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During New Homes Month in April, the National Association of Home Builders has reported that the home building industry is responding to market conditions by constructing homes that balance price and meet modern home buyer needs. According to U.S. Census Bureau and National Association of Realtors® data, newly built homes are typically priced at or…

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For the past nine years in a row, the lament among residential real estate brokers was unanimous: There’s not enough inventory. Now, the larger problem is that many cannot afford the inventory. While concerns over housing affordability are on the rise, brokers are also seeing a return to a more balanced market, according to the…

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Luxembourg house prices rose less than almost anywhere in Europe  Luxembourg Times

Large downtown London properties hit market again amid ‘stability’  London Free Press

News - East London landlord appoints new chief executive  Inside Housing

Iran war upends spring housing market. Here's what real estate agents are seeing  CNBC

Homesellers pressed on in March despite elevated gas prices and mortgage rates. Drill down into your market and compare it to hundreds of others with Inman's interactive maps and charts.

The fundamentals of why sellers and buyers need a skilled, informed, honest real estate agent have not changed.

Orion completes acquisition of majority stake in Corinthia Hotel Lisbon  Hospitality Net

Stop giving market lectures, and start positioning yourself as a market expert with this simple strategy for lead generation and follow-up from Josh Ries.

Uncertainty grips prime London markets as War drags on  Property Investor Today

There’s a growing housing disparity in America between who has the square footage and who needs it. According to a new Redfin report, which analyzed U.S. Census Bureau data from 2024, baby boomers living in one- to two-adult households own 28% of large homes. By comparison, millennials with children living at home own 16% of…

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NAR is responding to member expectations by making progress toward a more modern, effective and accountable volunteer structure, Craig Cheatham writes.

To work more effectively with real estate clients who are women, America Foy writes, stop leading with assumptions and start leading with competence.

Editor’s note: The COURT REPORT is RISMedia’s weekly look at current and upcoming lawsuits, investigations and other legal developments around real estate. eXp, Weichert get settlement sign-off in copycat lawsuit A federal judge granted final approval to a series of commission-related antitrust settlements involving several real estate brokerages, bringing an end to the cases after…

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Forget "list and pray." Coach Verl Workman teaches you to use artificial intelligence tools to your advantage to make your next listing stand out from the competition.

The legal battle between Northwest MLS (NWMLS) and Compass escalated this past week as NWMLS filed counterclaims in federal court, accusing the nation’s largest residential brokerage of violating Washington’s Consumer Protection Act, fraudulent misrepresentation and tortious interference—charges Compass swiftly dismissed as retaliation by a “monopolist” protecting its own turf. The counterclaims, filed April 2 in…

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Appeals to neighborhood character alone won't be enough to kill a proposal if a developer has proposed reasonable mitigation measures.

There is a lot of noise in the real estate industry right now. Clear Cooperation. Private listings. Lawsuits. And now a growing push toward exclusive “Coming Soon” and preview platforms. Let me be clear about where HomeSmart stands. Until shown otherwise, we believe listings should be broadly accessible, not restricted to any one platform or…

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The recent press release for a 20-member team leaving one national brokerage to align with another was fairly boilerplate; the kind of update that is quickly reabsorbed into the churn of a news cycle.  But sometimes there is a story within the story. Sandra Rathe, leader of The Sandra Rathe Team, took RISMedia behind the…

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