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In this episode of Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered, Dr. Lawrence Yun unpacks the real forces driving today’s housing market and why expecting ultra-low mortgage rates again may be unrealistic.

At issue is a measure called the Retirement and Personal Savings Protection Act, one of several initiatives tied to the billionaire's tax debate.

Selling season 2026 – long on uncertainty and short on Spring mojo – is keeping many private homebuilders up at night and on edge all day long. The challenge is no longer just about generating traffic to homebuilder websites and new neighborhood sales centers, converting buyers, or managing incentiv...

Brad Jacobs’ vaunted, capital treasure-trove-fueled sprint to geographic and marketshare clout, enough to disrupt the nation’s building products and materials supply infrastructure, took another big leap this weekend, with a $17 billion deal to acquire TopBuild, a giant among homebuilder...

Iron Valley Real Estate ranks No. 10 nationally for five-year volume growth and No. 3 for five-year transaction side growth.

If you want to understand the DNA of the modern American homebuilding industry, you don’t start in a boardroom or on Wall Street. You start in the aftermath of World War II. The men (and they were almost entirely men at the time) who came home from that war didn’t just return with discipline and [&#...

Realtracs replaced its MLS agreement with a brokerage pact affirming broker ownership of listing data and restricting redistribution.

RETR finds the LO mobility rate fell to 20.6% in 2025, even as producing LOs rose to 225,062 and switches stayed near 46,000.

A lead magnet isn't a marketing hack. It's a system, Josh Ries writes. Here's how to turn your lead magnet into a reliable pipeline.

<p>A letting agency director with 25 years' experience has called for the reinstatement of Section 21 eviction notices ahead of the Renters' Rights Act coming into force. Nicola Blake of Cavendish Properties expressed concerns about court delays affecting possession proceedings.</p> <p>The post <a h...

<p>Landlords and tenants have been left £16,000 out of pocket following the expulsion of six letting agencies by The Property Ombudsman. Analysis revealed that in two cases, agencies had no client money protection cover in place at the point of expulsion.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.propert...

<p>Shares in Winkworth have declined 8% in 2026 following an 11% drop in profits for the previous year. The franchise group reported profit before taxation of £2.11 million for 2025, down from £2.36 million in 2024, whilst revenue remained flat at £10.74 million.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www...

<p>New research shows only 9% of landlords cite the Renters' Rights Act as the reason for evictions, with property sales accounting for 43% of possession actions. The data challenges assumptions about the legislation's impact on landlord behaviour across England's rental market.</p> <p>The post <a h...

<p>Independent estate agents are increasingly leveraging operational flexibility as a competitive advantage against larger agencies, according to industry analysis. The ability to implement changes quickly without multi-departmental approval processes is emerging as a distinct operational benefit in...

Seventy-seven percent of homebuyers reported exceeding their original budget. Among them, 10% went over by $80,000 or more.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is set to publish a final rule on Wednesday that eliminates disparate-impact liability under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and adds new prohibitions for Special Purpose Credit Programs.

A builder recently asked for my thoughts on the right mix of specs and pre-sales. My first response, as those who work with me have come to expect, was that there was more than one question buried in that one. Before we could talk about the answer, we needed to pull the pieces apart – [&#8230;]

<p>Fenn Wright has acquired Henry Rose, an independent sales and lettings agency in Ipswich, as part of a wider expansion strategy led by its newly appointed head of estate agency, Ian Fry. The acquisition follows Fry's appointment four months ago as head of estate agency and equity partner.</p> <p>...

<p>Redwood Bank has completed a multi-property refinancing transaction for a landlord with a mixed residential and commercial portfolio, working alongside broker Bespoq Finance to structure three separate loans within a four-month timeframe. The total financing package comprised £943,470 across the ...

<p>A care home operator has secured £600,000 in commercial bridging finance to acquire a second property, after regulatory ratings prevented access to traditional mortgage funding. The transaction enabled expansion despite delays in the CQC reinspection process.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www....