In more news surrounding the hot topic of private listings, a Washington state bill designed to severely restrict private listings has been signed into law after passing both the Senate and the House earlier this year. The bill was proposed in the Senate back in January, with the goal of explicitly banning real estate brokers…
Housing affordability—the issue we all know, and definitely do not love. In the past couple years, the national median home price hit new highs, settling in around $400,000. Depending on the region and market, this could sound like a lot of money, or like a little. What really demonstrates the affordability of $400,000 is how…
New data from the Mortgage Bankers Association shows applications for both home purchases and refinances fell significantly this week following increased mortgage rates and other market volatility in the wake of the conflict in the Middle East, economists said. According to the latest Market Composite Index from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA)—its measure of mortgage…
The North American luxury real estate market is maintaining its trajectory–one defined by intention, stability, and long-term wealth positioning, according to the latest data from the Institute for Luxury Home Marketing (the Institute)’s March 2026 Luxury Market Report. For luxury real estate professionals, teams and brokerage leaders, understanding this shift is essential to advising clients…
The mad dash for premarket power is showing no signs of slowing, as mega-brokerage eXp announced that it is striking a listing partnership with Realtor.com®, Homes.com and ComeHome.com (HouseCanary’s portal in Google Search), just 24 hours after Zillow launched a similar partnership with five other big national companies. Starting next month, eXp agents will be…
Editor’s Note: Social Skills is a bi-monthly feature in RISMedia’s Daily News focused on social media and digital marketing tips, trends and solutions for agents and brokers. When potential clients hear your name, the first thing they often do is look you up online. More often than not, the first result they click is not…
Above, from left, Kate Reisinger, Michael Saunders and Paul Boomsma Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® (LeadingRE) announced Sarasota, Florida-based Michael Saunders & Company has been awarded its Diamond Award, presented recently at LeadingRE’s awards gala at Wynn Las Vegas, concluding LeadingRE LIMITLESS, a series of specialized conferences that brought together industry leaders from…
Pending home sales saw a slight uptick in February, continuing an optimistic trend ahead of a long-awaited spring boom, according to the latest data from the National Association of Realtors® (NAR). However, this spring boom may now be delayed due to geopolitical tensions, economists warn. NAR’s Pending Home Sales report found that sales grew 1.8%…
Editor’s note: The COURT REPORT is RISMedia’s weekly look at current and upcoming lawsuits, investigations and other legal developments around real estate. Updates in eXp sexual assault case eXp World Holdings argued in a March 13 motion that it is essentially the wrong defendant. The company says it is a separate corporate entity from eXp…
PropStream announced the return of its 3-day webinar series Connect to Close: Your 2026 Reset. This live webinar series is designed to help agents, investors and wholesalers build disciplined outbound systems that turn PropStream data into consistent conversations and conversations into contracts. A release noted that each day of the webinar series builds logically from…
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