Lamacchia Realty announced its expansion into Vermont, now licensed to provide residential real estate brokerage services in its seventh state and completing its presence across all six New England states. The expansion follows the company’s recent acquisition of Steepleview Realty in North Adams, Massachusetts, which already held a Vermont real estate license. Lamacchia Realty currently…
WASHINGTON D.C. — A potential new Standard of Practice for Realtors® sparked debate amongst the members of the National Association of Realtors®’ (NAR) Board of Directors (BOD) at the 2026 Realtors® Legislative Meetings, with proposed change to disclosure requirements eventually withdrawn. The controversy came after a relatively quiet gathering in the nation’s capital, at least…
Editor’s note: AI Pulse is RISMedia’s ongoing roundup of AI happenings, providing trends and real-world use cases to help navigate the rapidly evolving AI landscape. Startup asks homebuyers to host mini data centers in their backyards One of the largest current barriers to expanding the capabilities (or at least size) of frontier AI models is…
Nonprofit research organization The Conference Board’s Leading Economic Index (LEI) for the U.S.—which provides an early indication of significant turning points in the business cycle and where the economy is heading—increased slightly by 0.1% in May to 99.3, following a 0.2% increase in April, with plenty of uncertainty still around the future. After these two…
Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) released its State of the Nation’s Housing Report 2026 on June 17 and revealed a market where activity remains restrained, demand is weakening and high costs are sidelining many would-be buyers and renters, even as new construction slowly chips away at supply shortfalls. In a livestreamed event the…
In his first Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting as Fed Chair, Kevin Warsh held rates steady and announced the formation of five task forces to review the Fed’s operations. He also stripped forward guidance from the policy statement entirely. The FOMC voted to maintain the federal funds rate at 3.5% – 3.75%, citing solid…
The Real Brokerage has announced that entrepreneur and JPAR Real Estate founder JP Piccinini has joined Real as a Growth Leader. In this role, he will work closely with Chief Growth Officer Jason Cassity to support agents, teams and brokerage leaders across the Real network. Over the course of his career, Piccinini has served as…
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With housing affordability weighing heavily on the minds of U.S. home buyers, a new report isn’t moving the needle in the right direction in a new record number of cities that now have starter homes beginning at a minimum of $1 million. According to new analysis from Zillow, the number of cities with $1 million…
Broward County home sales posted year-over-year gains for the third consecutive month in May, fueled by rising luxury transactions, increased dollar volume and continued demand across South Florida, according to the latest housing statistics released by MIAMI REALTORS® + RWorld, the MIAMI MLS and BeachesMLS. Total home sales increased 0.9% year-over-year in May 2026, with…
PLACE announced that it has appointed Emily Paquette as chief strategy officer, where she will lead the company’s consumer growth strategy, content initiatives and strategic acquisition efforts. In the newly created role, Paquette will oversee the development of PLACE’s consumer platform, expansion of its content ecosystem and evaluation of acquisition opportunities aimed at strengthening the…
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