For most experienced residential real estate agents, it’s no longer same-old, same-old when it comes to getting clients into homes. In a market shifting due to affordability issues, along with hopeful first-timers viewing a property they would occupy, you might also be facing stern-faced investors with iPads. Or you might not see them at all…
Just in time for Halloween, America’s real estate market gets some unscary news: The zombies are going to their graves. So-called “zombie” foreclosures—homes abandoned by owners before formal foreclosure proceedings are completed—fell to 3.25% at the start of the fourth quarter of 2025, down from 3.38% from the previous quarter, according to ATTOM’s fourth-quarter Vacant…
The November issue of RISMedia’s Real Estate magazine is now available, and not to be missed are several exclusive features, including an in-depth look at one year after NAR’s practice changes went into place, how commissions have shifted across the industry in RISMedia’s 2025 Contract & Commission Study. In addition, we take a look at…
Realtor.com® has announced the upcoming launch of FlyAround, an immersive low-altitude satellite view. Rolling out over the next few weeks, this new feature leverages 3D Maps from Google Maps Platform and transforms how consumers experience property listings, offering a dynamic, spatially rich perspective directly from listing pages. With FlyAround, powered by TopHap Inc, Realtor.com stated…
The real estate industry is in a moment of reckoning. Traditional brokerages are folding. Mega-mergers are rewriting playbooks. Agents are jumping ship, unsure if the next model will hold. We’re operating in the lowest housing market in 30 years, and the noise is deafening: layoffs, consolidations, lawsuits and headlines that read more like obituaries than…
Wrapping up 2025, it can be tempting to treat the fourth quarter as a cooldown period, to take stock and coast to January. For Stellar MLS and the professionals we serve, this time is different—this is the time to accelerate. High-performing professionals and MLSs do not use the last months of the year to slow…
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The government remains shut down, and at least in some areas, housing markets are starting to show “early signs” of slowing activity, according to Realtor.com®’s October 2025 Monthly Housing Trends Report, which found that markets with the highest numbers of federal employees see “modest” impacts. “At this stage, the housing market effects of the federal…
Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC hosted its sold-out annual “The Better Retreat” last week in Nashville, Tennessee. The three-day event brought together BHGRE® affiliated brokers, agents and brokerage staff to sharpen their competitive edge in today’s fast-moving market, the company said. With an agenda centered on professional growth, productivity and differentiation, BHGRE says…
The Keyes Company and Illustrated Properties expanded their membership with Forbes Global Properties to include Lee and Monroe counties. As the worldwide real estate partner of Forbes, the invitation-only network offers a consumer marketplace of luxury homes to its audience of over 167 million individuals. Lee and Monroe join Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Martin…
Forbes Global Properties has announced that Forty-Eight, the Channel Island’s only luxury estate agency, has joined its network. Headquartered on an offshore island situated in the English Channel close to France, the business will operate from the island of Jersey and have a presence on the main high street, serving as the exclusive representative of…
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