With a shareholder vote just days away during the company’s annual meeting on whether to reincorporate from Delaware to Texas, eXp World Holdings filed additional proxy materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) early this week, making a pointed argument that its planned departure from its corporate home has nothing to do with the…
Editor’s Note: The RISMedia series Legislative Round-Up looks at pending and passed federal and state-level legislation that impacts real estate professionals. Illinois Realtors® back Governor JB Pritzker’s housing plan to revise zoning Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, who has been speculated as a 2028 Democratic presidential candidate, appears to be cultivating a relationship with the Illinois…
While there have been some stabilizing signs in the housing market—home price appreciation has significantly slowed and inventory is showing year-over-year growth—the construction industry continues to face challenges. Beyond the supply chain and overall economic issues for builders, land prices and inventory have yet to recover from pandemic-era downfalls, according to the latest data from…
Tuesday morning, the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee held a confirmation hearing for Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s nominee to succeed Jerome Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve. Warsh previously served on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, appointed by President George W. Bush in 2006 and remaining until 2011. He has…
“I can prove anything by statistics except the truth.” That witticism, attributed to 19th century British orator and statesman George Canning, highlights something that remains extremely relevant today in the information age. While we have nearly unlimited access to data and analysis, they aren’t always—or perhaps often—leading us closer to the answers we seek. Case…
The potential of a spring boom appears to still be on the table as pending home sales recorded another uptick in March, according to the latest data from the National Association of Realtors® (NAR). The future outlook, however, continues to be on shaky ground as the Iranian conflict persists. NAR’s Pending Home Sales report found…
Editor’s note: The COURT REPORT is RISMedia’s weekly look at current and upcoming lawsuits, investigations and other legal developments around real estate. eXp added as a defendant in Zillow RESPA case According to an amended complaint filed last week in Taylor v. Zillow, eXp Realty has been added as a defendant, being accused of supporting…
As the AI revolution continues to infiltrate various aspects of real estate, more and more industry professionals are incorporating AI tools into their workflows in order to increase efficiency, and more and more companies are developing such tools. However, there is a bit of a divide in public opinion when it comes to AI usage,…
Upward movement in foreclosure numbers appears to show some further signs of normalization in the housing market, according to the latest data from ATTOM. ATTOM’s Q1 2026 Foreclosure Market Report found that there were 118,727 properties with a foreclosure filing, up 6% quarter-over-quarter, and up 26% year-over-year. Breaking it down, one in every 1,211 housing…
Redfin has formally—and publicly—asked Washington-based Northwest MLS (NWMLS) to change its rules and allow home sellers to pre-market their properties. The request, detailed in a letter from Joe Rath, Redfin’s Head of Industry Relations at Rocket Companies, challenges what critics have called one of the most restrictive policies around public marketing across the MLS landscape.…
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