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Divorce listings are different. Here’s how to manage them
The complexities and emotions behind a divorce listing make it fundamentally different from other transactions. Lindsey Harn teaches you to navigate amid conflict.
Lamacchia: ‘I will sue’ Compass, MLS if listing fight comes to town
Anthony Lamacchia is drawing a line in the sand as the Compass-Zillow fight spills into MLSs, warning he’ll sue if it reaches his markets.
Second Century Ventures Selects Six Companies for 2026 REACH Scale-Up Program
Second Century Ventures, an investment arm of the National Association of Realtors®, has announced the six companies selected for the 2026 REACH residential scale-up program. For more than a decade, the REACH program has identified and accelerated innovative technology companies focused on advancing the residential real estate sector. Since expanding globally and into commercial real…
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The 7 C’s of real estate: Human skills that still matter most
Real estate is not just about properties, Debbi DiMaggio writes. It’s about helping people move confidently into their next chapter.
U.S. Home Sales Not Rebounding Despite Modest Market Improvements: NAR
After two brutal years in the housing market, hopes were high that 2026 would see a gradual rebound. But those hopes haven’t materialized as potential buyers see misalignment between their incomes and active home listings, according to a new report from the National Association of Realtors® (NAR). As of March 2026, 74.9% of U.S. listings…
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The Listing Strategy Conversation Agents Should Be Having With Every Seller
I was on the Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered podcast recently, and one of the moments that seemed to resonate most was when I walked through how I’d actually use Zillow Preview as a listing agent—the sequencing, the timing, the pitch to a seller. It was a quick example in the middle of a longer conversation,…
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Before you even think of prompting AI for your business, do this first
Bernice Ross shares strategies for combining niche marketing with high-level AI prompting to develop a business-building engine and superpower your production.
Mortgage Rates Continue Ticking Up
While mortgage rates continue to tick up amid continued economic uncertainty, economists note the spring market is proving more resilient than expected, mainly due to rates remaining much lower than a year ago at this time. The average mortgage rate increased 2 basis points to 6.53%, up from 6.51% last week, according to the latest…
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Top-Producing Luxury Broker Returns to Brown Harris Stevens
Above, Rachel Glazer Brown Harris Stevens announces that top-producing luxury broker Rachel Glazer has rejoined the firm from Compass alongside her team, marking a return to the brokerage where she previously spent 12 years building one of New York City’s top luxury real estate businesses. Glazer and her team closed more than $119 million in…
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New-Home Sales Decline in April; Inflation, Rates and Iran Tensions Cited
Sales of newly built single-family homes fell 6.2% in April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 622,000, according to newly released data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau, as the 2026 housing market remains sluggish overall. The pace of new-home sales is down 11.3% from a…
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With a ‘Massive Threat’ Facing MLSs, NextHome and eXp Leaders Preview Inventory Arms Race
Above, from left top row, NextHome President James Dwiggins and RISMedia Founder and CEO John Featherston; bottom row, eXp CEO Leo Pareja When the leaders of eXp Realty and NextHome came together for an RISMedia Industry Briefing webinar to discuss the former acquiring the latter, the talking points with RISMedia Founder and CEO John Featherston…
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An entrepreneur’s guide to multifamily housing investment
Investing in multifamily housing rewards local insight, patience, persistence and the development of operational excellence, Michael Zaransky writes.
