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Kevin Stewart joins The Resident Group as a partner after closing $31.8 million in 2024 sales, reuniting with Jon and Lauren Grauman.

Smith Douglas Homes named Scott Bowles as Southeast regional president as it expands into new markets and targets operational scale.

Federal Reserve policymakers are set to wrap up what’s expected to be an uneventful two-day meeting on Wednesday. Mortgage rates remain the low-6% range and aren’t likely to swing one way or the other as benchmark rates are unlikely to change.

Contributor and broker Holly Brink says that alternative MLSs and associations across the country are offering agents the long-overdue flexibility they need.

Before making a decision about Realtor membership, Darryl Davis writes, consider how foundational the National Association of Realtors is to who we are as professionals.

In an industry obsessed with being "always on," Molly McKinley writes, these monastics are demonstrating something agents desperately need to relearn.

Maybe the MLS isn’t perfect, broker Dennis Norman writes, but it’s still the only tool we have that puts listings in front of everyone, not just the ones invited behind the curtain.

<p>Property asking prices increased most significantly in areas priced below the national average during 2025, with locations in northern England and Scotland recording the highest growth rates. Analysis of the top 50 locations for asking price growth shows only seven are priced above the current na...

Short sale approvals can move faster than expected when files are complete, and lenders have incentives to avoid foreclosure costs.

Howard Hanna Real Estate Services enters Philadelphia, adding 139 agents and $289.71M in 2024 sales through Art Herling partnership.

As we kick off the New Year, affordability remains one of the biggest challenges facing the mortgage industry and the broader housing market. It continues to shape conversations among lenders, policymakers, and consumers alike.

Howard Hanna has onboarded legendary Philadelphia broker Art Herling and his team of 100 agents — officially marking the brokerage's entrance into the City of Brotherly Love. Herling has four offices in Philadelphia and the surrounding area.

<p>OnTheMarket has reported a 55% increase in visits and 110% rise in page views two years after its £100 million acquisition by CoStar. Industry analysts suggest that while initial growth metrics are positive, capturing significant market share from Rightmove and Zoopla presents a longer-term chall...

<p>The government intends to cap ground rents at £250 per year, which will then drop to a ‘peppercorn’ rate after 40 years. As it stands 770,000 to 900,000 leaseholders pay over £250 per year, of which 490,000 to 590,000 are in London and the South. The government said: “This will deliver a modernis...

<p>Six in 10 estate agents are experiencing burnout, with 44% calling it an ‘ongoing problem’, the Alto 2026 Agency Trends Report from Alto has found. The situation is even worse for mid-sized agencies, where one in three say recruitment and retention is one of their biggest challenges, as they stru...

<p>Leasehold properties are set to be valued assuming all leases have 99 years left, which means homes worth under £2million are in danger of being caught up by Labour’s ‘mansion tax’. Properties with shorter leases tend to be devalued, by as much as 30%. From 2028 homes valued at more than £2millio...

<p>By Riccardo Iannucci-Dawson, CEO of Alto Most conversations about the future of estate agency focus on familiar pressure points: technology, regulation, fee compression, recruitment. All of them matter. None of them, however, represent the most significant structural risk facing agents as we move...

<p>There’s only been a marginal increase in the number of pet-friendly rental listings in the run up to the Renters’ Right Act, research compliance tech firm Inventory Base has found. An estimated 8.2% of properties in England are advertised as being pet-friendly, an annual increase of just 0.6% com...

A day after a prominent hedge fund investor launched a hostile takeover bid of CoStar’s board over concerns about the real estate portal, CoStar doubled down on its Homes.com strategy.