Clients on the RISE stage Tuesday.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 17, 2025

The countdown is on to Zillow ’s new listing standards policy, which bans publicly marketed private listings. But Compass agents say they aren’t too worried as they go all in on promoting the company’s three-phase marketing strategy. Three-phase marketing isn’t for everybody,” Johnson said. “It

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 20, 2025

Both the weekly new contracts and all the homes in the contract pending stage are below last year. This housing market is on hold until mortgage rates come down. Some markets are much slower than others. Inventory is up There are now 632,000 single-family homes unsold on the market around the U.S. When will that be?

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RIS Media

MAY 8, 2025

At a time when housing inventory has been a persistent challenge and market constraint, agents are searching for any edge they can get when selling homes.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2025

Stats are the fuel to the fire of the real estate market and will make you exude confidence in conversations with potential clientsmaking them feel confident in hiring you to represent them. This proves your expertise to clients and allows you to provide them with knowledge about the real estate market.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 23, 2025

Compass filed a lawsuit in New York on Monday, alleging that Zillow is breaking federal antitrust laws by permanently banning any listing that isn’t put on an MLS within a business day of being publicly marketed. “To Redfin, which has taken a similar position, was named as a co-conspirator in the suit, but not a defendant.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The hardest position to take in analyzing the housing market is one that is contrarian and bullish. When everyone knows that the housing market is sluggish and weak, but the data shows surprising strength. This week, we count 14% more homes in the contract pending stage now than a year ago. The market is different now.

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Housing Wire

JULY 2, 2025

“From boosting curb appeal to reducing time on market, this service is designed to help clients move forward with confidence and maximize their return.” “Partnering with Curbio allows us to simplify the process from start to finish while delivering an experience that reflects the curated approach our clients expect.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 12, 2025

LPT Realty achieves growth by tailoring compensation models to the career stage of its real estate agents, from newbies who get the most out of a flat-fee model to superstars who like a traditional split. What that creates is [that] we actually have alignment with our team leaders,” said LPT CEO Robert Palmer. It is a lead generator for us.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 15, 2025

The resulting housing market crash and the Great Recession led policymakers to overcorrect by tightening mortgage lending standards and limiting funds for new construction. In turn, millennials , who were just starting to enter the housing market, were faced with fewer choices as homebuilding activity fell to its lowest level in 60 years.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2024

With the first mortgage market in a state of flux, the competition for consumers’ home equity business has reached unprecedented levels. This sets the stage for an exhilarating showdown: Who will emerge victorious in the home equity battle? According to CoreLogic, total home equity skyrocketed to an astounding $33.8

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2025

Many who bought during the pandemic are now rethinking their decisions, citing changing lifestyles, financial miscalculations, and shifting market conditions, according to new data from Opendoor. Delaying the next purchase, setting priorities With affordability concerns looming, many first-time sellers are hesitant to re-enter the market.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

What stage is the company in right now? Divya Aathresh: We are still very early, in the pre-seed stage. In terms of options, we’re very fortunate to have some of the top brokers in the country working with us on a product suite we will soon take to market. Sarah Wheeler: You founded MaxHome.AI in January.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2025

But in a turbulent housing market , it may have been this innovation that ultimately ended Redfin’s run as a standalone company. They still have to bear the cost of those agents, despite production not being there in a terrible housing market.” Redfin leaned into that, and it didn’t work.”

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2025

Collectively, the group brings more than $400 million in career sales and 500-plus closed transactions across Maryland markets, including Annapolis and Severna Park. Were always proud to partner with top brokerages and agents who share our commitment to delivering an exceptional experience for buyers and sellers across every market we serve.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2024

After a year filled with rate swings, unpredictable markets and a bit of drama (thank you, inflation), the real estate world is ready for a fresh start. Whether youre looking to buy your first home, upgrade or simply gain clarity on the current market , this guide is your insiders playbook to tackle 2025 with confidence.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2025

Todays builder survey gives us more clues about what stage they’re in, and it isnt good. If mortgage rates rise from todays level, this will be a negative for the labor market, which has already been shedding government jobs in 2025. The chart below is not very encouraging.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Working in this arena, you see all kinds of different markets, and the common denominator is that once a senior is in that stage of life, it remains and continues to be an opportunity. I applaud him, and also challenge other leaders in other markets to follow his lead.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2025

Southern cities take the lead The South dominated the BTR market in 2024, with Phoenix leading all U.S. Mid-sized metros on the rise Beyond the big names, a host of smaller markets also made headlines in 2024. The build-to-rent market has undergone a complete transformation in the last half-decade. 1,201), Huntsville, Ala.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2025

The announcement comes shortly after Rocket unveiled the first stage of its rebrand and is a part of the company’s conscious effort to unify Rockets many companies under a single umbrella. Per a release from the Detroit-based fintech, the Rocket.com website is an AI -driven, “intuitive” experience.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Of the surveyed pool, 42% have sold since late 2022 as rising mortgage rates cooled the post-pandemic market. In August, directly after the NAR settlement went into effect in most markets, Redfin reported that the typical U.S. Nearly 1 in 4 sellers (24%) view the polarizing FSBO method as the worst way to sell a home.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 2, 2024

real estate market is in and it may surprise you, but pretty much all the signals for housing in 2024 are pointing for growth now. While a robust housing market is generally a positive thing, this is not all good news to every person. There are millions of would-be homebuyers who are simply priced out of the market.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

On Thursday, MLS leaders took center stage at several conference sessions, including discussions of the business practice changes driven by the NAR commission lawsuit settlement and how the role of the MLS — and the MLS-broker relationship — has evolved as a result. “And

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Housing Wire

JUNE 11, 2025

This week at The Gathering by HousingWire , reverse mortgages took center stage on Tuesday as HW Media CEO Clayton Collins welcomed two leading industry executives to the stage. Market size vs. potential When asked about the size of the market, Mayer described it as “enormous” but with a lot of unrealized potential.

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Housing Wire

MAY 19, 2025

Every good buyers agent knows the look buyers get when they walk into a newly-renovated kitchen they dont just like, but love: “ Our partnerships with designers work so well because we can give our real estate advice based on our market knowledge and the feedback weve gotten from buyers over the years, and they can make it beautiful.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 13, 2025

Unlike a lot of forecasters in the mortgage world, a few months ago our projection included the notion that with strong jobs data and some inflation fears, the bond market could indeed push mortgage rates over 7%. Those scenarios are possible, and its going to be fascinating to see how the bond markets react to new administration policies.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Wallace brings more than 30 years of experience as a leader of tech-focused mortgage, asset management and capital market platforms. ” Daniel Wallace MAXEX chairman and co-founder Tom Pearce shared Decker’s praise for Wallace, highlighting the new COO’s vision for building an accessible central mortgage market platform.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

“This has created an even less durable final rule that does not reflect market, technological , and practical realities.” He said the “stage is set for a more data-driven lending environment.” “Consumers now control their financial data, sharing it securely with third parties.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2025

. “FirstTeam’s impressive growth is fueled by a robust ecosystem designed to nurture agents at every stage of their career,” said Michele Harrington , the companys CEO.

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