In a Jan. 9 report on job growth from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), U.S. employers added 50,000 jobs in December, with the unemployment rate at 4.4%, according to the latest release. Employment continued to trend up in food services and drinking places, healthcare and social assistance. Job losses occurred in retail trade. The…
Don’t rely on national housing market headlines to understand your local market; that’s the key takeaway from Realtor.com®’s December monthly housing report, which reveals how dramatically individual metros diverged from broader trends throughout 2025. The report introduces a new framework for understanding these local differences: “benchmarkets” versus outliers. Benchmarkets are metros whose inventory and price…
The industry-shaking deal by Compass to acquire Anywhere officially closed today, creating a $10 billion brokerage behemoth that is likely to shift the power balance in real estate both short- and long-term, and shifts ongoing debates around listing transparency significantly more weighty. In a regulatory filing today, Compass said that the merger—first announced back in…
In a post on Truth Social Jan. 8, President Donald Trump announced he is directing his representatives to purchase $200 billion in mortgage bonds in an effort to reduce mortgage rates and monthly payments for American homebuyers. The move marks the administration’s latest attempt—its second this week—to address housing affordability concerns that have dominated voter…
CoStar, just under two years after launching what it described as the largest marketing campaign in real estate history to promote Homes.com, said yesterday that 2026 will see “meaningful moderation” in its investment in the portal, after some early stumbles sparked pushback from shareholders. In a press release, CoStar Founder and CEO Andy Florance promised…
Stockholders of Compass and Anywhere Real Estate have overwhelmingly approved the proposed merger between the two real estate giants, clearing the way for the $1.6 billion deal to close as early as Friday, Jan. 9. At special stockholder meetings held Wednesday, Jan. 7, approximately 99% of votes cast at Compass’s meeting approved the proposal to…
Editor’s note: In this two-part series, we take a look at how the buyer experience differs today from past years. Part 1 was a look back at how the process evolved to where it is now. Here, we review how tech has impacted everything, and the skills required to serve luxury-market clients. Information overload. The…
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Households headed by immigrants have accounted for roughly three-quarters of housing demand growth since 2010, but a new Harvard analysis suggests that trend may be ending—with significant implications for housing markets across the country. The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University (JCHS) released revised projections forecasting 1.7 million fewer households in the U.S.…
Anywhere Real Estate is facing legal challenges as its $1.6 billion merger with Compass moves toward a critical stockholder vote, with three lawsuits alleging insufficient financial disclosures in merger documents. According to an SEC filing on Dec. 29, three complaints have been filed by “purported stockholders of Anywhere” in New York and New Jersey courts…
It’s all smiles because the work is done. You’ve expertly guided a client through the long and winding home-buying process to the point where they’ve found what they want and made an offer that was accepted. They’re happy, the seller’s happy, and you’re happy. All that remains are the usual mundane details. What could go…
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