The Consumer Federation of America raised eyebrows and hackles with its advice to pay only the equivalent of a 2 percent commission for both real estate purchases and sales.

Housing Market Predictions for Next 5 Years: 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028  Norada Real Estate Investments

Layoffs Could Result in Higher Real Property Taxes for Canon U.S.A.  JD Supra

Romania One Of Europe’s Most Affordable Countries For New Housing  Realty Plus Magazine

Cloud banking software provider maintains steady growth in consumer banking revenue, while reversing the decline in its main line of business of providing services to mortgage lenders.

Austin, Texas-based fintech's flagship product, "The Trade-In Mortgage," helps homebuyers make non-contingent offers and removes their current house from debt-to-income calculation.

There is a good deal of feature overlap between the Lofty and Firepoint, with both providing the market website creation and content management, AI assistants and lead generation and oversight. However, Lofty ventures into transaction management, omnichannel lead-gen and as of recently, property management.

Leading Real Estate Professionals in the Western USA for 2024  Grit Daily

U.S. Open Champ Bryson DeChambeau Lands a Buyer for Dallas Mansion With Golf Simulator  SFGATE

HomeServices previously agreed to pay $250 million to settle various commission suits. A final approval hearing is set for November.

The iBuyer declined to confirm how many employees have been let go. Recent SEC filings show widespread cuts compared to a year earlier.

Editor’s Note: The Mortgage Mix is RISMedia’s weekly highlight reel of need-to-know mortgage-industry happenings. Watch for it each Friday afternoon. Per the latest survey by Freddie Mac, mortgage rates experienced a noticeable drop during the first week of August 2024–the lowest rate in over a year, in fact. The 30-year mortgage rate is 6.47%, down…

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Northern Ireland Sees Biggest Home Price Hikes in the U.K.  Mansion Global

When it comes to successfully guiding clients through the real estate process, transparency is key. Proving your worth and value as a real estate professional is critical—and perhaps even more important today, given the policy changes required under the National Association of REALTORS®’ (NAR) Settlement Agreement in the seller commission cases taking effect this month. …

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Legacy franchisor RE/MAX posted another quarter of decline in revenue and agent count year-over-year. The latest financial information was released Aug. 8, with a virtual earnings call for investors Aug. 9. In a statement, CEO Erik Carlson explained that Q2 results were “better than expected,” as financial results were anticipated to be lower than previous…

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Giving some context to US real estate concerns  Forex Factory

Confidence in the market for new multifamily housing declined year-over-year in Q2, according to results from the Multifamily Market Survey released today by the National Association of Home Builders.  “Multifamily developers are less optimistic than they were at this time last year,” said Tom Tomaszewski, president of The Annex Group and chairman of NAHB’s Multifamily…

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Housing affects every aspect of American life, Rachael Hite writes. This election, discover how each presidential candidate plans to reshape housing.

At least five agents based in New York and Miami have left the firm in about the last week. Previously, West Coast founding broker Tyrone McKillen had also left the Side-backed brokerage.

Anthony Lamacchia was named 2024 REALTOR® of the Year by the Greater Boston Association of REALTORS® at its Annual Awards & Networking Breakfast in Boston.  “I am honored to receive this recognition and would like to express my sincere gratitude to everyone who participated in the selection process,” said Lamacchia. “It’s a privilege to be…

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