For buyers, especially first-time buyers, today’s housing affordability crisis (driven by a host of market challenges, from rising mortgage rates to low inventory and lingering inflation) creates many barriers to entry for homeownership. Is there anything agents can actually do at the local level to move the needle and help their clients achieve their homeownership…

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Above, from left, Keith Smith, Ken Baris, Katy McGrath, Ennis Antoine and John Featherston Housing affordability in the U.S. remains one of the most pressing challenges facing the real estate industry, with the high cost of homes, mortgage rates remaining elevated and limited inventory in many regions continuing to put homeownership out of reach for…

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Fueling Success by Empowering Others

Monday, December 22nd, 2025

For Ken Baris, real estate isn’t just a career; it’s a calling that began in childhood.  The CEO of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Jordan Baris Realty literally grew up in the business. His father, Jordan Baris, founded the company in 1952—and as a child, the young Baris always had real estate on the mind.  “When I…

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