Immigrant labor has become essential to both homebuilding and residential remodeling in top metro areas with the highest levels of building permits, according to new research from Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS). The findings underscore the critical role that foreign-born workers play across the entire residential construction space—from new home construction to major…
Editor’s Note: The COURT REPORT is RISMedia’s weekly look at current and upcoming lawsuits, investigations and other legal developments around real estate. Federal judge rules Trump administration must find funding for CFPB The Trump administration’s latest attempt to block funding and operation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) hit a roadblock on Dec. 30.…
Editor’s note: In this two-part series, we take a look at how the buyer experience differs today from past years. Today is a look back at how the process evolved to where it is now. On Wednesday we review how tech has impacted everything, and the skills required to serve luxury-market clients. When you think…
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Today’s tech industry is shaped by company valuations, venture capital momentum and shifting expectations of stock-market investors. Yet one of real estate’s most influential technology providers did not emerge from a startup accelerator or public company roadmap. It grew from a most unlikely place: A trade association whose purpose has always been clear–serve Realtors® first.…
Every real estate cycle has a quiet turning point. It happens before the headlines shift and before the crowd shows up. 2026 is that moment. After a necessary pause, housing is back in favor. Not because of speculation or hype, but because the fundamentals are realigning. Interest rates are stabilizing. Certainty is returning. And millions…
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Freddie Mac’s last mortgage report of 2025 released earlier this week on New Year’s Eve saw the average mortgage rate hit its lowest level of the year, a positive sign for home shoppers as the holiday season comes to a close and eyes turn toward 2026’s peak buying season in the months ahead. The latest…
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The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) monthly home price index (HPI), which tracks changes in single-family home prices, clocked a modest 0.4% increase in home values for October, with a 1.7% uptick from last year, as the housing market stutters heading into 2026. Largely aligning with expectations, the essentially flat trajectory for home values obscured…
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…
As annual inflation remains above 2% and the labor market shows weakness, the Federal Reserve has been split in recent months over the direction of monetary policy. The past year has seen split votes among the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) voting committee on interest rates-setting; the July FOMC, for instance, saw Fed Governors Michelle…
Above, top row from left, Marco Fregenal and Adam Kaufman; bottom row from left, Josh Muncey and Rick Haase From mega franchises to agent teams, real estate mergers and acquisitions are making headlines almost daily. What does the ongoing trend toward market consolidation mean to agents on the front lines? In an upcoming session at…
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