Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Haven Properties—which maintains several existing offices in the Northern California coastal region—has announced a new office opening in Monterey with 15 affiliated real estate professionals.  Alongside the brokerage’s existing offices San Luis Obispo, Morro Bay, Pismo Beach, Santa Maria and Paso Robles, this creates a combined service area of…

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Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte announced on X (formerly Twitter) this afternoon that the GSEs—mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—will soon begin considering cryptocurrency as an asset for single-family loans. Posting a screenshot of his official directive, Pulte wrote that “after significant studying,” the choice was made “to count cryptocurrency as…

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The 2023 order, aimed at ensuring the collection of information about applicants' race, ethnicity and gender, wasn't scheduled to be lifted until 2028. Regulators say the bank has fulfilled its obligations.

Earlier this year, southern California experienced an enormously destructive wildfire season, with many Los Angeles area homeowners losing their houses. Local agents have spoken to RISMedia about efforts to rebuild.  During the height of the wildfires, the California government enacted a state of emergency and several measures to protect affected homeowners (supported by California Association…

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Housing is in crisis, and it has been for the past few years. While the term “housing crisis” itself sparks some debate, the data does not lie. Experts across the industry have been saying that the housing market is facing unprecedented challenges, and organizations like Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) have been…

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The real estate market’s inventory is up at the last count, but it is primarily existing homes entering the market. Are newly constructed home sales picking up, too? Not according to the latest findings of the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).  The two agencies’ latest report on new-home…

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A steady course is predicted for luxury real estate throughout the remainder of 2025, the firm's mid-year luxury report said, creating "compelling opportunities for strategic homebuyers and sellers," according to CEO Philip White.

European Countries Enacting Exit Taxes to Stop Wealthy From Leaving  Mansion Global

Another six brokerages received more assurance that their settlement deals in seller-filed class-action commission lawsuits will go through, as Judge Stephen R. Bough of the Western District of Missouri gave his final approval to six more deals following a short hearing yesterday. NextHome, The Keyes Company and Illustrated Properties, John L. Scott, LoKation, Real Estate…

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Amid Middle East and continuing economic uncertainty and mortgage rates edging higher, mortgage applications still saw an increase this week, mostly thanks to refinances.  According to the latest Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) for the week ending June 20, the Market Composite Index (a measure of mortgage loan application volume)…

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New home sales fall to seven-month low in May; supply increases  Reuters

Team leader Carl Medford writes that Zillow's brokerage license and algorithmic pricing suggestions could be setting it up for a legal showdown that threatens its entire business model.

Homebuyers continued to respond to market headwinds like high mortgage rates and economic uncertainty and failed to be drawn in by builder sales incentives.

Luxury real estate agents can expect wealth strategy, "smart luxury," move-up buyers, the ultra- and aspirationally-wealthy divide, and cash purchases to impact the market in the months ahead.

News | Global law firm appoints Real Estate Dispute Resolution division head  CoStar

Dog days come early for Toronto homesellers  The Globe and Mail

The 15 hotspots worth leaving London for - picked by property experts  Daily Mail

How Lisbon put itself on the map for real estate and tourism – and became Europe’s least affordable city  The Guardian

Best digital marketing company for real estate in 2025  London Daily News

Guest View: Europe’s role as a portfolio anchor strengthens amid whipsawing trade volatility  IPE Real Assets