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. In today’s digital landscape, video isn’t just a trend—its the reigning king of real estate marketing. Algorithms on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and even Facebook are explicitly designed to…
Chicago-based MLS Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) maintains a private listing network, which it has consistently defended even against pressure from other industry power players such as Zillow. Now, MRED’s private listing network is expanding outside Illinois, following an announcement on April 24 that the MLS is partnering with Compass to take its whole platform…
Editor’s note: The COURT REPORT is RISMedia’s weekly look at current and upcoming lawsuits, investigations and other legal developments around real estate. Compass v. NWMLS: Compass says 3PM strategy complies with new law Compass filed a motion to dismiss April 23 arguing that its 3-Phased Marketing strategy fully complies with Washington’s incoming Private Marketing Law,…
Editor’s note: Econ Review is a roundup of the month’s housing and economic market data reports. As spring progresses, the industry is awaiting data related to how the season shaped up ahead of another potential boom in activity over the upcoming summer. Here are some highlights from the housing and economic data that hit the…
In a Q1 2026 earnings report April 30, iBuyer Offerpad, known for giving homeowners cash offers within 24 hours, released financial results that included generating $80.1 million in revenue vs. analyst estimates of $86.25 million, a 7.2% miss and a 50.2% year-over-year decline. The company reported 263 closed real estate transactions. In a release, the…
Building on a newly established company structure designed to accelerate innovation and support nationwide growth, Realtracs—Tennessee’s largest MLS, supporting 19,000-plus professionals across six states—has announced a major expansion with the introduction of national coverage through new brokerage participation, calling the move a “significant step forward in the next evolution of MLS platforms built to support…
The worry heading into the spring 2026 housing market was that “history would repeat itself” from 2025 and lead into another “cruel summer,” as described by Realtor.com® Chief Economist Danielle Hale. Last year, “tariff-driven uncertainty and recession fears” created headwinds for the market, preventing a spring bloom or summer heat-up from taking place. This year,…
Since the commencement of the U.S. and Iran war, energy prices have soared, and the latest findings from the Bureau of Economic Analysis’ Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) index (the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation) found that catching up. The PCE price index experienced a large bump in March 2026; after hovering around 2.9% annual…
Nonprofit business research organization The Conference Board released its latest Leading Economic Index (LEI)—which provides an early indication of significant turning points in the business cycle and where the economy is heading—showing a decline of 0.6% in March 2026, more than reversing its 0.3% increase in February. Overall, the LEI fell by 1.0% over the…
One day after plaintiffs in the largest buyer-focused lawsuit sought to block the National Association of Realtors®’ (NAR) $52 million settlement, a federal judge has curtly denied the request, pointing to her previous ruling when the same plaintiffs tried to prevent Anywhere from striking a similar settlement. “Plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction as to Defendant…
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