The agents who will thrive this year aren’t waiting for the market to change, Jimmy Burgess writes. They’re making the market work for them.

India takes center stage with strong reply as Europe, Zelensky panic after Trump-Putin Alaska summit  Hindustan Times

Putin's speech in English: Russian president stuns Europe with Ukraine announcement post-Trump talks  Hindustan Times

Investing in London's Future: Heritage-Driven Sustainable Real Estate as a High-Value Asset Class  AInvest

Seeing 'oceanfront property' in Ukraine, Trump’s real estate history shapes his presidency  MSN

Rocket Mortgage and UWM are counting on AI to help them scale their businesses as mortgage rates fall. Small and mid-size lenders don't want to be left behind.

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Triumph over legal tyranny: Billionaire Benedict Peters’ £50m UK property battle ends in victory  Businessday NG

Above, Carrie Wheeler Opendoor, the e-commerce platform for residential real estate transactions, announced on August 15 that effective immediately, the Board has appointed Shrisha Radhakrishna as president and interim leader. Carrie Wheeler, Opendoor’s current CEO and chair of the board, has made the decision to step down from her roles with the company, also effective…

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This Nevada city is in the top 10% of priciest housing markets in the U.S.  Reno Gazette Journal

Editor’s Note: The Mortgage Mix is RISMedia’s biweekly highlight reel of need-to-know mortgage-industry happenings. Watch for it every other Friday afternoon. Mortgage rates in August have hit a 10-month low; the latest 30-year-fixed mortgage rate was 6.58%, per the latest weekly report from Freddie Mac. These rates have spurred an increase in mortgage and mortgage…

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Why are home prices so high? How today's market impacts housing costs.  Yahoo Finance

Inman On Tour Texas is back for 2025, bringing together the industry’s top agents, brokers and thought leaders for a one-of-a-kind event.

In a hearing on Friday, Aug. 15 in the high-stakes Zillow-Compass lawsuit, Judge Jeannette Vargas of the Southern District of New York denied Zillow’s request for an additional witness, while also delaying any potential deposition of Zillow Co-Founder Lloyd Frink, despite claims he has a “unique perspective” on the issues. As the two parties spar…

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SafeStreets is offering NAR members and their clients a full security system for a one-time installation fee of $99 plus ongoing monthly costs. The company is the third addition to NAR's Realtor Benefits program this year.

Economic pressures have seen foreclosures rise during 2025, and the latest data saw them hit the highest point of the year. ATTOM Data, in its monthly foreclosure report for the month of July, found that during that month, there were 36,128 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings—or one in every 3,939 housing units. This was 11%…

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Europe’s STOXX 600 Companies Gear Up For Earnings Week  Finimize

One of the law firms behind the original commission lawsuits has just announced an “investigation” into “recently uncovered practices” in the real estate industry that allegedly began in 2021—suggesting the possibility of more large-scale legal action against the industry, though so far details remain scarce. However no further details have been released yet, including if…

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Streamer Aria, while supporting child safety goals, opposes the EU Chat Control law, saying “Mass surveil  The Times of India