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Top 10 reasons agents will leave you in the next few months

Oct 17, 2024

Rather than non-stop recruiting, put more time into retaining the agents you already have, broker Joseph Santini writes. Here's how to hold onto them.

Ben Kinney’s 10 keys for being an amazing partner

Oct 17, 2024

While we often focus on individual accomplishment, Carl Medford writes, don't sleep on the power and potential of an effective partnership for achieving your goals.

How to use down payment assistance to close more deals

Oct 17, 2024

Looking for a way to differentiate the service you provide to buyers? Luke Babich writes that a top-down knowledge of down payment assistance programs in your area can help you stand out from the crowd of other agents.

Numbers to know: Is the Fed having second thoughts about rate cuts?

Oct 17, 2024

Inflation, combined with September’s strong jobs report, suggests that the Fed might be rethinking how quickly to cut the Federal Funds Rate, says Windermere’s Principal Economist Jeff Tucker.

Would-be homebuyers put off by higher mortgage rates

Oct 16, 2024

Demand for purchase mortgages fell by a seasonally adjusted 7 percent last week, and requests to refinance were down 26 percent as mortgage rates continued to climb, MBA survey finds.

Fairway blasts federal regulators in $10M redlining settlement

Oct 16, 2024

Nation's third biggest lender casts itself as a victim of politics, noting CFPB launched its investigation the day after Biden Administration took office.

DOJ’s data sharing statement has implications for MLSs, associations

Oct 16, 2024

The DOJ's recent statement made in relation to a lawsuit against pork producers notes that the sharing of information among competitors could violate antitrust law "even without proof of an agreement to fix prices."

Brokers envision existential threat to MLS in Clear Cooperation debate

Oct 16, 2024

In a webinar Tuesday, Keller Williams' Jeff Hickey, NextHome's James Dwiggins, Miami MLS's Liz Sturrock and Seven Gables' Mike Hickman clashed over the future of NAR's pocket listing rule.

$195M Bel-Air megamansion returns to the market

Oct 16, 2024

Built in 1937 by famed architect James E. Dolman, Casa Encantada is considered one of the most iconic estates in Los Angeles and possibly the entire country, according to the property's listing.

Clear Cooperation: When fiduciary duties clash with personal ethics

Oct 16, 2024

Former Arizona Realtors President Butch Leiber writes that industry policy must be grounded in promoting and protecting the best interests of clients.

In its effort to add more supply, Airbnb rolls out co-hosting feature

Oct 16, 2024

Short-term rental leader keeps its sights set on lowering barriers to entry for people who might be interested in offering their homes on Airbnb.

Trump, Harris housing policies emerging from the rhetoric

Oct 16, 2024

Housing policy has gotten short shrift in the debates, with a tight focus on immigration and inflation. But the candidates' platforms — and Project 2025 — provide more details.