January 2026 saw an enormous winter snowstorm sweep across the United States, one that surely left a few canceled open houses in its wake. While all of the snow likely hasn’t melted away just yet, you can’t delay your business for a whole season. If you handle it right, you can still host a perfect…

The post How to Host a Successful Open House In Winter appeared first on RISMedia.

Read More

Housing market watchers say improving home affordability and inventory levels are short-term positives for home shoppers, but caution that the maintaining the independence of the Federal Reserve and tracking broader economic conditions like consumer confidence and economic uncertainty, will help predict where the housing market is heading in the year ahead. The latest Primary Mortgage…

Read More

A new January market report shows home values have fallen on a monthly basis for six consecutive months and monthly mortgage payments on a typical home are now 8.4% less expensive than a year ago, driven down primarily by lower mortgage rates. The data comes from the latest Zillow® Home Value Index released Feb. 4…

Read More

At the January Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, the Federal Reserve chose to keep interest rates unchanged. Both Fed Governor Michelle Bowman (who is a voting member of the committee) and retiring Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic (who is not) have characterized the current U.S. economy as “resilient,” where annual inflation has stayed static,…

Read More

The 2026 REMAX R4® conference, the global real estate brand’s flagship event for business growth and international networking, will bring thousands of REMAX® affiliates together Feb. 22-25. This year’s event, with an emphasis on “One Global Network,” is designed to empower real estate agents with the insights, relationships and innovative tools they need to elevate…

Read More

Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate Gary Greene has announced the continuation of its relationship with Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate, reinforcing the firm’s long-standing position as a locally owned market leader with national reach. Founded in 1963, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gary Greene stated it continues to play a central role…

Read More

Following on the heels of hedge fund investor Third Point’s recent demand that CoStar Group exit its Homes.com-led residential business entirely, a second hedge fund investor, the New York City-based D.E. Shaw Group, has voiced the same opinion. Even with CoStar firing back at Third Point, saying its demands reflect “their complete misunderstanding of our…

Read More

The Latest Happenings in Real Estate

Wednesday, February 4th, 2026

Denver’s Sandoval Team joins Nashville’s REMAX Advantage Nashville’s REMAX Advantage has expanded its national footprint with the addition of The Sandoval Team, a high-producing real estate team based in Denver and formerly affiliated with Compass. This move marks the newest addition to the “Don’t Sell Without the Intel” movement, powered by the nationally recognized Ashton…

Read More

Subscribe

Search