One positive housing story that really isn’t getting any love is the inventory growth we have seen since the lows of 2022. Why is that positive? Well, more inventory means more choices, a better buyer’s market, and less price growth — all things the housing market needs to get healthy again. I believe this is one […]
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Strong financial results for Realtor.com operator Move underscored solid earnings for Move parent company News Corp during the third quarter of fiscal year 2026, which ended March 31. During the quarter, News Corp recorded a 9% annual increase in revenue to $2.19 billion, which it attributed to growth in its digital real estate services, Dow
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Housing data once again remained resilient last week even as mortgage rates are closer to yearly highs than lows, with demand hitting multiyear highs in our weekly pending home sales data. Housing isn’t booming by any means, but it’s holding up well considering all the drama we have had in 2026. Also, our weekly active
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Warren Buffett, no stranger to the residential real estate business and to the incalculable role of homebuilding and development within it, is quoted as saying, “Valuing a business is part art and part science.” Buffett would appreciate the throughline from his broader mantra to its direct applicability to land valuation, a bulwark of any-sized homebuilding
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Real estate firm Huntington & Ellis has launched Smart by h&e, a proprietary artificial intelligence platform built in-house to support agents across every stage of a real estate transaction, the company announced on Friday. The tool is trained on the brokerage’s internal standards, Nevada-specific practices and compliance workflows. It is designed to help agents simplify
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Housing is a top political priority for Americans, and voters overwhelmingly support federal action to address housing affordability, according to a new poll from the Bipartisan Policy Center. The poll found that 83% of voters believe that Congress should take action to make housing more affordable. Meanwhile, 89% of respondents agree that the House of
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Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC has named veteran brokerage executive Mary Lee Blaylock president of Coldwell Banker Affiliates, where she will oversee strategy, engagement, operations and growth for a network of about 93,000 agents across more than 50 countries and territories, the company announced Friday. The appointment comes as Coldwell Banker advances its “One Coldwell
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Last year, New Hampshire lawmakers jumped on the bandwagon of state legislatures targeting a worsening housing shortage by mandating that local governments permit multifamily housing in commercially zoned areas. The effort sought to boost housing supply and improve affordability by stripping away local zoning authority. Local governments, true to the state’s “live free or die”
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Roomvu, a platform for residential real estate agents and brokerages, announced an expansion of its Autonomous Visibility System, a tool designed to automate online marketing and content distribution for real estate professionals. The company said the updated system is intended to address challenges in maintaining consistent local marketing efforts by automating content creation and distribution
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The warmer weather and longer days are finally here and that means everyone is thinking about the hottest looks for summer. For real estate brokerage companies, it seems like the new must-have accessory for summer 2026 is a franchise operation. On Thursday, a little over a week after The Real Brokerage announced its acquisition of
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